TEFL 2 EENG 4225

Course description:

This is a continuation and a completion course to TEFL 1. This course is comprised of two parts/sections: 
  • The basic principles of teaching English as a foreign language 
  • The pedagogical methods/ instructional techniques.
Teaching and training procedures used in the course are: 
Lectures, seminar classes, workshops, practical classes, guided individual study, cooperative learning, and experiential learning.

Course Aims:

Course seeks to enable students to achieve the following objectives:
  • To help student teachers transfer knowledge and competences gained within the TEFL courses, and to show the students how to apply these general principles to the teaching of English.
  • To have a reasonable understanding of many key principles of teaching, learning and assessment.
  • To promote intercultural competence through Literature.
  • To explore theories of language learning.
  • To provide student teachers with the opportunity to observe real teaching in different educational contexts.
  • To help students reflect on the methods, techniques and underlying principles involved, and relate them to their own experience. 

Course outcomes:

Intended Learning Outcomes:
  • Demonstrate understanding of methods by applying these techniques or modeling these methods in practice.
  • Differentiate types of language learners and apply these differences in teaching methods and outcomes.
  • Develop and articulate a personal philosophy of teaching and learning EFL that is informed by research in the field.
  • Deliver methodologically sound lesson plans for a variety of skills and sub-skills. 
  • Design simple tests and use some alternative assessment techniques to support and promote learning. 
  • Conduct an observation practice in a real educational context.