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The following is a select list of units and topics covered in the 100-hour online TESOL certificate program:
Module 1:
The World of ELT and Study Skills Module has general
information on the ELT industry and CV writing. The section on Study
Skills is linked to the Mind Tools website, where you will find articles
to read about learning styles, and study skills to complete your first
assignment.
Module 2: The Study of English (Grammar and Phonology)
Grammar
- Chapter 1 Parts of Speech
- Chapter 2 Parts of a Sentence
- Chapter 3 Nouns
- Chapter 4 Pronouns
- Chapter 5 Adjectives- Determiners and Articles
- Chapter 6 Adverbs
- Chapter 7 Verbs
- Chapter 8 Conjunctions
- Chapter 9 Prepositions
- Chapter 10 Tenses
- Chapter 11 Ideas for Teaching grammar
A final test must be submitted at the end of this section.
Phonology
- Chapter 1 Introduction to Phonology
- Chapter 2 Introduction to Phonemes
- Chapter 3 Getting to Know the Anatomy of the Mouth
- Chapter 4 Vowels, diphthongs and triphthongs
- Chapter 5 Consonants
- Chapter 6 Sentence Stress
- Chapter 7 Intonation
- Chapter 8 Teaching pronunciation
A final test must be submitted at the end of this section.
Module 3: The Methodology Module (The
Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages –TESOL) contains
assignments (6), which train the student to prepare professional lesson
plans.
Chapter 1 First Class
The purpose of this chapter is to consider the importance
of establishing initial connections in the classroom. These connections
set the tone for the entire learning experience. You will be required
to make personal reflections in order to more effectively empathize with
your students’ situations. The chapter then sets out suggestions for
icebreakers in the classroom. Finally, you will analyze features of
these introduction techniques from a teacher’s point of view.
Chapter 2 Approaches to Language Teaching
This chapter contains a very condensed and subjective
synopsis of the main currents in the history of language teaching
methodology (Grammar Translation Method, Direct Method and
Audiolingualism)
Chapter 3 Communicative Approach
In chapter 2 we discuss some of the major approaches to
second language teaching and learning. These are grammatically oriented
approaches (They focus on accuracy rather than meaning and fluency). In
this chapter we focus on The Communicative Approach, which is
semantically oriented (The communicative approach is based on the idea
that learning language successfully comes through having to communicate
real meaning).
Chapter 4 Teaching Grammar
There are different ways to present or review a new topic.
You need to be eclectic and decide what the best method for your
students is, taking into account their level, age and interests, and the
syllabus and textbook you are using. In this chapter you will learn
some of the most common frameworks or models used in a communicative
approach lesson.
Chapter 5 How to write a lesson plan
Organizing your ideas, knowing the steps to follow in a
lesson, and having a clear objective of what you want your students to
acquire in the lesson are elements that will make your class successful.
In this chapter you will be introduced to the techniques that are
required to write a professional lesson plan, so that you can apply
these techniques to teaching the four skills that students need to
develop in order to communicate in the target language: speaking and
writing (productive skills); and listening and reading (receptive
skills).
Chapter 6 Teaching Skills: Speaking
In this chapter, you will learn how to effectively teach
speaking skills. Learners generally want to master speaking skills as
soon as possible. However, together with listening, it is probably the
most difficult skill to develop. Speaking requires that learners not
only know how to produce specific points of language such as grammar,
pronunciation, or vocabulary (linguistic competence), but also that they
understand when, why, and in what ways to produce language
(sociolinguistic competence).
Chapter 7 Teaching Vocabulary
In this chapter you will learn fundamental features for successfully instilling vocabulary knowledge in students.
Chapter 8 Teaching Skills: Listening
In this chapter you will learn how to effectively teach
listening skills. Many teachers think that a listening activity is just
playing a tape, asking comprehension questions or true and false
activities. “The lesson is over! My students have done listening!” No
learning process was involved in such a listening lesson.
Chapter 9 Teaching Skills: Reading
In this chapter you will look at reading comprehension
techniques and lesson plans for reading activities to learn how to
effectively teach reading skills.
Chapter 10 Teaching Skills: Writing
In this chapter you will learn how to effectively teach
writing skills. The macroskill of writing is the one most often ignored
by teachers. To exacerbate this, students very often do not seem to be
interested in practicing this skill. One of the major reasons that
writing is given short shrift in the classroom is that teachers do not
know how to present and exploit this skill in a communicative and
interesting way.
Chapter 11 Classroom Management
This chapter covers classroom management in terms of the
role of the teacher, the students’ behaviour, the activities, discipline
problems and possible solutions.
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