Additional information
| Province | British Columbia |
|---|---|
| Colleges | Oscar International College |
| Program Categories | Language |
| Program Duration | 6 Weeks |
| Program Intakes | |
| Class Type | Hybrid |
| Funding | StudentAid BC, Scholarship |
Diploma in TESOL 130
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The Oscar International College Diploma in TESOL 130 Program is designed for people wishing to pursue a career in teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) to nonnative speakers in Canada or anywhere around the world.
The Oscar International College Diploma in TESOL 130 Program is designed for people wishing to pursue a career in teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) to nonnative speakers in Canada or anywhere around the world. The program consists of 100 hours in the classroom plus a 30-hour practicum in which experienced, working ESL teachers are observed and actual English learners are taught. Trainees learn the most accepted and successful language teaching method currently in use, Communicative Language Teaching. Classes include lectures and demonstrations on topics such as presenting language forms and functions, the integration of language skills, pronunciation, lesson planning, and classroom management.
Learning Objectives:
Describe the historical development of English as a World Language
Select the features of historical language teaching methodologies that are still useful today
Explain the differences between a teacher-fronted language class and a communicative one
Define Communicative Competence, its differences from Linguistic Competence, and why the former is important to Communicative Language Teaching
Plan lessons with activities catering to different Leaning, Cognitive and Personality styles
Be able to find, assess and apply learning materials suitable to the needs of each lesson and the need of the learners
Describe why the unique aspects of adult learners make Andragogy different from
Pedagogy
Describe and demonstrate the elements of good classroom management
Plan and deliver a peer-taught Listening lesson
Plan and deliver a peer-taught Reading lesson
Plan and deliver a peer-taught role-play Speaking lesson
Plan and deliver a peer-taught Writing lesson (based on a short written item like a recipe or postcard)
Plan and deliver a peer-taught PPP lesson based on a piece of Target Language (grammatical or lexical)
Plan and deliver a peer-taught PPP lesson based on a Functional Item using a Functional Dialogue
Observe ten hours of classroom teaching by an experienced teacher and comment on what has been observed through observation tasks
Plan and deliver ten hours of classroom teaching to an ESL class showing competent lesson planning, classroom management and technique, engagement with, moment-to-moment response to, and formative assessment of, the learners
