Introduction to the TESOL Industry and Second Language Acquisition (SLA)

Unit 1

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Task 1 Readings: Read before beginning Task 01
TESOL Guidebook: Module 1: The TESOL industry and Methodology; Unit 1
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Task 01 Define the TESOL industry.

Research and answer the following questions. You can use the TESOL Guidebook and the Internet (you must reference where you found the information with either copy/paste URL of website (NOT Wikipedia) or, title, publisher, year & page no of book)

1.1Acronyms

Complete the table below by defining each of the Acronyms by type of teaching/ESL course (no word count)

Acronym / Type of ESL teaching / Reference
  1. EAP

  1. IELTS

  1. GE

  1. ESP

  1. Cambridge suite

  1. TOEIC

  1. TOEFL

1.2 Profile of ESL learners by nationality

Complete the table below by defining the expectations and national learning style of the learners according to nationality (as per example) no word count.

Nationality / Learner / Reference
Korea (example) / Expects speaking and pronunciation to be difficult, is afraid to practice speaking for fear of making mistakes, has learnt by rote and memorization, finds tasks involving creativity very difficult. Is usually very good at English grammar as this is taught bilingually in school.
China
Japan
South America
Middle East
Europe

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Task 2 Readings: Read before beginning Task 02
TESOL Readings V17 unit 2.1: ‘Krashen’s Theory of Second Language Acquisition’
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Task 02 Second Language Acquisition

2.1Krashen’s Theory of Second Language Acquisition

Click on the link below and watch the video of ‘Comprehensible input’ as demonstrated by Dr Stephen Krashen

Write a paragraph explaining ‘Comprehensible input’ and what is necessary for input to be comprehensible in the ESL classroom.

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2.2Krashen’s Theory of Second Language Acquisition

Write 500 words explaining each of Krashen’s 5 hypotheses in SLA giving an explanation and example of how each hypothesis relates to the ESL classroom and ESL teaching.

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Task 3 Readings: Read before beginning Task 03
TESOL Readings V17 Module 2 Unit 1.2: The History of the English Language
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Task 03 Origins of the English language

Research and answer the following question. You can use the TESOL Guidebook and the Internet (you must reference where you found the information with either copy/paste URL of website (NOT Wikipedia) or, title, publisher, year & page no of book).

3.1 History of English

Write 350 words explaining the origins of the English language and changes that have taken place to the English language up until the present day.

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