Global Teaching Certificate III

Teaching Essentials for Language Forms (GVP) 

Course Overview:

In this course, you will become a specialist in teaching grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation in face-to-face (F2F) or virtual classes.. Your knowledge and expertise will be fully developed if you are new to the field. If you already have experience, your professional competencies will be greatly enhanced in terms of your ability to present the language forms inductively or in a more traditional and explicit manner. You will also be able to get your students to enhance their ability to communicate using grammar and lexis as support, along with a maximum level of comprehensibility through good pronunciation. In the end, you will be compliant with international teaching and accreditation standards.

Course Outline:

This course will help you develop both your background knowledge and teaching expertise so you know the “what”, “how”, and “why” for successful teaching of grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. It is divided as follows:

  • Introduction: Topic & Relevance sections
  • Knowledge: Theory, research, and understanding the “Why”
  • Application: Putting theory, principles, concepts into practice
  • Exploration: Professional Development Tools & Practicum 
  • Teaching Resources  

Topics:

We will discuss the following in the course:

Knowledge:

  • Essentials: Essential aspects of linguistic forms, explicit vs. implicit teaching, interlanguage, phonetics, errors, etc.
  • Research: Types of research, theories and hypotheses, L1 versus L2 studies,  action research / exploratory teaching, fossilization, corrective feedback types, etc. 
  • Theory & The Classroom: SLA and teaching, noticing, negotiation of form, negotiation of meaning,  metalanguage, Long’s Interaction Hypothesis, Critical Period Hypothesis vs. Sensitive Period Hypothesis, Krashen’s 5 Hypotheses, etc.
  • Teaching & Learning:  Teaching styles, benefits and limitations of explicit / deductive instruction,  explicit vs. implicit learning, De Keyser’s Framework for learning, immersion learning, etc. 
  • Standards & Testing: Standards (i.e. CEFR, WIDA, Common Core, GSE),  testing, proficiency, etc. 

Application:

  • Fundamentals: Form-Focused Instruction (FFI) vs. Meaning-Focused Instruction (MFI), Ellis’ Taxonomy for FFI,  accuracy vs. fluency, reproduction vs. production, principles for teaching language forms, etc. 
  • Approaches & Methods:  Approaches and methods for teaching language forms, methods and procedures for teaching language forms (e.g. 3P Method, ARC, ESA, OHE, Deep End), etc.
  • Teaching Language Forms: Aims, learning objectives, learning outcomes, purpose for decisions and actions, procedures for teaching GVP, grammaring, collaborative input,  word card / associations / meanings / parts, cognates vs. false friends, phonetic symbols and chart, opportunistic pronunciation teaching, etc.
  • Teaching Macro-Strategies: comprehension checks, concept checks, sampling, collaborative input, cultural personalization, planned focus-on-form, lesson planning, etc. 
  • Pitfalls & Challenges: excessive time, teaching style, lack of projection, sufficient time, international standards, linguistic regression, backsliding, “Golden Rules” of teaching GVP, curriculum design, course book culture, mastery learning, integrated skills, assessment of grammar, etc.

The course includes:

  • Videos of real classes  
  • Vast collection of interactive activities 
  • Interviews with real teachers 
  • Readings, lectures, and summaries
  • Teaching anecdotes
  • Charts & tables 

$159 / seat ($19 sale through December 31, 2020!!!)

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