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ELT METHODOLOGY 1
Required course in the full-time MA in English teacher training
Term 1, 2015/16
Tutor: Dr. Csépes Ildikó
Office Hours: Thursday 13:00-13:45, Friday, 12:00-12:45
E-mail: csepes.ildiko@arts.unideb.hu
Time: Wednesday, 14:00-15:40
Place: Room 119, Main building
Aims:
 to familiarise students with the practical aspects of the ideas and currently used classroom
techniques introduced in the ELT Methodology lecture course
 to provide trainees with the opportunity to try out some of these ideas and techniques
 to allow trainees to observe their peers practising teaching thus gaining experience in
giving and handling feedback on one’s teaching performance
 to introduce trainees to the fundamentals of lesson and classroom management, as well as
to the essentials of teaching English as a foreign language
The course is organised in the form of tutor-led input sessions and micro-teaching slots.
Weekly schedule of classes
WEEK 1 (16/09)
Introduction to the course
WEEK 2 (23/09)
Review of language teaching methods 1
WEEK 3 (30/09)
Review of language teaching methods 2
WEEK 4 (7/10)
What makes a good teacher? Learning stages and lesson stages/types. Five-minute activities
WEEK 5 (14/10)
Essentials of classroom management, teacher and learner roles.
Pairing and grouping techniques.
MT focus: five-minute activities
WEEK 6 (21/10)
Teaching pronunciation, focus on Hungarian learners’ problems
MT focus: techniques dealing with individual sounds, stress, intonation and rhythm
WEEK 7 (28/10)
Consultation week
WEEK 8 (04/11)
Teaching Vocabulary: storing words in the mind, word learnability, principles of teaching
vocabulary
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WEEK 9 (11/11)
Teaching Vocabulary
MT focus: teaching vocabulary: elicitaion & presentation techniques, consolidation questions
WEEK 10 (18/11)
Teaching Vocabulary
MT focus: teaching vocabulary: controlled practice, revision
WEEK 11 (25/11)
Approaches to teaching structures; teaching grammar in terms of form, meaning and function
WEEK 12 (02/12)
Teaching Grammar
MT focus: presenting grammar (context setting, marker sentence and concept-check
questions)
WEEK 13 (09/12)
Teaching Grammar
MT focus: controlled practice, correction of errors, less controlled practice
WEEK 14 (16/12)
End-of-term test
COURSE ASSESSMENT will be based on
 class participation (max. 2 absences allowed without having to account for them)
 the submitted, written up version of trainees’ self-prepared materials used in the microteaching (description of and rationale for the activities and reflections on lessons learnt)
 1 progress evaluation report (max.1 page) written by trainees based on their reflections on
MT sessions and class feedback, submitted at the end of the course
 end-of-term test
MATERIALS TO USE
Brown, H. D. (2001). Teaching by principles. Longman. (Chapters 2-4)
Harmer, J. (1991). The practice of English language teaching. Longman.
Hedge, T. (2000). Teaching and Learning in the Language Classroom. OUP.
Larsen-Freeman, D. (1986). Techniques and principles in language teaching. OUP.
Larsen-Freeman, D. (1986). Techniques and principles in language teaching. OUP.
Richards, J. C., & Rodgers, T. S. (1986). Approaches and methods in language teaching.
CUP.
Scrivener, J. (1997). Learning teaching. Heinemann.
Swan, M. (1985). A critical look at the Communicative Approach I-II. ELT Journal, 39(1),
2-12; 39(2), 76-87.
SET COURSE READINGS
Session 2
Approach and Methods in Language Teaching by Richards and Rogers (1986 CUP)
The Grammar Translation Method (pp. 1-5)
The Direct Method (pp. 9-12)
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The Audiolingual Method (pp.44-61)
The Silent Way (pp. 99-111)
Session 3
Approach and Methods in Language Teaching by Richards and Rogers (1986 CUP)
Community Language Learning (pp.113-126)
Suggestopedia (pp.142-152)
Total Physical Response (pp. 87-97)
The Communicative Approach (pp. 64-83)
A shorter review of the above methods is also available in Chapter 2 in Teaching by Principles
by Brown (2001 Pearson) and The Practice of English Language Teaching by Harmer (1991
Longman) pp.31-43
A more detailed review is available in Techniques and principles in language teaching by
Larsen-Freeman (1986 OUP)
Session 4
Learning Teaching by Scrivener (1997, Heinemann) pp. 32-37
Session 5
Teaching and Learning in the Language Classroom by Hedge (2000 OUP) pp. 26-36
The Practice of English Language Teaching by Harmer (1991 Longman) pp. 235-255
Session 6
Distance Learning Material: Teaching Pronunciation
Session 8
Teaching and Learning in the Language Classroom by Hedge (2000 OUP) pp. 109-142
The Practice of English Language Teaching by Harmer (1991 Longman) pp. 153-179
Session 11
Teaching and Learning in the Language Classroom by Hedge (2000 OUP) pp. 143-179
Items printed in italics will be made available electronically. The other readings can be found
in the IEAS library.