Teaching Listening and Speaking

Mode of Delivery:  Face-to-Face

Mode of Assessment:  Continuous Assessment and Exam

This module aims to develop course participants’ understanding of the theoretical bases for teaching listening and speaking in ESL/EFL contexts. It examines and explores various approaches to teaching listening and speaking. It also familiarizes participants with the teaching of sub-skills and strategies involved in listening and speaking. Participants will be tasked to plan and carry out microteaching of listening and speaking lessons as part of the module assessment.

Principles and Practices for Teaching Grammar

Mode of Delivery: Face-to-Face

Mode of Assessment: Continuous Assessment and Exam

This module prepares course participants to teach grammar in a wide variety of intra/international contexts. The status of English as a global language has prompted a shift in the ways in which English grammar is conceptualized, learned, and taught. In addition to introducing course participants to different conceptualizations of language/grammar, they are also engaged in critical discussions on a variety of pedagogical principles and practices for teaching English language grammar. In light of these discussions, the module provides participants with an opportunity to design their own lesson plans, and assessment tasks that can potentially be implemented in their own teaching and learning contexts. The issues surrounding teaching grammar and future directions for researching/teaching grammar are also discussed.

Teaching Reading and Writing

Mode of Delivery: Blended

Mode of Assessment:  Continuous Assessment and Exam

This module deals with the principles, design, and procedures in the teaching of reading and writing in ESL/EFL situations as well as in a multimodal world. The integration of theory and classroom practice will be achieved via sample lesson plans and microteaching sessions. Key reading theories and writing approaches will be explored and discussed vis-à-vis the course participants’ teaching and learning contexts. There will be a special focus on helping participants to make the transition from traditional print-based literacy to multimodal-based literacy (reading and viewing; writing and representing) involving more than one mode of conveying meaning – spoken, written, visual, gestural, and spatial.

Language Assessment

Mode of Delivery: Blended

Mode of Assessment:  Continuous Assessment and Exam

This module introduces the basic theoretical principles related to language assessment. Course participants will have the opportunity to reflect on their own language assessment practice in relation to their teaching objectives. There will also be hands-on practice in the planning, designing, and grading of assessments related to receptive and productive language skills. Additionally, this module will explore the rationale for assessment for learning and the key approaches in implementing such classroom-based assessment.

Technology-Enhanced Language Learning

Mode of Delivery:  Blended

Mode of Assessment:  Continuous Assessment and Exam

In today’s technologically driven society, learning languages has gone digital and classrooms have become increasingly high-tech. How should our English Language teachers respond to the use of technology in their classrooms? What is the role of technology in the teaching of the English Language? How do Second Language Acquisition (SLA) concepts and methods be made evident in the classrooms that use technology? These questions and issues will be covered in this module. The module will familiarize participants with the current approaches, concepts, principles, and practices of the use of technology in the teaching and learning of ESL and EFL. Participants will have the opportunity to select, evaluate and curate digital learning tools in their application of SLA concepts and methods in their own teaching contexts.

Language Curriculum Design and Implementation

Mode of Delivery: Face-to-Face

Mode of Assessment:  Continuous Assessment and Exam

This module combines current language curriculum theory and curriculum design approaches with hands-on application. It also examines the types of language syllabus featured in textbooks and course materials used by teachers and their students in different ESL and EFL contexts. Through a combination of input sessions or lectures, group discussions and learning activities, and classroom tasks, participants will be familiarized with key concepts and approaches related to syllabus and course design, as well as the challenges and issues concerning language curriculum planning and implementation. Participants will be tasked to propose and design a short course or a unit of study for a targeted group of learners as part of the module assessment. The course/unit of study proposal will include clearly defined course aims and learning outcomes, the proposed course outline, structure and suggested content, and a description of the principles that guide the content and sequencing, the format and presentation, and the monitoring and assessment of the course/unit of study.