Course+Overview

**School of Continuing and Professional Studies ** **New York University **
 * American Language Institute **

**SINAV Koleji ** **Professional Development Workshop ** **July 18-29, 2011 **

Program Title: Best Practices in ESL/EFL Instruction

**Schedule: ** Mon-Fri, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm and 2:00-4:00 pm

**Program Overview: ** This Teacher Training Course will provide participants with a review of issues in the theory and practice of ESL/EFL instruction. Using the example of NYU’s American Language Institute, the course will give participants an introduction to best practices in one of the oldest and most respected University-based English language programs in the US. They will also be given opportunities to expand their knowledge of key issues in ESL/EFL pedagogy and to apply this knowledge in a series of hands-on workshops. In each of these workshops, participants will be encouraged to relate the issues discussed to their own classroom practice, and to develop materials which relate to the courses they will be teaching in the coming year. At the end of the program participants should walk away with a broader understanding of the current thinking in the field as well as a set of materials they have developed themselves which they can implement in their classrooms.

The program will consist of four workshops:

**Approach, Method, and Technique**: We will discuss the importance of articulating an overarching theoretical approach to teaching ESL/EFL appropriate to a particular linguistic and cultural context, as well as how to apply such a theoretical framework in curriculum development, syllabus design, and lesson planning.

**Interactive Skills: **  We will explore various ways to construct communicative activities for teaching all language skills. We will look at group work, task-based, and information-gap activities. Participants will work individually and in small groups to develop activities they can use in their classes in the coming year.

**Assessment: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> We will examine various types of assessment and then develop guidelines for selecting appropriate assessment techniques for particular learning contexts. We will then engage in hands-on practice constructing effective assessment tools.

**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Technology: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> We will examine some of the current technologies available for use in the classroom and try to identify contexts in which technology may enable teachers to improve the learning experience for their students. The emphasis will be to find the appropriate tools for each teacher’s level of technological comfort and expertise.