English Didactics and Preparation for Teaching Practice

Recommended Prerequisites

Completion of the 1st-semester course in English Didactics

Teaching Methods

Teaching methods include:

- Expository presentations by the teacher

- Study of practical examples of texts and other materials

- Delivery and observation of short sequences within lessons (microteaching)

- Research and presentations by students

- Completion of tasks by students

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, learners should be able to:

- design coherently staged lesson plans with clearly defined aims

- make principled selections and use of coursebook materials

- use English appropriately for a range of classroom functions

- identify and provide effective feedback on common learner errors

- use a range of task types for formal assessment

- microteach a short sequence of classroom activities and provide observational feedback to classmates.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

The syllabus includes the following topics:

- lesson planning: defining lesson aims and structuring lesson stages

- researching sources for teaching materials, and developing criteria for the selection and exploitation of materials

- analysis of classroom discourse

- analysis and correction of common learner errors

- introduction to theory and practice of language assessment

- lesson observation (microteaching): criteria for analysing classroom performance, observation tasks, principles for reflective practice.

Head Lecturer(s)

Ana Alexandra Ribeiro Luís

Assessment Methods

Continuous Assessment
Synthesis work: 10.0%
Mini Tests: 40.0%
Project: 50.0%

Bibliography

Brown, H.D. (2007). Principles of Language Learning and Teaching, 5th ed. London: Pearson Longman.

Harmer, J. (2007). The Practice of English Language Teaching, 4th ed. London: Pearson Longman.

McNamara,T. (2000). Language testing. Oxford: OUP.

Nunan, D. (2004). Task-based Language Teaching. Cambridge: CUP.

Nunan, D. & C. Lamb (1996). The Self-Directed Teacher. Cambridge: CUP.

Scrivener, J. (2011). Learning Teaching, 3rd ed. Oxford: Macmillan.

Spratt, M., Pulverness, A., & Williams, M. (2011). The TKT (Teaching Knowledge Test) Course: Modules 1, 2 and 3. Cambridge: CUP

Thornbury, S. (2006) An A-Z of ELT. Oxford: Macmillan.