The purpose of this course is to provide you with knowledge and experience in ESOL teaching methods and an understanding of the theoretical principles behind them. This is a practical course that will include workshops and other hands-on activities to familiarize you with a variety of materials, activities and techniques. The class will help you better analyze learning situations, enhance your professional skills and increase your ability to promote learning. You will learn to develop lessons based on an understanding of the students’ backgrounds, needs and learning processes.

Texts:

• Brown, Douglas. Teaching By Principles 2nd Ed. Longman, 2001.
• Richards, Jack and Renandya, Willie. Methodology in Language Teaching. Cambridge, 2002.