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Teaching Methodology

EDEU 9246 An Introduction to Task-Based Teaching

This course will introduce you to this important approach to language teaching. It will look at task-based language teaching and study what it is, how it developed and how it fits into a broader curriculum framework. Most importantly, this course will focus on how task-based language teaching works in the classroom. This course is meant to be practical and will provide many examples of task-based language teaching that you can use with your own class.

EDEU 9244 Practical Ideas for the Adult ESL/EFL Classroom

Learn ESL teaching strategies for fostering a more successful learning environment for your adult ESL/EFL students, as well as how to create activities that build a bridge from the classroom to the real world.

EDEU 9243 Pursuing Professional Development

This course will discuss what professional development is and why it is important for all teachers. It will give practical advice on how busy teachers can incorporate professional development practices into daily classroom life.

EDEU 9790 Communicative Teaching for the ESL/EFL Classroom

This course provides teachers with the principles of communicative teaching and offers useful methods for making students active participants in the learning process. Practical and fun activities give students the opportunity to improve their language skills through drawing, songs, oral presentations, and more.

English Language Learning

EDEU 9791 Developing Second/Foreign Language Listening Comprehension

This course will cover a number of issues involved in helping learners to develop their listening comprehension of English as a second or foreign language. With the help of examples, exercises, and a full lesson template, students will examine a number of traditional and more recent approaches to teaching foreign language listening.

EDEU 9792 An Introduction to Teaching English to Young Learners

In this course you will learn about teaching English as a foreign or second language to children between the ages of three and 12 years old. You will consider how young learners develop cognitively, how they learn languages, and how your understanding of these two areas can help guide you in your role as a teacher of young learners and a teacher of language.

EDEU 9789 Introduction to Corpora in English Language Teaching

This course will guide you through key issues relating to the use of language corpora in teaching. It will go into detail about what a corpus is, how corpora are used, and how you can build and use a corpus to enhance your teaching and the experience of your learners.

EDEU 9240 An Introduction to Teaching ESL/EFL

Learn how to be an effective English language teacher from an expert in the field.

EDEU 9241 Assessing Language Ability in Adults

This course examines the important role that assessment plays in both the teaching and learning of a second or foreign language. Specifically, it deals with assessing the language skills of non-native English-speaking adults and puts particular emphasis on classroom assessment.

EDEU 9239 Content-Based Instruction of ELL

This course will provide you with an understanding of the main characteristics and types of content-based instruction. With the help of original activities, it will provide a useful framework for designing your own content-based courses and lessons.

EDEU 9245 Making the Most of Learner Dictionaries

Help your English learners make the most of an important reference and learning tool.

EDEU 9247 Introduction to Language Assessment in the K-12 Classroom

This course will introduce you to the techniques and methods used in ESL language assessment and related issues in primary and secondary schools in the United States today. Included are standardized tests for the No Child Left Behind Act, and how to assess listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

Computer/Technology/Software/Games

EDEU 9793 Language Learning Technologies for K12 Teachers

This course will explore technologies that support language development as well as academic achievement for K-12 English language learners. Much of the course will focus on technologies that support English language development and communication skills, but we'll also look at how other technologies can be used in targeted ways to promote English language development.

Language Arts/ Reading/Writing/Literacy

EDEU 9248 Teaching ESL/EFL Reading

Discover practical techniques and methods for teaching reading in any ESL or EFL environment that will help you become a more confident and effective reading teacher.

EDEU 9242 Teaching Lexically

This practical course aims to change the way you think about language by looking at the relationship between grammar and vocabulary in a new light. It will suggest innovative ways to teach language and skills, to deal with speaking in class and to handle student correction.

EDEU 9915 Teaching ESL/EFL Grammar

Learn new methods for teaching English grammar that will both engage and challenge ESL/EFL students.

EDEU 9916 Teaching ESL/EFL Vocabulary

Discover what makes a well-balanced vocabulary course when you're teaching ESL and how to plan one that truly meets your students' needs.