Course unit details
UNIT 1 - Learning Styles
This is a bit of a philosophical one to start with, but it's important that you get a good idea about what learning is, how people learn and different learner profiles before you try and teach.
- Section 1- The learning cycle and types of learners
- Section 2 - Teaching models that have influenced current teaching practice
- Section 3 - Introduction to the lesson structure and presentation
- Section 4 - Presenting explanations and instructions
- Section 5 - What we know about language learning
- Section 6 - How engage, study and activate (ESA) fit together in lesson sequences
UNIT 2 - Motivation
Student motivation is crucial to your success as a teacher. It makes teaching and learning immeasurably easier and more pleasant, as well as more productive. A “motivated” student is willing or even eager to invest effort in learning activities and to progress.
- Section 1 - The importance of motivation
- Section 2 - The teacher's responsibility
- Section 3 - Extrinsic motivation
- Section 4 - Intrinsic motivation and interest
- Section 5 - Fluctuations in student interest
UNIT 3 - Classroom interaction and management
This unit deals with issues relating to how you present yourself as a teacher, how you relate to your students, how to ask question, manage activities, provide feedback and other important factors that you must consider in the classroom.
- Section 1 - Introduction to classroom interaction and mangement
- Section 2 - Classroom interaction
- Section 3 - Asking questions
- Section 4 - Concept checking
- Section 5 - Feedback
- Section 6 - Classroom management - Discipline
- Section 7 - Classroom management - Teacher language, drilling and boardwork
UNIT 4 - Grammar
This unit deals with issues relating to grammar in general, grammatical structures, grammatical meaning, guidelines on presenting and explaining grammar and last but not least grammar and its usage.
- Section 1 - What is grammar.
- Section 2 - Presenting and explaining grammar
- Present simple
- Present continuous
- Past simple and continuous
- Past perfect simple and continous
- Present perfect simple
- Present perfect continuous
- Future
- Conditionals
- Section 3 - Grammar and its usage
- Section 4 - Advanced grammar
- Adjectives and adverbs
- Frequency adverbs
- Comparatives and superlatives
- Reported speech
- Time clauses
- Relative clauses
- Verbs + prepositions
- Nouns + prepositions
- Prepositions + nouns
- Countable and uncountable nouns
- Indefinite articles a and an
- Definite article the
- No definite article used
- Some and any
- Expressing quantity
- Both, neither, either
- Each and every
- Make or do?
- Rise or raise
- So or such?
- English pronunciation
- Rule about “i” before “e”
- I.e. Versus e.g.
- Irregular verbs
UNIT 5 - Teaching vocabulary
This unit deals with issues relating to how to teach vocabulary and the type of classroom activities you can use.
- Section 1 - Presenting new vocabulary
- Section 2 - Ideas for vocabulary work in class
- Section 3 - Remembering vocabulary
UNIT 6 - Teaching reading and writing
This unit deals with issues relating to how to teach reading and writing and the type of classroom activities you can use.
- Section 1 - What is really involved in reading?
- Section 2 - Real life reading in the classroom
- Section 3 - What do reading sequences look like?
- Section 4 - Reading activities
- Section 5 - Written versus spoken text
- Section 6 - Tasks that stimulate writing
- Section 7 - More writing activities
- Section 8 -How to use written and spoken material in class
UNIT 7 - Teaching speaking and listening
This unit deals with the all issues relating to how to teach speaking and listening and the type of classroom activities you can use
- Section 1 - Practice For Verbal Fluency
- Section 2 - The Functions Of Topic And Task
- Section 3 - Role Play And Related Techniques
- Section 4 - What Do Speaking Activities Look Like?
- Section 5 - Speaking Activities
- Section 6 - What Is Really Involved In Real-Life Listening?
- Section 7 - Real-Life Listening In The Classroom
- Section 8 - What Do Listening Sequences Look Like?
- Section 9 - Listening Activities
- Section 10 - Phonology and pronunciation
- Section 11 - Example games/exercises for pronunciation
- Section 12 - How to use written and spoken material in class
UNIT 8 - Lesson planning
This unit deals with the all issues relating to how to plan out your lesson, lesson components, how to assess the effectivity of your lesson and lots of practical ideas for classroom activities.
- Section 1 - How do I plan my lessons effectively?
- Section 2 - Different lesson components
- Section 3 - Discussion of a sample lesson plan
- Section 4 - What are the best kinds of lesson?
- Section 5 - Ideas for planning lessons for different age groups
- Section 6 - Classroom activities
UNIT 9 - Observation
This unit shows you video excerpts from 6 different teachers in action. You will watch each excerpt and then comment on what you observe.
- Section 1 - Observe and note down a teacher's classroom behaviour and student reactions
- Section 2 - Observe and note down a teacher's classroom behaviour and student reactions
- Section 3 - Observe and note down a teacher's classroom behaviour and student reactions
- Section 4 - Observe and note down a teacher's classroom behaviour and student reactions
- Section 5 - Observe and note down a teacher's classroom behaviour and student reactions
- Section 6 - Observe and note down a teacher's classroom behaviour and student reactions
UNIT 10 - Jobs
This unit includes information about jobs, job prospects, teaching resources and information about how to enrol for our teaching practice module.
- Section 1 - Jobs
- Section 2 - Teaching tips
- Section 3 - Employment resources
- Section 4 - Optional teaching practice module
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