Thiscoursewilltakeyouonto a fascinatingexplorationofwhatitmeanstobe a teacher, howtounderstandwhoyourstudentsareandtheneedstheyhave, andhowtochoosethemostappropriateteachingmaterialsandactivitiesforyourclassroom.
Thismaybe a classofEnglishthatyouexperiencedas a languagelearner, or a classthatyouexpecttoteach, or a classthatyouhavetouchedandarereallysatisfiedwithit.
Itcanhelpourstudentstogainindependencetothinkthingsthroughontheirown, toimproveconfidenceinworkingthrough a problemevenwhentheydon't feelcertainabouteverystep.
Studentscangetmorecomfortabletakingactionontheirownorgaincreativityandeffectivethinkingprocessesthatcanapplytoproblem-solvingacross a rangeofsubjectsandtypesofissues.
Theadvantageisthatthiswayofsettingallowsyoutofitmanydesksinto a smallspaceandyourstudentstalklessduringteacher-directedandindependentactivitieswhentheyarefurtherapartfromtheirfriendsandthisonemakespartnerworksimple.
However, italsospreadschildrenorstudentsoutconsiderablysothatitcanbehardtoaddressthemall, makinggroupworkharderbecausethedeskscan't easilybemovedaround.
Italsointroducesteacherstheresourcesandtechnologiesavailablethatcanbeadaptedforlanguageteachinginourteachereducationprogram, andthesecompetenciesaredevelopedthrough a numberofcoursesortopicsinEnglishlanguageteachingmethodology.
Youwillbeabletoreviewthecontentprovidedbycompleting a numberoftasks, suchasansweringcomprehensionquestionsaftereachreading, doing a quizaftereachmodule, andconductingguidedobservationswithmaterialstakenfromthenewEnglishtextbooksforsecondaryschoolgraders.