Intro to the Course

Introduction

Course Goals

Course Structure

Welcome!

Student-centred lessons

Getting to know your students

Summary and Reflection

Extra Resources

Unit 1 Learners

Needs analysis and goal setting

How to plan a lesson pt.1

How to plan lesson pt.2

Course Planning

Course Foundations

Reflection + Further Resources

Unit 2: Course foundations

What are receptive skills?

Reading skills

Listening skills

Authentic Materials

Authentic Materials and learner level

* Planning reading/listening lessons

Planning reading/listening lessons

Listening and Reading

Unit 3: Teaching Listening and Reading

Teaching Vocabulary

Teaching grammar

Eliciting + MFP

Teaching Vocabulary and Grammar

Unit 4: Teaching Vocabulary and grammar

Functional Exponents

Teaching Functional Language

You're Halfway There!

Unit 5: Teaching Functional Language

Lesson Frameworks

 PPP

PPP - Present, Practice, Produce

PPP - Answers

TTT - Test, Teach, Test

TTT - Answers

TBLT

TBLT - Task-Based Language Teaching

Text-Based Presentation

Text-based presentation

The Flipped Classroom

What is the Best Method

Unit 6: Different ways of teaching a language

Conversation Classes

How to plan conversation classes

Teaching Writing

Think About the Genre!

How to plan a writing lesson?

How to plan a writing lesson

Unit 7: Conversation Classes

Your Views on Error Correction

When to Correct?

On-the-spot Error Correction

Delayed Error Correction

Error Correction

Unit 8: Error Correction

Teaching Pronunciation

Teaching pronunciation - techniques

What to correct?

Words and Sentences

Intonation and Rhythm

Unit 9: Teaching Pronunciation

Revision and Recycling

How to Revise Vocabulary

Revision and Recycling - Further Tips

Revision of Course Contents + Glossary

Homework - Principles

Different Types of Homework Tasks 1

Different Types of Homework Tasks 2

Lesson Summary + Further Resources

Unit 10: Revision and Homework

Student Experiences

Student Experience

Teachers' Beliefs and Practices

Teaching styles

Using the Student's Mother Tongue

What's the Best Method?

Unit 11: Teachers' Beliefs and Styles

How can I improve as a Teacher?

What we do :)

Reflective Practice

Share your resources

Professional Development after this Course

Glossary

Unit 12: Developing as a Teacher

Bonus Lecture

Bonus Section

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How to Teach a Language

Ashraf Said

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