About the Course
This course deals
with review of contemporary research and approaches applied to
material development and instructional design for English as a
Foreign Language (EFL) instruction. The content of the course will
be presented through various ways: presentations given by the
instructor, in-class and online discussions, 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
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 in-class 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.
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