Training New ESL
Teachers
14-week Syllabus, by
Robert Bruce Scott
Week One: CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT, theory
Gauging needs and interests
Planning lessons
Conveying information
Evaluating success
Week
Two: CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT, practice
Teaching mini-lessons
1st paper due (explaining development of
mini-lesson, treating issues from classroom management
theory)
In-class writing, 10-minute response to one
mini-lesson
Week Three: ACTION RESEARCH,
theory
Data collection
Inductive and deductive reasoning
Forming a working hypothesis
Professional development
Week Four: ACTION RESEARCH,
practice
Presentations of ERIC search results
In-class group work: respond to teaching scenario
-identify
problem/issue
-develop working hypothesis
-plan strategy for
using hypothesis
Long-term research assignment
-pick area of
interest in ESL teaching
-do ERIC search, follow ERIC leads
-design experiment
-turn in 10-page paper 11th week
-class presentations 13th week
Week Five: DYNAMICS OF ORGANIZATIONS, theory
Community and ecosystem concepts
Group dynamics
Ecological model of program management
Week Six: DYNAMICS OF ORGANIZATIONS,practice
Presentations and discussions of analyses of
current institutional dynamics at any level (class, program,
department, school, etc ...), based on interviews and other
available data
Week Seven: ESL METHODOLOGY,theory
Content-based instruction
-natural
approach
-counseling-learning
-TPR
-cognitive
Grammar-based instruction
-grammar-translation
-discourse analysis, authentic texts
Project-oriented instruction
Reflective, eclectic teaching
Week Eight: ESL METHODOLOGY, practice
Teaching mini-lessons
2nd paper, explaining development of mini-lesson, justifying approach or method used
In-class writing, 10-minute response to one mini-lesson
Week Nine: PERSONAL STYLE,theory
Self-observation techniques
Changing routines
Responding constructively to criticism
Utilizing intuition
Week Ten: PERSONAL STYLE,practice
Presentations of 3rd paper, describing own
personal style and its sources
Week Eleven:INCORPORATING TECHNOLOGY, theory
Video, computer, Internet, CD-ROM, multimedia, cassette player
Information design and information theory
Language labs Major research project due
Week Twelve: INCORPORATING TECHNOLOGY,practice
Hands-on experience at "learning stations"
Major research projects handed back!
Week Thirteen: CLASS PRESENTATIONS OF RESEARCH PROJECTS
Week Fourteen: FINAL EXAM
Essay questions
Basic English grammar and discourse problems
Course evaluation
Texts: The Second Language Curriculum in Action, edited by Brindley
The Student Centered, Collaborative ESL Classroom, by Bassano and
Christison
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