EDUCATION 467-4 ?
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CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION IN TEACHING ENGLISH
AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
FALL, 1985
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INSTRUCTOR: Dr. K. Toohey
Tuesdays, 4:30 - 8:20
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LOCATION: ?
MPX 8627
This course is intended to provide practising or pre-service teachers with
an overview of linguistic, cultural and pedagogical concerns in teaching
English as a second language. Participants will disucss the disciplinary
bases of contemporary approaches to second language teaching, will survey and
evaluate curricular.methods and materials, and finally, will develop materials
which might be useful in their own actual or projected teaching situations.
TOPICS: ?
1. history of language teaching approaches
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communicative competence and communicative teaching
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how to teach pronunciation
4. review of English grammar
S. psychological, political and economic considerations
in T.E.S.L.
6. reading and listening
7. writing and speaking
8. bilingual education
REQUIREMENTS: 1.
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Phonemic transcription quiz
Syntax quiz
Textbook evaluation
Unit plan for teaching E.S.L.
Presentation of lesson from unit plan
On-going participation in workshop activities:
mini-assignments, mini-presentations.
PRE-REQUISITE: A lower level Linguistics course
REQUIRED TEXTS:
Savignon, Sandra. Communicative Competence: Theory and Classroom Practice
Addison-Wesley Don Mills, Ontario
Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture. The Sound System of English
Toronto, Ontario
Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture. Handbook of English Grammer
for Teachers in E.S.L. Toronto, Ontario