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Prospective and current EFL/ESL teachers will identify, summarise, and evaluate 7 basic language learning paradigms through a series of engaging metaphors and stories. Learners will be introduced to fundamental principles such as motivation, risk taking, two modes of learning, and balancing the teacher profession. Learners are also taught basic techniques based on those principles, such as teacher talk, looking "ridiculous" to lower the affective filter, and networking. With these fundamental principles in mind, ESL/EFL teachers will examine common assumptions about language learning and compare them to research-based core principles.
Syllabus :
1. Module 1: Making Meaning Clear
- Welcome Video
- Video 1: Language is Cake
- Video 2: Language is Cake: Technique and Content
- Video 3: Making Meaning Clear
- Video 4: Teacher Talk
- Video 5: Scaffolding
- Video 6: Summary and Essential Question
- Teacher Talk Example (Advanced)
2. Module 2: Modes of Learning and Interaction
- Video 1: Acquisition vs. Learning
- Video 2: Two Modes of Learning
- Video 3: Language is Basketball
- Video 4: Practice in the Two Modes
- Video 5: Summary and Essential Question
3. Module 3: Taking Risks and Learner Strategies
- Video 1: Language is a Stage
- Video 2: Lowering the Affective Filter
- Video 3: Language Learner Strategies
- Video 4: Good Language Learner Strategies
- Video 5: Summary and Essential Question
4. Module 4: The Flipped Model of Language Learning
- Video 1: Language Learning Outside the Classroom
- Video 2: Thinking Outside the Classroom Box
- Video 3: Language Learning Online
- Video 4: Student Autonomy
- Video 5: Summary and Essential Question
5. Module 5: Avoiding Teacher Burnout
- Video 1: Let's Talk About YOU
- Video 2: Teaching is a Team Sport
- Video 3: Freaking Out Over Control
- Video 4: Lighting Fires
- Video 5: Summary and Essential Question
- Copy of Video 5: Summary and Essential Question
6. Module 6: Assessment
- This review of the course guides learners to understand the different metaphors that serve as guides to understanding the foundational principles presented in this course.
