Module Details

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Title PRACTICAL CLASSROOM TECHNIQUES
Code ENGL668
Coordinator Dr MLB Randles
English
L.Randles@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2022-23 Level 7 FHEQ First Semester 15

Aims

To enable students to identify learners' needs.
To investigate how classroom approaches interact with learning factors.
To enable students to apply theoretical constructs to their own professional contexts.
To identify and explore a range of practical procedures used in language classrooms.
To enable students to develop critical thinking in relation to techniques, approaches and methodology available to language teachers.
To enable students to examine diverse teaching situations and possible responses to them.


Learning Outcomes

(LO1) On successful completion of the course, students will be able to evaluate levels in different genres of teaching materials;

(LO2) On successful completion of the course, students will be able to identify relevant and appropriate skills and learning strategies in different contexts;

(LO3) On successful completion of the course, students will be able reflect on their own teaching practice and be able to develop appropriate methodologies, materials and resources;

(LO4) On successful completion of the course, students will be able to design and construct lesson plans appropriate to students’ needs.

(S1) Ability to design a complex lesson plan and give reasons for their decisions in planning the lesson.

(S2) Ability to analyse a teaching context and identify learners’ needs.

(S3) Ability to use the CEFR Common European Framework of Reference and ‘can do’ statements in identifying levels.

(S4) Ability to use specific classroom management techniques.

(S5) Effective academic writing and referencing.

(S6) Ability to collaborate with peers in planning a lesson to be designed and taught as a team.


Syllabus

 

Definitions and acronyms used in TESOL.
Communicative competence.
Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) and Students’ Levels.
Lesson design and management.
Roles of teachers and learners.
Language analysis for lesson planning.
Skills and strategies. Materials and resources

Formative task.
Individual study week
Task based Learning and teaching.
Lesson Shapes.
Peer teaching and peer observation.
Review.
Summative Assessment


Teaching and Learning Strategies

This module will be delivered by weekly 1-hour whole-cohort workshops and weekly 1-hour seminars of no more than 25 students. The majority of teaching will be delivered face to face on campus. Online delivery will be used to complement the on-campus delivery and where technology affords a better learning experience.


Teaching Schedule

  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours   10

      10

20

40
Timetable (if known)   60 mins X 1 totaling 10
 
      60 mins X 1 totaling 10
120 mins X 1 totaling 20
 
 
Private Study 110
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment

EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
Assessment 1 There is a resit opportunity. Assessment Schedule (When): One    100       

Recommended Texts

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