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This course
deals with review of contemporary research and approaches
applied to material development and instructional design for
English as a Second/Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) instruction.
The content of the course will be presented through various
ways: presentations given by the instructor (on video),
online discussions, online student presentations, and
individual and group assignments. These methods will
stimulate students to think about issues discussed in the
research and also develop materials and instruction for
teaching ESL/EFL. In addition to the textbooks, we will also
use some online resources as learning materials. We will be
using an online system called EngSite. Lesson plans
and instructional materials produced by students for the
presentations will be uploaded into the online environment
for others to access.
Course Goals:
This course enables you as students to:
1. become knowledgeable of contemporary
research in ESL teaching
and learning.
2. realize successful second language
learning depends on multiple
factors, such as cultural, emotional, and
cognitive factors.
3. apply different approaches in developing
ESL instruction.
4. become familiarize with the use of
different technologies with ESL
material development and instructional
design.
Texts required:
Harmer, J. (1998). How to teach English.
Essex, England: Longman.
Larsen-Freeman, D. (2000). Techniques and
principles in language teaching. Oxford, England: Oxford
University Press.
References:
Brown, H. D. (2001). Teaching by principles:
An interactive approach to language pedagogy (2nd
ed.). White Plains, NY: Longman.
Herrell A. L. (2000). Fifty strategies for
teaching English language learners. Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Prentice-Hall.
Krashen, S. D. (1995). Principles and
practice in second language acquisition. New York: Prentice
Hall.
Owston, R. D. (1997). The World Wide Web: A
technology to enhance teaching and learning? Educational
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