| 1 | 03/07/2023 | 19h30-21h | Live Meeting via HUFLIT BigBlueButton: Course Orientation |
| 04/07 - 09/07/2023 | | 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 | 10/07/2023 | 19h30-21h | Live Meeting via HUFLIT BigBlueButton: Teaching Pronunciation; Online work review for week 1 |
| 11 - 16/07/2023 | | 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 | 17/07/2023 | 19h30-21h | Live Meeting via HUFLIT BigBlueButton: Teaching Vocabulary; Online work review for week 2 |
| 18 - 23/07/2023 | | 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 | 24/07/2023 | 19h30-21h | Live Meeting via HUFLIT BigBlueButton: Teaching Grammar; Online work review for week 3 |
| 25 - 30/07/2023 | | 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 | 31/07/2023 | 19h30-21h | Live Meeting via HUFLIT BigBlueButton: Teaching Reading; Online work review for week 4 |
| 01 - 06/08/2023 | | 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 | 07/08/2023 | 19h30-21h | Live Meeting via HUFLIT BigBlueButton: Teaching Listening; Online work review for week 5 |
| 08 - 13/08/2023 | | 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 | 14/08/2023 | 19h30-21h | Live Meeting via HUFLIT BigBlueButton: Teaching Writing; Online work review for week 6 |
| 15 - 20/08/2023 | | Online learning: Chapter 4 Classroom Management; Lesson Stages and Plans; Example lesson plans |
| 8 | 21/08/2023 | 19h30-21h | Live Meeting via HUFLIT BigBlueButton: Teaching Speaking; Online work review for week 7 |
| 22 - 27/08/2023 | | 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 | 28/08 – 18/09/2023 | 19h30-21h | Live Meeting via HUFLIT BigBlueButton: FINAL EXAM (INTERVIEW) |