Centre for Distance Educa

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Simon Fraser University

EDUCATION 467-4

CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION IN

TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND

LANGUAGE

Students will learn to use English language teaching grammar

appropriately, to evaluate and use methods of teaching English as a second

language, to do error analyses, and to adapt commercial programmes to the

specific needs of learners. This course is designed for teachers and prospective

teachers.

PREREQUISITE:

60 credit hours and ENGL 370 or a Linguistics course.

REQUIRED TEXTS.-

Collins Cobuild English Grammar.

(1992) London: Harper Collins.

Cummings, Carol. (1992)

Teaching Makes a Difference,

Second Edition.

Edmonds, WA: Teaching, Inc.

Gilbert, Judy. (1993).

Clear Speech.

2nd ed. Student's Book and Teacher's

Manual. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Hoffman, Eva. (1990). Lost in Translation (A

Life

in a New Language). NY:

Penguin.

Nilsen, D. & Nilsen, A. (1973). Pronunciation Contrasts in English.

NY: Regents

Publishing.

Stevens, R. (1983).

Erik Erikson: An Introduction.

NY: St. Martin's Press.

Swan, M. & Smith, B. (1987). Learner English (A Teacher's Guide to Interference

and Other Problems).

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

COURSE

REQUIREMENTS:

Assignment 1

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25%

Assignment 2

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25%

Assignment 3

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25%

Assignment 4

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25%

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COURSE INSTRUCTOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES WITHOUT

NOTICE.

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Centre for Distance Education

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Simon Fraser University

EDUCATION 467-4

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE

Education 467 is an introductory course to provide practising or pre-service

teachers with an overview of the basic principles of teaching English as a second

language. The disciplinary bases of contemporary approaches to second language

teaching are discussed, curricular methods and materials are evaluated and

students will develop materials which might be useful in their own actual or

projected teaching situations.

PREREQUISITE:

60 credit hours and ENGL 370 or a Linguistics course.

PLEASE NOTE: Students will not be able to use the telephone registration

system to register for this course. Please see reverse of this outline for computer

requirements which are mandatory. To register, please contact the Centre for

Distance Education.

REQUIRED TEXTS:

Scarcella, R. & Oxford, R.

The Tapestry of Language Learning.

Heinle & Heinle,

1992.

Wells, G.. The Meaning Makers; Children Learning Language and Using

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Language to Learn.

Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Heinemann, 1986.

Canadian ESL Materials,

Special issue of TESL Talk, Vol. 18 (1), 1988.

For those interested in

ESL for young children:

Gail Heald-Taylor.

Whole

Language Strategies for ESL Students.

Toronto: OISE Press, 1986.

For those interested

in ESL for secondary students and adults:

Jill Bell and

Barbara Burnaby.

Handbook for ESL Literacy.

Toronto: OISE Press, 1988.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

Assignment 1

Self-Introduction

10%

Assignment 2

Responses to Readings

15%

Assignment 3

Responses to Readings

15%

Assignment 4

Your choice out of three

30%

Assignment 5

Statement of theory

15%

Participation in

Computer conference

15%

Please see reverse

COURSE INSTRUCTOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES WITHOUT

NOTICE.

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COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS

Students should have a basic understanding of their computer. They should know

how to find, create, copy, delete, and move files and folders/directories.

MINIMUM COMPUTER HARDWARE REQUIRED

Macintosh:

(to run Kermit and Eudora) software provided

• Macintosh Plus with 500k of RAM (memory) free out of total available

• system 6.04 or later

• hard drive (10MB or more for program/file storage)

• modem (hayes compatible, 2400 baud or higher)

• telephone

PC Compatible:

(to run PC Kermit and NuPop) software provided

• 286 machine or better with 640k of RAM (memory) free out of total available

• DOS 4orlater

• hard drive (10MB or more for program/file storage)

• modem (hayes compatible, 2400 baud or higher)

• telephone

NOTE: We do not support other types of computers, for example: Amiga,

Commodore 64, Apple II, Apple JIGS, etc.

6/24/94