Curriculum Plan

• English Teaching Basics
  • Methods
  • Principles of teaching reading, writing, speaking, listening
  • Teacher/student interaction
  • Materials
  • Text
  • Curricula
  • Lesson planning
  • Professional associations
• Teaching of Reading and Writing
  • Theories
  • Techniques
  • Skimming
  • Scanning
  • Making inferences
  • Critical thinking
  • Journaling
  • Essays
  • Error correction
• Teaching of Listening and Speaking
  • Theories
  • Techniques
  • Stress
  • Intonation
  • Rhythm
  • Pronunciation
  • Fluency
  • Accuracy
  • Conversation skills
  • Error correction
• Teaching of Grammar
  • Concepts
  • Phonology /Morphology /Lexicon /Syntax
  • Exercises
  • Materials
  • Including grammar in teaching of other skills
• Applied Linguistics / Second Language Acquisition
  • Linguistic principles
  • Language production and comprehension
  • Phonetics
  • Theories / Methods of 2^nd Language Acquisition
  • Relationship between L1 and L2
  • Affective factors
  • Order of acquisition
  • Interlanguage
  • Comprehension vs. production
• Culture
  • Integrating culture into curriculum
  • American values
  • Cross-cultural differences

Opportunities for assessment of your skill progression, observation of experienced teachers, and practice teaching with feedback will be woven throughout the curriculum.