HUFLIT TESOL – INTAKE 11 (14/04/2025)

Online learning: 

Chapter 1

Personal motivation

Planning and organising study time; timetabling, study periods, realistic planning Study techniques; making notes, concept maps, nuclear notes, mnemonics 5 step reading techniques; selection, recognition, extraction, organisation and transfer of information How the course works; role of tutor, tutor assessed and self-study tasks

Chapter 2 Module 1

Deductive Analysis and use of grammars Parts of speech and grammatical terminology The tense system, reported speech, active and passive

Online learning:

Chapter 2 Module 2 

Elements of pronunciation: intonation including rising and falling tones, sentence stress, weak forms Sounds of the language/phonology; word stress, schwa sound, phonemic chart Teaching a ‘pronunciation point’

Online learning: Chapter 2 Module 3

 Lexis selection: frequency and appropriacy Lexis formation: synonyms and antonyms, word stems, parts of speech including prefixes and suffixes

Online learning:

Chapter 3 Module 1

 Overview of ESOL issues – being a caring teacher, involving students, using realistic language, keeping the students attention, teacher talking time, correction. Levels in ESOL teaching, visual aids, use of mother tongue Teaching for exams: Cambridge ESOL, Professional English Examinations, TOEFL etc The role of grammar, classroom techniques, one to one teaching

Online learning:

Chapter 3 Module 2

 Listening and Reading: skills and the textbook, different kinds of listening, available materials Reading in a foreign language; types of reading, types of texts, writing comprehension questions, stages of reading activities, designing reading activities

Online learning:

Chapter 3 Module 3

 Speaking and Writing; what it’s like speaking in a foreign language, setting up speaking activities, types of speaking activities, discreet sound teaching, issues in teaching writing, the nature of writing as a skill, organising and planning writing activities Chapter 3 Module 4 Visual Aids; study of all the audio-visual aids available Production of your own flashcards and aids to be used with a simple flannelgraph. Chapter 3 Module 5 Error, looking at authentic student errors, classifying them, using a correction code, producing remedial exercises and improving your own practice.

Online learning:

Chapter 4

 Classroom Management; Lesson Stages and Plans; Example lesson plans

Online learning:

Chapter 5

 Teaching Young Learners; Who are the young learners; Classroom Management; What to teach; Techniques and Activities to Teach Young Learners