This course covers the essential ESL teaching skills a Teacher of English for Speakers of Other Languages should possess, ranging from teaching pro­nunciation, listening, speaking, and writing, to classroom management, to specialized teaching skills such as teaching business English and chil­dren.

The course is conducted by Mentors who have a minimum of 5 years of TESOL experience and an excellent background as instructors.

Winter, 2013

TESOL Preparation Program – 36 quarter units, 15 hours a week
Schedule:

Monday – Thursday:   9-12pm

Cost:    $6000 for one-year program

This certificate offers:

• Training time.
• Teaching reading, writing, listening, speaking, English grammar, vocab­ulary, pronunciation, classroom management, lesson planning and student evalua­tion.
• Teaching English to children, business English and TOEFL tutoring.
• Teaching practice with a full range of lesson types and with at least two different levels of classes.
• An optimal ratio of trainer to course participants.

Essential skills

• Understand the fundaments of how second languages are learned.
• Understand how to use teaching materials and the characteristics of effective materials.
• Learn to help your students gain the confidence and proficiency they need to speak English.
• Learn to teach students skills to understand English both in the classroom and outside of it.
• Learn to evaluate reading comprehension and writing from beginner level to advanced level students.
• Understand how to explain grammar and successfully answer students’ questions about it.
• Understand how to generate rapport with your students and create a good learning environment in your classroom.
• Understand how to be culturally sensitive in the classroom.

General ESL

• Understand the characteristics of a good learner, error correction, teaching meth­ods and practices across student age and proficiency levels.
• Review case studies and lesson plan templates to create solid lesson plans.
• Learn how to create a learning environment in the classroom.
• Learn approaches to content, task and theme-based teaching.
• Make use of visual aids, computer technology, role-play, games and drama to teach.

Topics

• Your ESL Job: What’s on Offer?
• International Trends in the ESL Industry.
• What Makes a Great Teacher?
• Building Rapport with Students.
• The Successful Learner.
• ESL Teaching Levels.
• Meeting Needs of Diverse Learners.
• Learning Styles Theory.
• Teaching Across Age and Proficiency Levels.
• Classroom Management.
• Cultural Sensitivity in the Classroom.
• English Grammar Demystified.
• Breathing Life into Grammar Lessons.
• Teaching Vocabulary Techniques.
• Teaching Speaking and Listening.
• Teaching Reading and Writing.
• Solving and Avoiding ESL Problems.
• Mid-Lesson Crisis Management.
• Grammar Explanation for Beginner Level Students.
• Assessing Students’ Progress.
• Teaching in a Multicultural Setting.
• Lesson Coordination when Team Teaching.
• Teaching and Evaluating ESL Students.
• ESL Games and Exercises.
• ESL Ice Breaker Activities.
• Overcoming Fear of Failure as an ESL Teacher.
• Classroom Setup.
• Grammar: The Simple Past vs. the Present Perfect.
• Designing Exceptional ESL Lessons.
• Understanding Group Dynamics.
• Teaching English Grammar.
• Effective Cross Cultural Relations.
• Conflict Resolution Techniques.
• Difference between Tutoring and Teaching.
• Tutoring Techniques.
• Teaching Pronunciation.
• Teaching Idioms, Expressions, Phrasal Verbs and Slang.
• Finding and Using ESL Teaching Resources.
• Finding and Negotiating Your ESL Contract.
• Job Interviews and Teaching Positions.
• Culture Shock and Adaptation.
• Teaching Classroom English.
• Observation and Evaluation of Peer Mini-Lessons.
• Special Considerations for Teaching Children.
• Ideas for Young Learner Classroom Management.
• Teaching Specific Skills and Activities for Children.
• Self Reflection Task for Young Learners.
• TPR (Total Physical Response): Nonverbal Technique with Children.
• Language Acquisition and Child Development.
• Understanding Business English.
• Conducting Needs Analysis.
• Business English Lessons and Units.
• Teaching Verbal Communication Skills in Business English.
• Speaking Activities for the Business Professional.
• Teaching Written Communication Skills in Business English.
• ­What are TOEFL and TOEIC?
• Teaching Adults.
• The New TOEFL IBT.
• TOEFL/IC: Strategies and Skill-Building.
• TOEFL/IC: Coaching and Mentoring.

 

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