The Course

Unit 1 Study Skills (not assessed)

We even teach you how to study!

Personal motivation
Planning and organising study time; timetabling, study periods, realistic planning
Study techniques; making notes, concept maps, nuclear notes, mnemonics
5 step reading techniques; selection, recognition, extraction, organisation and transfer of information
How the course works; role of tutor, tutor assessed and self-study tasks

You have to study it before you can teach it!

Deductive Analysis and use of grammars
Parts of speech and grammatical terminology
The tense system, reported speech, active and passive
Elements of pronunciation; intonation including rising and falling tones, sentence stress, weak forms
Sounds of the language/phonology; word stress, schwa sound, phonemic chart
Teaching a 'pronunciation point'
Lexis selection; frequency and appropriacy
Lexis formation; synonyms and antonyms, word stems, parts of speech including prefixes and suffixes

*Please note a full Back to Basics Grammar Resource is provided with this course

Now you've studied it, how do you teach it?

Overview of EFL issues
Being a caring teacher, involving students, using realistic language, keeping the students attention, teacher talking time, correction, levels in EFL teaching, visual aids, use of mother tongue, exams, the role of grammar, classroom techniques, one to one teaching
Listening and Reading; skills and the textbook, different kinds of listening, available materials
Reading in a foreign language; types of reading, types of texts, writing comprehension questions, stages of reading activities, designing reading activities
Speaking and Writing; what it's like speaking in a foreign language, setting up speaking activities, types of speaking activities, discreet sound teaching, issues in teaching writing, the nature of writing as a skill, organising and planning writing activities

What to do with your learners and in what order!

Learning and teaching; seating, names, teacher talk time, use of questions, ways of differentiating, managing interruptions, learning styles
Lesson Stages and Plans
Parts and stages of a lesson: time management, groups, needs analysis, writing aims and objectives, predicting problems, sample lesson plans at a range of levels