CURRENT TRENDS: THEORY AND PRACTICE IN ENGLISH
LANGUAGE TEACHING (IHL-T3)
LONDON, THE UNITED KINGDOM
2 weeks, 30 x 60 min per week
Description of Course Contents
During the course look principles of teaching a second language are underlaid, and practical techniques for implementing ELT methodology
given.
Teachers will learn how to motivate students, how to use technology in their lessons, and how to design a syllabus. The course will also
show them how to cope with large classes, how to test students, and how to implement task-based learning. Studying alongside other
English language teachers will improve their teaching communication skills.
Target Groups
Current Trends: Theory and Practice in English Language Teaching is a special teacher development short course for English language
teachers. It is aimed at teachers working in the UK or overseas whose first language is not English. It is required that teachers should have
good standard of Cambridge Advanced Certificate (CAE) or C1 of the Common European Framework.
Aims of course
· To develop your ability to critically examine current ELT principles
· To learn to evaluate current trends in context with your own teaching
· To acquire a range of practical teaching ideas and materials
Program kursu może być dopasowany do konkretnych potrzeb i oczekiwań uczestników na bazie przeprowadzonej analizy potrzeb szkoleniowych. Dlatego też
prezentowany opis kursu może różnić się od ostatecznej zawartości kursu i ma jedynie charakter poglądowy.
SAMPLE TIMETABLE
WEEK 1
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Introduction
Principles of how we
teach
Views of language,
learning, & SLA
An emerging
methodology – TBL Text
& lexis
Needs analysis
A TBL/Text lesson &
framework – balancing
FonM & FonF
Task types and
parameters
Options for FonF – textbased input &
reformulated output
TBL/T at low levels
Principles of a lexical
approach
Teaching collocation at
low levels
Analysing lexis in text
Lexical exercise types
Views of grammar –
patterns v. structures
Grammaring activities:
dictogloss & text
reconstruction
3 aspects of grammar:
structure, orientation &
pattern
Lexis & grammar – the
notion of ‘class’
Review of week/Open
forum
Projects for week 2
Authentic video text: an
interview with Tony Benn
Processing text for
meaning & language
focus
(Article: Developing from
PPP to TBL)
(Article: Crucial
combinations/Noticing &
learning collocation)
(Article: Big words, small
grammar/Natural
grammar)
(Article: Reformulation &
reconstruction)
(Questions to review the
week & ideas for
projects)
Program kursu może być dopasowany do konkretnych potrzeb i oczekiwań uczestników na bazie przeprowadzonej analizy potrzeb szkoleniowych. Dlatego też
prezentowany opis kursu może różnić się od ostatecznej zawartości kursu i ma jedynie charakter poglądowy.
WEEK 2
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Emerging language
feedback: reformulation
of student output
Changing native-speaker
language
Indian language variation
Interactive listening
lesson – New Forest
Global English/ELF&EIL
pronunciation lingua
franca core
Spoken production &
interaction – genres of
speech
Features of spoken
discourse – to teach or
not?
Teaching speaking –
awareness raising,
appropriation & autonomy
Telling a joke: jump leads
– prominence & chunking
Project presentations,
feedback & discussion
Beliefs about teaching &
learning
Review of week/Open
forum
Project presentations,
feedback & discussion
Experimenting and
moving on in our practice
(Article: Awareness,
appropriation &
autonomy/ VOICE
project)
(Preparation for project
presentations)
(Article: Some central
ideas & challenges to
serving teachers/
Teachers tips for Taskbased Teaching)
Farewells!
(Article: Delusions or
reality?)
Program kursu może być dopasowany do konkretnych potrzeb i oczekiwań uczestników na bazie przeprowadzonej analizy potrzeb szkoleniowych. Dlatego też
prezentowany opis kursu może różnić się od ostatecznej zawartości kursu i ma jedynie charakter poglądowy.