Why should we learn English?
Who dares to teach must
never cease to learn.
~John Cotton Dana
General Objective
Improve both the linguistic and
professional profiles in relation to the
teaching of English to children in
elementary
school.
Specific objectives:
Develop communicative competences
up to A1 level according to the Common
European Framework of Reference for
Languages.
Learn
and
employ
pedagogical
strategies for the teaching of English at
the primary level.
Methodology
•Language Skills Development: During
the different classes, the tutor will plan
activities which will help you develop
reading, writing, listening, and speaking
skills.
•Pedagogical skills development: The
tutors will plan in-class activities in which
you will play different English teacher
roles: planner, evaluator, performer, etc.
Key pedagogical aspects in the teaching of
English to children will be discussed here.
•Analysis of classroom activities: The
tutor and you will be able to evaluate the
activities proposed in the different classes
from two perspectives: the one you have
as a learner and the one you and the tutor
have as teachers.
•Classroom observations: After having
been exposed to language and teaching
activities in the course, the tutor, playing
the role of an academic peer, will visit one
of your classes and observe the
pedagogical decisions you make when
teaching a particular lesson in English.
Evaluation
Language development 40%
Reading development
Listening development
Speaking development
Writing development
Pedagogy
20%: Teaching tasks
- Planning
- Task design
- Use of materials
- Evaluation criteria
10%:Observation
System
Final Language and Teaching 20% language
Test
10% teaching
Total
100%
Skills development
Speaking
Produce simple, mainly isolated phrases about people
and places.
1. Use language chunks (phrases) correctly to start
building fluency.
2. Articulate simple sentences containing a subject, a
verb, and a complement, pronouncing words correctly.
3. Communicate specific information
about self and others, using basic grammar
and frequently used vocabulary.
Writing
Write simple isolated phrases and sentences.
1. Develop basic spelling of frequently used words
regarding personal information.
2. Write complete basic phrases, using appropriate
punctuation when necessary.
3. Use a subject-verb-complement structure for
sentences and identify it well.
4. Use basic punctuation rules:
commas, periods, capitalization, etc.
Listening
Follow speech which is very slow and carefully
articulated, with long pauses for him/her to
assimilate meaning.
1. Understand general and specific information
from recorded material by using existing
knowledge, predicting, picking up key words, etc.
2. Identify the topic, characters,
and main events in a recording.
Reading
Understand very short, simple texts a single phrase at
a time, picking up familiar names, words and basic
phrases and rereading as required.
1. Identify words I am familiar with in a written text.
2. Identify unknown words and classify them as
nouns, verbs, adverbs, or adjectives.
3. Use skimming and scanning
when they are required.
4. Summarize texts by using graphic organizers.
Resources
Blog
www.teachingenglishtochildren.wordpress.com