Key features:
- Interactive content includes video-lectures, animated presentations as well as online discussions create a stimulating learning environment
- Task-based learning activities and interactive reading passages reinforce the acquisition of key principles while optimising the learning experience
- Classroom video segments provide practical demonstrations of key principles and make the content come to life
and
- An internationally recognised First TEFL Certificate from highly acclaimed Hunter College, City University of New York will be awarded upon successfully passing any four modules.
Table of Contents:
Lesson 1 Understanding Speaking
Session A Introduction
Session B The sub-skills of speaking
When you finish this session, you will be able to:
· identify the sub-skills of speaking
Session C Speaking as social interaction
When you finish this session, you will be able to:
· understand the goals of communicative language teaching
· define the roles of language functions and conversation strategies
Session D Fluency and accuracy
When you finish this session, you will be able to:
· encourage fluency practice by not interfering with communication
· use error correction techniques that minimize interference
· support classroom interaction with repair strategies and basic classroom language
Session E Applications Session F Quiz
Lesson 2 Interacting in the Classroom
Session A Introduction
Session B Benefiting from interaction
When you finish this session, you will be able to:
· identify the benefits of teacher to student interaction
· identify the benefits of student to student interaction
· use techniques for eliciting responses and initiating discussion
· handle typical challenges to class interaction
Session C Interacting: teacher to class
When you finish this session, you will be able to:
· use techniques for eliciting responses to encourage interaction
· shift teacher roles in order to increase student talk
Session D Interacting : student to student
When you finish this session, you will be able to:
· increase interaction in activities that don’t normally involve speaking
· arrange the classroom to increase interaction
Session E Application
Session F Quiz
Lesson 3 Planning a Controlled Speaking Lesson
Session A Introduction
Session B Getting ready to speak
When you finish this session you will be able to:
· understand the importance of conversation models
· explain the value of preparation before practicing conversation
models
· use various techniques to introduce conversation models
Session C Speaking practice
When you finish this session you will be able to:
· understand the role of suprasegmentals in English pronunciation
· explain the benefits of imitation
· use drills to build student confidence, automaticity, and fluency
Session D Manipulating, transferring, and extending the model
When you finish this session you will be able to:
· help students manipulate the language of a model
· help students to transfer the model to other situations
· guarantee interactive listening practice
· encourage students to extend and personalize their conversations
Lesson 4 Working on fluency
Session A Introduction
Session B: Student-initiated production
When you finish this session, you will be able to:
· understand the role of tasks in fluency development
· identify the benefits of pair and group work for free practice
· recognize ways to prepare students for free communication tasks
Session C: Free communication activities
When you finish this session, you will be able to:
· identify different learning styles
· choose tasks that address different learning styles
· design free communication tasks
Session D: Encouraging growth
When you finish this session, you will be able to:
· use reading and listening texts to enhance quality of expression
· help students use key social language in free communication
· ensure students use language they have learned
Session E Application
Lesson 5 Assessing speaking
Session A: Introduction
Session B: Formal assessment: proficiency
When you finish this session, you will be able to:
· understand the object of assessing speaking proficiency
· identify a variety of ways to assess speaking proficiency
· help students frame their ideas before a task
Session C: Formal assessment: achievement
When you finish this session, you will be able to:
· understand the purpose of achievement testing
· create an objective test for speaking sub-skills
· create a subjective test for speaking
· create and use assessment criteria
Session D: Informal assessment
When you finish this session, you will be able to:
· assess speaking skills informally during speaking practice
· help students observe and assess their own progress
Session E: Application Session F: Quiz
