Course+Schedule


 * Best Practices in ESL/EFL Teaching **

**Course Syllabus ** **Week 1 ** __Monday July 18__

AM: Introductions Characteristics of great teachers

PM: Workshop #1: Approach, method, technique Overview of methods Course overview Course website

__Tuesday, July 19__

AM: Communicative language teaching Developing a personal approach to language teaching Applying an approach to a curriculum

PM: Applying an approach to syllabus design

__Wednesday July 20__

AM: Workshop #2: Interactive skills Learners: Learning skills and learning strategies

PM: Overview of the four skills: Reading/writing/listening/speaking

__Thursday, July 21__

AM: Integrated skills: Grammar/vocabulary/pronunciation Analyzing activities

PM: Integrated skills: Creating activities Techniques for teaching communicatively Microteaching

__Friday, July 22__

AM: Integrated skills: Task-based learning

PM: Integrated skills: Content-based learning Microteaching

**Best Practices in ESL/EFL Teaching **

**Course Syllabus ** **Week 2 ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">__Monday July 25__

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">AM: Workshop #3: Assessment Testing v. assessment

PM: Ongoing assessment <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Creating assessment instruments

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">__Tuesday, July 26__

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">AM: Workshop #4: Teaching with technology What is technology? Web-based resources for teachers Adapting activities using technology

PM: Microteaching <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Distance learning Guest speaker

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">__Wednesday July 27__

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">AM: FinalWorkshop: Lesson Planning Textbook assessment Lesson planning

PM: Creating lesson plans Introduce final project

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">__Thursday, July 28__

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">AM: Course planning: Syllabus/lesson/activity

PM: Final project preparation

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">__Friday, July 29__

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">AM: Final project: Group presentatations

PM: Final reflections Course evaluations