The University of Kragujevac

Faculty of Education in Jagodina

Course:
The English Language (General English and ESP)
for preschool teachers and boarding school teachers

COURSE GUIDE

AUTUMN SEMESTER,

2008/2009

Teacher:

Ivana Cirkovic Miladinovic, MA

1. COURSE INFORMATION

Welcome to the English Language Course (General English and ESP)!

This course is provided by the Faculty of Education in Jagodina.

This course is taught by Ivana Cirkovic Miladinovic.

2. SESSIONS

Sessions will be on Monday and will take the form of interactive lectures with the input from the tutor and a variety of reflective, analytical and evaluative tasks. Active involvement in tasks, discussion and sharing of ideas and experience will be related especially to the week’s topic in exercise classes.

3. AIMS

•to provide you with the linguistic knowledge, and language skills you will need to use in target language.

•to provide a basis for further development through self-directed language enhancement activity, peer exchange and reading.

4. OBJECTIVES

•Reading

•Listening

•Writing

•Speaking

FOCUS WILL BE ON: Grammar & Vocabulary

5. TRANSFERABLE SKILLS:

  • Greater confidence in four language skills: reading, listening, writing, speaking
  • Revised grammar and more proficient usage of it
  • Expanded vocabulary
  • Bigger confidence in oral and written communication
  • The ability to engage in critical thinking.

6. IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PRESCHOOL INSTITUTIONS AND BOARDING SCHOOLS

  • Taking individual differences into account;
  • Encouraging learner autonomy;
  • Organising students’ free time;
  • Improving students’ motivation, their cultural, educational, linguistic and affective needs
  • Developing of language learning strategies.

7. LEARNING ACTIVITIES

  • Interactive lectures
  • Workshop sessions
  • Student-led presentations
  • Group discussions
  • Independent study
  • Library research
  • Internet research

8. LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course you will have:

  • Revised and expanded knowledge you already posses on grammar and vocabulary
  • Enhanced four language skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening
  • Developed a greater critical awareness and understanding of the linguistic demands placed on learners by the English language for teacher purposes
  • Have taken steps to familiarise yourself with resources for developing awareness of the English language
  • Implemented a self-diagnosed and self-planned programme of language proficiency enhancement related to your own needs, priorities and interests for future professional development.

9. COURSE OUTLINE

Autumn Semester

WEEK / DATE / TOPIC / NOTES
1 / 6 Oct / Introduction L
Content: Beliefs aboutpersonal language learning, aims and objectives of the course, learning activities, resources, learning journal, exam. / Power point presentation
A questionnaire
Handouts
Topic: Learning Journal (What is its purpose, How do I keep a journal? What do I write?)
E
2 / 13 Oct / It’s absolutely true! L
Content: Past simple and continuous, adjectives and intensifiers, telling stories / PPT
Handouts
Text:The Place of English
(Taken from The Practice of English Language Teaching, by Jeremy Harmer, 2003) E
3 / 20 Oct / Are you a morning person? L
Content: Subject and object questions, asking about and describing routines, phrasal verbs / PPT
Handouts
Text:What is different about teaching children?
(Taken from The Primary English Teacher’s Guide by J. Brewster & G.Ellis, 2004) E
4 / 27 Oct / What’s in a name? L
Content: Future with will and going to, choosing decisions and giving reasons for decisions, products’ names / PPT
Handouts
Text:How children think and learn
(Taken from The Primary English Teacher’s Guide by J. Brewster & G.Ellis, 2004) E
5 / 3 Nov / Career paths L
Content: Comparatives and superlatives, comparing lives and careers, education / PPT
Handouts
Text: Learner Autonomy
(Taken from The Practice of English Language Teaching, by Jeremy Harmer, 2003) E
6 / 10 Nov / On the other hand L
Content: Modal verbs for ability, describing abilities and difficulties / Group tutorials to discuss test 1
Handouts
Text:Cooperative Learning
(Taken from Cooperative Learning.htm) E
7 / 17 Nov / Corporate spying L
Content: Adverbs of purpose, describing reasons for actions, role play / Test 1
Text:Learner Autonomy
(Taken from The Practice of English Language Teaching, by Jeremy Harmer, 2003) E
8 / 24 Nov / Teamwork L
Content: Present perfect simple, talking about your experience, work / PPT
Handouts
Text: Children Differ
(Taken from UNESCO (2001)
Understanding and Responding to Children's Needs
in Inclusive Classrooms, a Guide for Teachers
Retrieved from E

9 / 1 Dec / Nice to meet you L
Content: Managing a conversation, what to say in social situations, topics of conversation / PPT
Handouts
Text:Children’s Basic Needs
(Taken from UNESCO (2001)
Understanding and Responding to Children's Needs
in Inclusive Classrooms, a Guide for Teachers.
Retrieved from

E
10 / 8 Dec / Australia L
Content: First conditional, travel items, making suggestions / PPT
Handouts
Text: Responding to Diversity
(Taken from UNESCO (2001)
Understanding and Responding to Children's Needs
in Inclusive Classrooms, a Guide for Teachers.
Retrieved from

E
11 / 15 Dec / Take it easy L
Content: Verb constructions for likes and dislikes, expressions with take, discussing sport / PPT
Handouts
Text:Listening to Stories
(Taken from Teaching English to Children by W. Scott and L. Ytreberg)
E
12 / 22 Dec / Determination L
Content: Used to and would, comparing past and present habits, determination / PPT
Handouts
Text: Why Plan at All?(Taken from How toTeach English, by Jeremy Harmer, 2004)
E
13 / 29 Dec / Money matters L
Content: Verbs with two objects, money and banks, e-banking / Group tutorials to discuss test 2
Handouts
Text:Children’s Delight in a Good Story Knows no Bounds
(Taken from Modern Elementary Curriculum, by Celia Burns) E
14 / 5 Jan / The river L
Content: Present simple and continuous for future, phrasal verbs about tourism, planning a day trip / Test 2
Text:Post-Modern Teacher – Future Challenges for the Teacher Profession
(Taken from STEP Closing Conference, 2006, by M.Meri & K.Volmari)
E

Legend:

L= lectures

E= exercises

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