Week

Date

Time

Activities

1

27/03/2023

19h30-21h

Live Meeting via HUFLIT BigBlueButton: Course Orientation

28/03 -02/04/2023

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 

2

03/04/2023

19h30-21h

Live Meeting via HUFLIT BigBlueButton: Teaching Pronunciation; Online work review for week 1

04 -09/04/2023

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’ 

3

10/04/2023

19h30-21h

Live Meeting via HUFLIT BigBlueButton: Teaching Vocabulary; Online work review for week 2

11 - 16/04/2023

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 

4

17/04/2023

19h30-21h

Live Meeting via HUFLIT BigBlueButton: Teaching Grammar; Online work review for week 3

18 - 23/04/2023

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

5

24/04/2023

19h30-21h

Live Meeting via HUFLIT BigBlueButton: Teaching Reading; Online work review for week 4

25 - 30/04/2023

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 

6

02/05/2023

19h30-21h

Live Meeting via HUFLIT BigBlueButton: Teaching Listening; Online work review for week 5

 03 - 07/05/2023

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. 

7

08/05/2023

19h30-21h

Live Meeting via HUFLIT BigBlueButton: Teaching Writing; Online work review for week 6

09 - 14/05/2023

Online learning: 

 Chapter 4

Classroom Management; Lesson Stages and Plans; Example lesson plans

8

15/05/2023

19h30-21h

Live Meeting via HUFLIT BigBlueButton: Teaching Speaking; Online work review for week 7

16 - 21/05/2023

Online learning: 

 Chapter 5 

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

9-12

22/05 - 12/06/2023

19h30-21h

Live Meeting via HUFLIT BigBlueButton: FINAL EXAM (INTERVIEW)