The general goal of this course is improve teachers-in-training and
teachers' knowledge, awareness, skills and attitude towards the practice
of teaching of English. We will focus on the idea of Best Practices; i.e.,
those practices which help students to learn most effectively and
efficiently. Participants will use reflective practice and the
Experiential Learning Cycle to develop the skills to improve their own
practice.
The course will have several modes of delivery: Lecture and discussions of
readings to develop the knowledge and awareness of aspects of teaching
English, workshops to further sharpen your awareness and to help you
develop the skills that you need, micro-teaching to allow you to apply and
practice the knowledge and skills you are developing and reflection and
processing of sample lessons and micro-teaching to help you affirm your
beliefs and strengthen your attitude to the use and implementation of Best
Practices.
We will be using a course packet available at 참글. A digital copy is
available as well. Lecture note will be posted to the left. Other
resources will be made available in the section called "Errata."
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30% Attendance
20% Homework on readings
50% Micro-teaching & reflections on those experiences
Attendance is mandatory: Participants who arrive to class 10 minutes or more after class begins will be considered late. Participants who are late 3 times will receive 1 absence. Any participant who misses 1/4 of all class meetings will receive an F. Mastery of the ideas and concepts of this course requires engagement and discussion. If you are not in class, you miss that opportunity to exchange ideas. Moreover, participation is also essential. Just coming to class is not enough. I expect all participants to be active in class discussion and lectures as well as to complete all oral and written assignments.
Each participant will get a chance to put what he or she is learning into practice by teaching several sample lessons. The reason for doing this is so that we can reflect upon our experience. To improve our knowledge, awareness, skills, and attitude towards Best Practices in the classroom, we need to develop our ability to identify within our own practices what helps or hinders our students. Reflecting on our experience will enable us to develop these skills. To assess you ability to reflect upon your experience, you will write one reflective essays for each micro-teaching. In these essays you will be asked to identity two significant moments within your micro-teaching lesson. You will then describe that 3-5 minute moment, you will analyze that moment in terms of what help or hindered Ss learning, you will make generalization about teaching and learning and connect those generalization to theories of teaching and learning you have studied, finally you will make an action plan which will describe how you will alter you future practice as a teacher based on what you have learned from this experience. (Sample is provided below).
Students will have two to four opportunities to do micro-teaching (depending on the number of students in the class). Ideally each participant will have the opportunity to teach one speaking lesson, one listening lesson, one reading lesson, and redo one skill that was problematic. If we are assigned the room in the multi-media building, all micro-teachings will be digitally recorded. One copy will be for you and another copy will be for me. I will use videos for feedback and discussion.
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