Centre for Distance Educati
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Faculty of Education
Simon Fraser University
WMC 1300 291-3524
EDUCATION 467-4
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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
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Self-Introduction
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10%
Assignment 2
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Responses to Readings
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15%
Assignment 3
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Responses to Readings
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15%
Assignment 4
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Your choice out of three
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35%
Assignment 5
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Statement of theory
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25%
SUPPLEMENTARY FEES:
Course Materials & Service Fee
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$30
Deposit for Additional Materials
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$35
10/24/96
