Diploma in TESOL

Lanka TEFL Training Institute

Description of Course


  • The Diploma in Teaching English To Speakers Of Other Languages is specifically designed for those who are interested in teaching English as a second or foreign language.

You are assigned a personal tutor as soon as you enrol, who will give you help and guidance through the course as well as mark your assignments and give you personal feedback.

By course completion, students will:

  • understand how language is acquired
  • understand what constitutes errors in a language
  • know the principles on which modern language teaching is based
  • understand what phonetic and phonology are
  • know which methodologies can be used to teach English
  • know how to use materials and aids to teach English in the class
  • know how to organise the class
  • know how to design lesson plans


Entry Requirements


Degree or GCE/GCSEs (See text)


Course Content


Introduction: Learners' aims; different teaching situations.

Section A
  1. What is language?
  2. What is language for? Communication, control, socialization, thought, feelings
  3. Language varieties Historical, geographical and social dialect; Register: age, sex, status, role; topic, medium, style
  4. Appropriateness and error Communicative competence, mistakes, errors, teaching model.
Section B
  1. Second language acquisition; Classical conditioning, creative learning, motivation
  2. Second language acquisition Classical conditioning, creative learning, motivation
  3. Language teaching methodologies Grammar-translation, direct methods, structural approach, audio-lingual approach, cognitive code, immersion method, lexical approach
  4. Language teaching principles Selection, grading, contextualization, repetition, practice Tasks and self -correcting exercises Essays to be submitted Further reading

Module Two

Objectives

By the end of this module you should:

  1. be aware of the aids available to the language teacher
  2. know many of the techniques for using them
  3. know what is involved in developing language skills
  4. know how the aids and techniques can be used to do this

Contents

Section A
  1. Aural/oral skills: General principles, receptive v. productive skills.
  2. Teaching pronunciation: General points, discriminating sounds, producing sounds, stress and intonation.
  3. Language drills: Contextualized drills, substitution tables.
  4. Question and answer: Ten types and five levels
  5. Dialogues, drama and role play
  6. Extensive and intensive listening: Stories, comprehension passages, dictation
  7. Flashcards and wordcards
  8. Exploiting the blackboard
  9. Realia
  10. Pictures and charts: Magazine picture library, wall charts.
  11. Songs and rhymes
  12. Games and puzzles
  13. Electronic aids
Section B
  1. Reading and writing skills: Different learners, reading skills, writing skills
  2. Teaching the script: Phonic method, look-and-say method, pre-reading activities, reading activities, letter formation
  3. Teaching spelling: Spelling and reading, sound to symbol, symbol to sound
  4. Composition from guided to free: Labelling, answers to questions, substitution tables, guided composition, free composition
  5. Intensive reading: Progression of reading skills, reading activities.
  6. Extensive reading: Readability, graded readers, reading records.
  7. Exploiting texts: Using authentic texts, simplifying texts.
  8. Integrated skills: The four skills, translation.

Tasks and self correcting exercises

Essays and work to be submitted

Further reading

Module Three

Objectives

By the end of the unit you should:

  1. be aware of the factors affecting teaching aims
  2. know what is involved in syllabus design
  3. have a procedure for evaluating textbooks
  4. understand the role of the teacher and have a basis for self-evaluation
  5. be aware of the different modes of classroom interaction
  6. be able to plan effective lessons
  7. have a fund of ideas for planning lessons

Contents

Section A
  1. Teaching Aims
  2. Course aims, sample syllabuses, textbook evaluation.
  3. Class organisation
  4. Role of the teacher, modes of interaction, class layout
Section B
  1. Lesson Planning
  2. Preparation, presentation, practice, testing, revision
  3. Sample Lesson Plans
  4. Tasks and self correcting exercises

Tasks and self correcting exercises

Essays and work to be submitted

Further reading

Module Four

Objectives

By the end of the module you should:

  1. have a knowledge of the main concerns of linguistic theory
  2. know many linguistic terms and categories
  3. be able to approach linguistic texts with confidence
  4. have started to relate linguistic theory to the practice of teaching
  5. be thinking more clearly about the content of what you teach

Contents

Section A
  1. Phonetics and Phonology. The distinction between them, how sounds are made, phonemes, consonants, vowels, stress, rhythm, intonation.
  2. Morphology. Nouns, adjectives, pronouns, verbs
  3. Vocabulary. Words, morphemes, collocation, meaning, subordination
  4. Grammar.Parts of speech, clause, phrase, auxiliary and modal verbs, verb classes, tense systems and uses, complex verb phrases, noun classes, determiners, adjectives, pronouns and proforms, prepositions, conjunctions, conditionals
Section B
  1. Applications of Linguistics to Language Teaching Error analysis, phonology, vocabulary selection, sentence complexity

Epilogue

Essays and work to be submitted

Further reading

Basic Info

  • : 180 Hours
  • : LKR. 70,000/-(approx)
  • : pending
  • : Full time
  • : Diploma
  • : N/A
  • : English

Branch Info.

  • :Lanka TEFL Training Institute
  • : Head Branch
  • :144, Hill Street, Dehiwala
  • :+94 11 4 282939

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