Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)

The purpose of this course is to develop your pedagogical skill of assisting learners to become competent English listeners, speakers, readers and writers.

The methodology is four-fold:

1)    Reading

2)    Experiencing learning tasks as both learner and teacher

3)    Reflecting

4)    Discussing

The course has twelve sessions. We have used a combination of readings and tasks in each session from the following curricula: How to Develop Listening & Speaking Skills; How to Develop Pronunciation Skills; How to Develop Reading & Writing Skills; How to Develop Grammar Skills., To the Ends of the Earth.

Session 1   Developing Effective Language Teaching Skills                                    

Session 2   Developing Receptive Skills: Listening

Session 3    Developing Productive Skills: Speaking Competence                         

Session 4   Developing Productive Skills" Speaking Tasks

Session 5   Developing Language Knowledge: English Sound System              

Session 6   Developing Integrated Pronunciation Tasks

Session 7   Developing Receptive Skills: Reading Competence

Session 8    Developing Receptive Skills: Reading tasks

Session 9   Developing Productive Skills: Writing Competence   

Session 10  Developing Productive Skills: Writing Tasks

Session 11  Developing Language Knowledge: Functional  Grammar    

Session 12  Developing Integrated Grammar Tasks