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Semester 96-3 Session: Regular

EDUC 467-4 Curriculum & Instruction in Teaching

English as a Second Language

Instructor: G. Sampson

Office: 8671mpc

Tel: 291-4303

Fax: 291-3203

Section: D1.00

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Scheduled Final Exam: No

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E-mail: Gloria_Sampson@sfu.ca

PREREQUISITE

60 credit hours & Engi 370 or a linguistic course

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course introduces teachers to the skills and techniques required to teach children, adolescents, or adults who have

limited proficiency in English.

TOPICS

1. Theories of personality development in European cultures.

2. Theories of personality development in Asian cultures.

3.

Helping students learn the sound system of English.

4. Selecting transcultural literature for the classroom.

5.

Phoneme-grapheme correspondences and learning to read and write English.

6. Helping students learn the syntax of English.

7.

Informal classroom assessment of ESL Learners.

REQUIREMENTS

1.

The effects of learning a second language on an individual's personality and his or her cognitive development

(4-page paper).

2. Lesson plans and strategies for teaching English Phonology.

3.

Lesson plans and strategies for teaching the syntax of English.

4.

Assessing language development.

READINGS

Xerox copy of Transcultural Teaching Every Day (available for purchase in class) plus the

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following required textbooks.

0-00-370257-X ?

London: Harper

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Collins Cobuild English Grammar.

Collins

(1992)

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0-9614574-1-4 ?

Carol Cummings ?

Snohomish Publ. Co. Teaching Makes a Difference. 2nd

ed.

0-521-42116-0 ?

Judy

B.

Gilbert

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Cambridge University Clear Speech, Teacher's Manual,

2nded.

0-521-42118-7 ?

Judy

B.

Gilbert ?

Cambridge University Clear Speech, Student's Manual.

2nded. ?

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0-88345-134-4 ?

D.L. Nilsen & A.P.

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New York: Regents

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Pronunciation Contrasts in English

Nilsen ?

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Centre for Distance Educa

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Faculty of Education

Simon Fraser University

WMC

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.

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

Assignment 2

Assignment 3

Assignment 4

Assignment 5

Self-Introduction

Responses to Readings

Responses to Readings

Your choice out of three

Statement of theory

SUPPLEMENTARY FEES:

Course Materials & Service Fee

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$30

Deposit for Additional Materials

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$35

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