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King’s Certificate in TEIL (TESOL) NZQA Approved, Level 5 Certificate Practical Sessions Summary Week 1
Introduction to teaching English language (2 days) Specific ideas and background to language preparation of lesson plans (2 days) Trainees’ presentations on lesson plans (1 day)
Week 2
Observing experienced teachers teach at King’s Education (1 day) Preparing lesson plans (2 days) Mini-lessons – Peer teaching practice (1 day) Feedback & Discussion (1 day)
Week 3
Use of resources for language teaching in lesson plans (1day) Videoed teaching practice on site to student groups (3 days) Feedback & Discussion (1 day)
Week 4
Advanced planning and preparing a sequence of lessons (2 days) How to select resources and materials (1 day) Observing ESOL teachers in secondary schools (1 day) Observation Feedback & Discussion (1 day)
Week 5
Managing the teaching and learning process (1 day) Classroom management (1 day) Videoed teaching practice to student groups (2 days) Feedback Discussion (1 day)
Week 6
Assessment & Evaluation (1 day) Evaluation as a process (1 day) Teaching practice to student groups (1 day) Evaluation of videoed lessons (2 days)
2010 Course Dates
Six weeks full time Start Date
Finish Date
17th May
25th June
5th July
13th August
23rd August
1st October
11th October
19th November
29th November
7th January
Teacher Training Pathways YES
Is English your native language?
NO Do you meet the Teacher Training Course entry requirements of an average IELTS score of 4.5? *
YES
NO Study General English at King’s to meet entry requirements.
Study Teacher Training course at King’s.
Gain a level 5 certificate. Gain IELTS 5.5. Become a teacher of English as a Second Language. * or equivalent King’s English Assessment score. Note: Entry subject to approval by Immigration New Zealand.
TEIL Tutor Profiles Lia Harca
TEIL Course Coordinator BA English Language & Philosophy, Dip Tchng, Certified Teacher Trainer (British Council) Lia is a Senior Teacher and Teacher Trainer at King’s. She has trained teachers in Romania and Europe and has presented several workshops during her vast teaching career. A Researcher at the Institute for Educational Sciences and National Trainer for Romania, Lia was also one of the founders of the Reform of the Education System in Romania. Lia has taught all levels and age groups, from beginners to advanced and from children to adults. In the last 2 years Lia has specialized in English for Specific Purposes (ESP/Occupational English Test) and has developed an extensive bank of resources for the Preparation of the OET course at King’s. For this course. Lia will be teaching Methodology, Grammar for Teachers, Language Systems and Lesson Planning.
Elsa Torres de Frood
TEIL Course Tutor BA English (Peru), Dip TEFLA (US) PGDip SLT (NZ) Dip Tchng (NZ) Elsa Torres de Frood, was born in Peru and is a New Zealand registered high school teacher. Her teaching career began in Gisborne high schools in 1987. For the last 17 years, she has been teaching ESOL. In 2007 she was appointed Teaching Fellow at the University of Otago. Elsa has taught all levels, including examination classes and teacher training. Elsa is a keen linguist who studied Italian, French, English and Quechua an Amerindian language spoken by the indigenous people of South America. Elsa is interested in bilingual education, high school preparation and using technology in the ESL classroom. For this course, Elsa will be teaching Lexicology, Language Assement and Evaluation and the Teaching Knowledge Test – TKT.
Detailed Course Content Week 1 - Modules 1 & 2
am
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Awareness • Introduction 1.0 • Topics: 2.0 - 4.0
Engaging & Managing the Students • Learning and teaching styles - teacher’s roles - oral presentations • Learning contexts discussion / explanation
Awareness • Lexis: Corpus - Corpora
Awareness • How to teach vocabulary
Awareness • Word building
Engaging & Managing the Students • Classroom observation
Awareness • The semantic relationship between words
Engaging & Managing the Students • Classroom observation
Practice • Student worksheets • Vocabulary teaching activities - oral presentations • Planning a vocabulary teaching activity
Awareness • Topics: 5.0 - 7.0
Engaging & Managing the Students • Classroom observation
Engaging & Managing the Student • Varieties of English practice • Needs analysis pm
Engaging & Managing the Students • Characteristics of good teachers • Interviews to find the students background • Learning and teaching styles - oral presentations Engaging & Managing the Students • Multilingualism & teaching • Debate
Practice • Learners profiles • Group work: Interviewing skills • Needs analysis: chart completion Practice • Oral presentations - diagrams • Learning journal
Practice • Functional and thematic vocabulary lists • Teaching vocabulary exercises
Practice • Mini-teaching session / simulations
Practice • Teaching vocabulary / team teaching / real class activities Practice • Teaching vocabulary - self evaluation presentations • Enhancing teaching vocabulary activities
Week 2 - Module 2 am
Awareness • Form and meaning Awareness • Tense and aspect
Awareness • The category of voice • Gender • Number Awareness • How to teach grammar communicatively
pm
Engaging & Managing the Students • Classroom Observation Practice • Mini-teaching / simulations
Engaging & Managing the Students • Classroom observation
Engaging & Managing the Students • Classroom observation
Practice • Teaching grammar - real class activity
Practice • Teaching grammar exercises - group work with OHP presentations
Practice • Student worksheets •Teaching grammar activities - oral presentations planning a grammar lesson
Practice • Teaching grammar - self evaluation • Enhancing teaching grammar
Awareness • Phonetics and phonology Engaging & Managing the Students • Classroom observation
Awareness • Understanding & drawing sound diagrams •Minimal pairs for sound diagrams Practice • Teaching phonetics and phonology - sound diagrams, minimal pairs, sentence stress, intonation
Awareness • How to teach pronounciation Engaging & Managing the Students • Classroom observation Awareness • How to improve pronouciation (songs, videos and films) Practice • Teaching phonetics and phonology - exercises and activities - OHP presentations
Week 3 - Modules 2 & 3 am
pm
Engaging & Managing the Students • Classroom observation
Awareness • Language skills and subskills
Awareness • The listening skills minilecture
Practice • Phonetics and phonology student worksheets • Planning a pronunciation lesson or activity
Engaging & Managing the Students • Classroom observation
Engaging & Managing the Students • Classroom observation
Practice • Mini-teaching/simulations
Awareness • Language skills integration
Practice • Teaching pronunciation self evaluation • Enhancing teaching pronunciation
Practice • Oral presentation posters, skill integration
Awareness • Procedures designed to develop the listening competence Practice • Planning listening activities
Awareness • Procedures designed to develop the listening competence • How to teach listening activities
Awareness • Procedures designed to develop the listening competence • How to teach listening lessons
Engaging & Managing the Students • Problems with the listening material - how to deal with them
Engaging & Managing the Students • Listening mind mapping
Practice • Micro-teaching session / presentation (lower levels)
Practice • Micro-teaching session / presentation (upper levels)
Practice • Teaching listening - self evaluation
Practice • Project work • Learning log
Week 4 - Module 3
am
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Awareness • Characteristics of spoken English - importance of context • Socratic questioning
Awareness • Techniques designed to develop oral interaction • Techniques designed to develop oral communication functions of the language
Awareness • Techniques designed to develop oral communication - problem solving - debates - personalisation - simulation
Awareness • Differences between listening and reading • Reading materials • Exposure to reading • Dealing with slow readers
Awareness • Reading for - continuing expectations - extracting information - general understanding - detailed comprehension
Engaging & Managing the Students • Classroom observation
Engaging & Managing the Students •Classroom observation
Engaging & Managing the Students • Classroom observation pm
Awareness • Techniques and materials designed for oral practice • Fluency in communication Practice • Speaking activities benefits and disadvantages • Integrating speaking • Planning speaking lessons
Engaging & Managing the Students • Classroom observation
Practice • Planning speaking lessons • Micro- teaching session / simulation peer feedback
Engaging & Managing the Students • Classroom observation
Practice • Teaching session / real class activity
Awareness • Reading - silent vs aloud • Reasons for reading
Engaging & Managing the Students •Classroom observation
Practice • Planning a speaking lesson • Dialogue based activities
Practice • Teaching speaking - self evaluation • Improving teaching speaking
Practice • Reading activities benefits and disadvantages • Integrating reading in communication • Planning a reading activity
Practice •planning a reading activity •Text based activities
Awareness • How to teach writing
Awareness •Teaching as decision making - the syllabus, identifying components of a lesson, instructional methods
Week 5 - Modules 3 & 4 am
Awareness • Reading for communication •A methodological model for the teaching of receptive skills Practice • Micro-teaching / simulations • Oral presentations
pm
Practice • Teaching a reading lesson / real class activity Practice • Teaching reading - self evaluation - improving teaching reading • Using project-work to develop reading
Awareness • Writing and speaking • Getting the students to practice language items in writing Engaging & Managing the Students •Classroom observation
Awareness • Communicative writing a) relaying instructions b) reports & advertisements c) co-operative writing d) notes, letters, journals, creative writing compositions Practice •Producing an error correction template / errors typical for students of certain countries •Clarrifying errors
Awareness • Correcting written work errors • Written work - assessment and evaluation • Bands of descriptors Engaging & Managing the Students • Classroom observation
Practice • Teaching writing activities / posters • Producing writing activities • Planning writing activities •Micro-teaching
Engaging & Managing the Students • Classroom observation
Practice • Teaching writing / real class activity
Practice • Error correction / practical activity • Assessing and evaluating written work •Bands of descriptors
Practice • Teaching writing - self evaluation • Improving teaching writing - project and portfolio
Awareness • Teaching resources • Instructional models • Lesson planning • Teacher directed lesson • Student centred lesson Engaging & Managing the Students • Lesson plans - debates, oral presentations, posters • Assessment & evaluation group work Engaging & Managing the Students • Giving feed-back • Planning teaching activities
Week 6 - Modules 4, 5 & 6 am
pm
Awareness • Three models of lesson planning • Objectives • Ignitions/starters/warmers • Active methodology
Awareness • Unit planning • Assessment techniques and tools • Working with teaching equiptment
Engaging & Managing the Students • Planning teaching activities • Visuals • Classroom observation • Feedback
Practice • Producing unit plans oral presentations & group discussions • Micro-teaching / simulation giving feedback
Practice • Producing lesson plans oral presentations
Practice • Teaching using different lesson plans • Presentation of portfolios • Presentation of projects
Practice • Oral presentations • Project presentations a) writing exercises b) visuals
Practice • Teaching - self evaluation • Evaluating & transforming lesson plans • Games and activities
Awareness • Teacher’s role in classroom management; students’ role in classroom environment • Starting strategies Engaging & Managing the Students • Engaging and maintaining attention • Organising interaction • Classroom observation Awareness • Grouping techniques • Evaluating students work in groups Practice • Identifying lesson aims • PPP/TBL project work portfolio and learning journal
Practice • Observation Christchurch Girls High Practice • Observation Christchurch Girls High
Engaging & Managing the Students • Prompting learners • Grading students • Adapting resources for use in the classroom Engaging & Managing the Students • Task-based activities • Feedback • Teaching with video presentations
Practice • Observation Christchurch Girls High Practice • Observation Christchurch Girls High
Practice • Micro-teaching • Practise teaching with video/simulations • Story telling • Peer feedback on story telling Practice • Evaluation of portfolios • Evaluation of project
What should you bring to the course? • A4 lined paper • Pens • Items for making visual aids, eg magazine pictures, scissors, coloured pens • Other useful stationery would be: coloured cards and paper, blu tack, OHP non permanent pens, whiteboard pens, sellotape, paper clips, dividers, plastic sleeves and an A4 Lever Arch Folder. You will need to budget for any personal photocopying and for any laminating of materials you may wish to do.
Course Fees The 6 week full-time course costs NZ $2,700 ($450 per week)
Daily Timetable Monday to Friday Activity
Start Time
Finish Time
Period one
9.00 am
10.30 am
Morning tea break
10.30 am
10.45 am
Period two
10.45 am
12.15 pm
Lunch break
12.15 am
12.45 pm
Period three
12.45 am
2.15 pm
Afternoon tea break
2.15 pm
2.30 pm
Period four
2.30 pm
4.00 pm
King’s Education Study Options King’s NEW Level 5 intensive 6 and 12 week programmes for new teachers of English as a second language will equip you with the skills and knowlege needed to e an effective teacher of English to international students.
King’s Certificate in Teaching English as an International Language 6 Week course (Level 5) By the end of the course graduates will develop useful skills and have a clear understanding of: • Interactive learning • Learning contexts • Basic concepts
• Identifying teaching skills
• Lesson and resource planning
• Practical teaching experience
This course provides an indepth look at teaching English as an international language with emphasis on practical learning. The course involves King’s Trainees observing and taking English classes, allowing for greater skill development and teaching practice.
King’s Certificate in Teaching English as an International Language (Advanced) + IELTS Combo 12 Week course (Level 5) Available for those seeking a more indepth look at teaching English as an international language. This course combines both the TEIL certificate and King’s IELTs preparation course to help you to improve your IELTS English level at the same time.
You can expect the best at Kings, the very best in education, facilities and student support services. TEIL Course Cost:
• FREE bilingual speaking counsellors
6 Weeks $2,700 ($450 per week) 12 Weeks $4,920 ($410 per week)
• FREE academic course planning advice • FREE assistance with immigration enquiries • FREE airport pick-up for homestay students • FREE computer and internet access • FREE weekly King’s English Assessment (KEA) - IELTS-based • FREE weekly activities, which may include: horse-riding, cooking, gondola ride, cultural experience, boating on the Avon River.
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