6th English
6th English
1) Course book
a) What is a course book?
Graves (2000; 175) defines a course book as “A book used as a standard source of
information for formal study of a subject and an instrument for teaching and learning”
b) background to the design and use of course books c) the need of course book d) course
book assessment e) using a course book f) supplementary materials
2) Lesson Plan
a) what does a lesson plan involve b) lesson preparation c)varying lesson components d)
evaluating lesson effectiveness e) practical lesson management
3) Classroom Discipline
a) What is discipline b) what does a disciplined classroom look like? c) what teacher action is
conducive to a disciplined classroom? d) discipline problems e) dealing with discipline
problems
4) Classroom interaction
a) Patterns of classroom interaction b) questioning c) group work d) individualisation e) the
selection of appropriate activation techniques
5) Testing
a) What is testing b) kinds of test and testing c) testing writing d) testing oral ability e) testing
reading f) testing listening
6) Giving Feedback
a) Different approaches to the nature and function of feedback b) assessment c) correcting
mistakes in oral work d) written feedback
7) Teaching vocabulary
a) What is vocabulary and what needs to be taught? b) Presenting new vocabulary c)
remembering vocabulary d) testing vocabulary
8) Teaching grammar
a) What is grammar? b) The place of grammar in teaching c) presenting and explaining
grammar d) some grammar practice activities e) grammatical mistakes
9) Younger and older learners
a) What difference does age make to language learning? b) Teaching children c) teaching
adolescents d) teaching adults
10) Micro-teaching
Suggested readings:
1) The Practice of English Language Teaching by Jeremy Harmer Longman
2) At the Chalkface-Practical Techniques in Language Teaching Edited By Alan Matthews,
Mary Spratt and Les Danger Field
3) A Course in Language Teaching: Practice and Theory, Penny Ur
4) Mistakes and Corrections, Longman Keys to Language Teaching, Edited By Neville Grant
5) Testing For Language Teaching By Arthur Hughes