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ELT METHODOLOGY 1
Required course in the undivided MA in English teacher training
FALL 2017
Tutor: Fekete Adrienn
Office Hours: TUE: 1.00 - 1.45 PM; THU: 11-11:50 AM (Main building, R 113)
E-mail: ; ;
Time & place: MON, 12-1:40 PM, (R 55); 2-3:40 PM, (R 55)
The course runs for 14 weeks.
Aims:
· to familiarise students with the practical aspects of the ideas and currently used classroom techniques introduced in the ELT Methodology lecture course
· to provide trainees with the opportunity to try out some of these ideas and techniques
· to allow trainees to observe their peers practising teaching thus gaining experience in giving and handling feedback on one’s teaching performance
· to introduce trainees to the fundamentals of lesson and classroom management, as well as to the essentials of teaching English as a foreign language
The course is organised in the form of tutor-led input sessions and micro-teaching slots.
Weekly schedule of classes
WEEK 1 (11/09)
Introduction to the course
WEEK 2 (18/09)
What makes a good teacher? Learning stages and lesson stages/types. Five-minute activities
WEEK 3 (25/09)
Essentials of classroom management, teacher and learner roles.
Pairing and grouping techniques.
MT focus: five-minute activities
WEEK 4 (02/10)
Teaching pronunciation, focus on Hungarian learners’ problems
MT focus: techniques dealing with individual sounds, stress, intonation and rhythm
WEEK 5 (09/10)
Teaching Vocabulary: storing words in the mind, word learnability, principles of teaching vocabulary
WEEK 6 (16/10)
Teaching Vocabulary
MT focus: teaching vocabulary: elicitation & presentation techniques, consolidation questions
WEEK 7 (23/10)
No class – national holiday
WEEK 8 (06/11)
Consultation week
WEEK 9 (13/11)
Teaching Vocabulary
MT focus: teaching vocabulary: controlled practice, revision
WEEK 10 (20/11)
Approaches to teaching structures; teaching grammar in terms of form, meaning and function
WEEK 11 (27/11)
Teaching Grammar
MT focus: presenting grammar (context setting, marker sentence and concept-check questions
WEEK 12 (04/12)
Teaching Grammar
MT focus: controlled practice, correction of errors, less controlled practice
Lesson planning
WEEK 13 (11/12)
No class
WEEK 14 (18/12)
End-of-term test
Course assessment will be based on
· class participation (max. 2 absences allowed without having to account for them)
· the submitted, written up version of trainees’ self-prepared materials used in the micro-teaching (description of and rationale for the activities and reflections on lessons learnt)
· 1 progress evaluation report (max.1 page) written by trainees based on their reflections on MT sessions and class feedback, submitted at the end of the course
· end-of-term test
materials to use
Brown, H. D. (2001). Teaching by principles. Longman. (Chapters 2-4)
Harmer, J. (1991). The practice of English language teaching. Longman.
Hedge, T. (2000). Teaching and Learning in the Language Classroom. OUP.
Larsen-Freeman, D. (1986). Techniques and principles in language teaching. OUP.
Larsen-Freeman, D. (1986). Techniques and principles in language teaching. OUP.
Richards, J. C., & Rodgers, T. S. (1986). Approaches and methods in language teaching. CUP.
Scrivener, J. (1997). Learning teaching. Heinemann.
Swan, M. (1985). A critical look at the Communicative Approach I-II. ELT Journal, 39(1), 2-12; 39(2), 76-87.
SET COURSE READINGS
Session 2
Learning Teaching by Scrivener (1997, Heinemann) pp. 32-37
Session 3
Teaching and Learning in the Language Classroom by Hedge (2000 OUP) pp. 26-36
The Practice of English Language Teaching by Harmer (1991 Longman) pp. 235-255
Session 4
Distance Learning Material: Teaching Pronunciation
Session 6
Teaching and Learning in the Language Classroom by Hedge (2000 OUP) pp. 109-142
The Practice of English Language Teaching by Harmer (1991 Longman) pp. 153-179
Session 9
Teaching and Learning in the Language Classroom by Hedge (2000 OUP) pp. 143-179
Items printed in italics will be made available electronically. The other readings can be found in the IEAS library.