This is a breakdown of the content in the Chicago TEFL Class and Online TEFL course.
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Course content:
Unit 1:
Unit 1 - Module 1: Grammar
- Deductive Analysis
- Grammar Rules
- Form and Meaning
- Language Purpose
- Appropriacy and Register
- Language Choice
- Language as Text and Discourse
- Genre and Grammar
- Choosing Words
Unit 1 - Module 2: Pronunciation, Stress and Intonation
- Pronunciation
- The Elements of Pronunciation – AIM
- Intonation
- Intonation Patterns
- Stress and Sentence Stress
- Weak Forms
- Stress-Timing
- Sounds of the Language/Phonology
- Unstressed Syllable – Shwa
- Vowels and Consonants
- Being a Pronunciation Teacher
- Using Dialogues
- Teaching Pronunciation
- Problems with Teaching Pronunciation
- When to Teach Pronunciation
- Helping Individual Students
- Working with Sounds
- Phonemic Chart
Unit 1 - Module 3: Lexis
- Lexis Defined
- Selection and Formation
- Word Stems and Parts of Speech
- Prefixes and Suffixes
- Synonyms and Antonyms
- Teaching Groups of Words
- Appropriate Language
- Teaching Vocabulary
- Computer Corpora
- Word Meaning
- Extending Word Use
- Word Combinations
Unit 2:
Unit 2 - Module 1: The Basic Principles of TESOL
- Relationships with your Students
- Giving the Students Confidence
- Using Realistic Language
- Shortened Forms and Accents
- Keeping the Students' Interest
- L.T.T.T. - Limit Teacher Talking Time
- Correction
- Visual Aids
- Class Levels
- Exams
- Use of Mother Tongue
- Age of Students
- Young Children
- Adolescents
- Adult Learners
- Learner Differences
- Good Learner Characteristics
- Learner Styles and Strategies
- Individual Variations
- What to do about Individual Differences
- Language Levels
- Language, Task and Topic
- Motivation
- External Sources of Motivation
- Components of Motivation
- Approaches to Teaching
- The Structural Approach
- The Communicative Approach
- Effectively Teaching Communication
- Communicative Movement
- One to One Teaching
- Approaches, Methods, Procedures and Techniques
- Presentation, Practice, and Production
- Alternative to PPP
- Four Teaching Methods
- Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)
- Task-Based Learning (TBL)
- The Lexical Approach
- What Methodology?
Unit 2 - Module 2: Listening and Reading
- The Skills - Introduction
- Skills and the Textbook
- Listening Skills
- Different Kinds of Listening - Intensive Listening
- Extensive Listening
- Available Materials
- Extensive Listening
- Intensive Listening: Using Audio Material
- Who Controls the Recorded Material?
- Intensive Listening: Live Listening
- Intensive Listening: The Roles of the Teacher
- Film and Video
- Viewing Techniques
- Listening (and mixed) Techniques
- Listening Lesson Sequences
- Reading in a Foreign Language
- Dictionary Use
- Types of Reading
- Types of Texts
- Exploiting Texts
- Extensive and Intensive Reading
- Extensive Reading
- Intensive Reading: The Roles of the Teacher
- Intensive Reading: The Vocabulary Question
- Intensive Reading: Letting the Students In
- Examples of Reading Sequences
Unit 2 - Module 3: Speaking and Writing
- Speaking Introduction
- What Does it Mean to Speak Well?
- Setting up Speaking Skills Activities
- Activities
- Feedback
- Students and Speaking
- The Roles of the Teacher
- Classroom Speaking Activities
- Communication Games
- Discussion
- Other Activities
- Speaking Lesson Sequences
- Writing
- Teaching Writing Skills
- Before, During and After Writing Activities
- Approaches to Student Writing
- The Roles of the Teacher
- Writing Lesson Sequences
Unit 2 - Module 4: Visual Aids
- Audio-Visual Aids
- Realia
- Board - Black or White
- Board Mistakes
- Blackboard
- Flashcards and Wall Charts
- Overhead Projector (OHP)
- Audio Recording and Playback Equipment
- The Interactive Whiteboard
- The Language Laboratory, SACs and Computer Suites
- Computer-Based Presentation Technology
- Searching the Internet
- Practicing Language Online
- What to Choose: Five Questions
- Your Syllabus or Textbook
- Assessing
- Adapting
- Axing and Adding
- Designing Course Materials
- Syllabus Design
- Different Syllabi
- The Coursebook
Unit 2 - Module 5: Error
- Psycholinguistics
- Attitudes Towards Error
- Error Analysis
- Interpretation of Errors
- Ways of Marking Errors
- Grouping Errors
- Selective Marking
- Responding to Comment
- Teachers Assessing Students
- Students Assessing Themselves
- Feedback During Oral Work
- Accuracy and Fluency
- Feedback During Accuracy Work
- Feedback During Fluency Work
- Feedback on Written Work
- Correcting
- Involving Students
- Finishing the Feedback Process
- Varying the Amount and Way of Marking
Unit 3
Unit 3 - Module 1: Classroom Management and Assessment
- Basics of Everyday Class Management
- Whole-Class Teaching and Grouping
- Seating Whole-Group Classes
- Individualized Learning
- Pairwork
- Groupwork
- Ringing the Changes
- Organizing Pairwork and Groupwork
- Creating Pairs and Groups
- Procedures for Pairwork and Groupwork
- Troubleshooting
- Additional Aims of TESOL
- Promoting Autonomy
- Learner Training, Learner Autonomy
- Thinking about Learning
- Taking Over
- Learning Journals
- Forcing Agency?
- The Self-Access Centre (SAC)
- After (and outside) the Course
- Training Students to Continue Learning
- Questions
- What Kind of Questions?
- Managing Students
- How Can We Differentiate Work?
- Managing Interruptions
- Behavior Norms
- How Teachers Can Ensure Successful Behavior
- Modifying Problem Behavior
- Learning Styles
- Processing Information
- Assessment
- Ways of Assessing Your Students' Progress
- Test Writing
- Testing
- Characteristics of a Good Test
- Types of Test Items
- Direct Test Item Types
- Writing Tests
- Marking Tests
- Teaching for Tests
Unit 3 - Module 2: Lesson Strategies and Planning
- Lesson Planning
- Long Term Planning (Over a term or year)
- Planning Within a Section of Work
- Day to Day Lesson Planning
- Parts and Stages of a Lesson
- Introduction/Warm Up/Revision
- Presentation
- Practice and Production
- Plenary or Whole Class Review
- Time Management
- Planning for Group Work
- Planning Review
- Lesson Planning Appendix
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