New Course Offering at ATS:
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

    This course is designed for prospective teachers of English language learning and formatted in the style of a workshop. Topics will include needs analysis, classroom management, lesson planning, and teaching resources. Professional preparation will be addressed with a refresher course in grammar and basic phonology. Attention will be given to learning how to teach the 5 skills of English: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and grammar, and how to create a student-centered classroom.

   Cultural adjustment and personal preparation will be addressed by guest speakers who will share real-life experiences in TESOL cross-cultural environmentsThe class is designed to be an interactive classroom which seeks to model the methods and dimensions of English language learning. Micro-teaching time is included in two class periods allowing students to practice planning a lesson, teaching the material, and receiving feedback. The course will provide not only the tools and resources for successful language teaching, but also the foundation for managing a classroom, interacting with students and adapting curriculum so that new teachers will feel prepared and confident in a cross-cultural teaching environment.

Taught by Lynn Stapleton, CELTA Certificate, MA
Asian Theological Seminary
Saturdays, 9-12, beginning June 16 and continuing through the semester
A 3 credit course, elective CE or Missions, or can be taken as an audit

TESOL Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Syllabus - first semester, 2007

Lesson One
   Basic principles of language learning and teaching
   Role of the teacher

Lesson Two
    Classroom management
    The students - Assessing and Addressing the Needs

Lesson Three
   Terms of the Trade
   Tools of the Trade

Lesson Four
   Course plan: Goals, Materials, Methods, Evaluation
   Lesson Planning and Constructing Objectives

Lesson Five
   Demonstration - lesson plan
   Curriculum - adapting and adopting

Lesson Six
   Demonstration - Listening Lesson
   Teaching Speaking and Listening

Lesson Seven
   Demonstration - Reading Lesson
   Teaching Reading and Writing

Lesson Eight
   Demonstration - Vocabulary for all levels
   Teaching Vocabulary

Lesson Nine
   Grammar - part one

Lesson Ten
   Grammar -part two

Lesson Eleven
   Micro-teaching - Form Focused Lesson
Lesson Twelve

   Micro-teaching - Communicative Focused Lesson
Lesson Thirteen

   Pronunciation/Phonology
Lesson Fourteen

   Testing, evaluation, feedback
   Guest speaker - an experienced cross-cultural EFL teacher

Lesson Fifteen
   Teaching Young Learners
   Adapting to the host culture
   Wrap-up