Global Teaching Certificate I

Teaching Essentials for Speaking & Listening

Course Overview:

This course prepares you to become a specialist in teaching speaking and listening in a second language. It covers the essentials required by international standards and accrediting agencies, but then goes beyond to bring you a vast expanse of teaching knowledge and expertise. The aim is for you to build a diverse repertoire of strategies and techniques that you can use in class for successful speaking and listening lessons, time and time again. Your students will produce quantity and quality in each and every class while developing their skills as active and highly competent listeners.

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 speaking and listening lessons. 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:

Essentials: Understanding the workings and design of speaking and listening activities
Fundamentals: Practical ideas for successful speaking and listening lessons
Strategy I: Expanding Beyond the Course Book
Strategy II: Appropriate Classroom Manage & Elicitation
Strategy III: Strategies & Techniques for Maximizing STT
Strategy IV: The Right Input & Output