8/11/2019 CLT Teachers Course Contents

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CLT Teachers course contents

I. Introduction to the Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and English as a Foreign Language(EFL) fields

1.1. Ackowledging the importance of the SLA frameworks in the L2 classroom1.1.1. The linguistics of SLA1.1.2. The psycolinguistics of SLA

1.1.3. The social perspective on SLA1.2 Theory and evolution of the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)

II. Creating an L2 communicative classroom2.1 Introducing the importance of planning and framing the L2 class into a communicative

setting2.1.1 Engaging the student right from the start

2.1.1.1 Top down bottom down pre-activities to arise students learning processes2.1.1.2 Ice-breakers

2.2. Strategies to develop activities within a communicative L2 classroom2.2.1. Content -based and task-based instruction2.2.2. Input and output for and on the learner

2.2.3. Automaticity, free practice and drills2.2.4. Meaning and form: how to focus on both2.2.5. Pronunciation and listening skills2.2.6. Reading and writing: how to make them effectively communicative2.2.7. Integrating skills and targeting communication2.2.8. Motivation2.2.9. Monitoring

2.3 Closing an L2 class effectively2.3.1 Metacognitive processes2.3.2 Wrap-up2.3.3 Extra-class assignments

III. Assessment in the L2 communicative classroom3.1 Rubric design3.2 Evaluation project design by skills3.4 Sharing evaluation guidelines, rubrics and results3.5 Providing efficient and effective feedback to the learner

IV. Introduction to Web 2.0 internet tools and corpus for the L2 communicative classroom4.1 Web 2.0 tools and its incorporation to the L2 communicative classroom4.2 Corpus tools and its incorporation to the L2 classroom

4.2.1 Corpus for creating L2 activities4.2.2 Corpus for the L2 learner

V. Teacher evaluations

5.1 How well do I apply communicative tools and strategies5.2 How to recognize that I am setting an L2 communicative classroom5.3 Reflection upon my teaching practice and the opportunities I create for learning5.4 Where I am and where I want to be as an L2 professional5.5 Collaborating with other L2 professionals5.6 Taking a quick glance at using Touchstone software for the L2 technology classroom5.7 Demonstrating through a micro-teaching my skills as an L2 communicative teacher5.8 Peer evaluation for micro-teachings and feedback