Understand key concepts of language teaching and learning, and different approaches.

Survey the theory and practice of teaching young learners. Develop a range of approaches to lesson planning, classroom management, creative materials development, and assessment.

Lesson 1: Understanding language teaching and learning

Lesson 2: Factors in language learning

Lesson 3: Sociocultural factors in language learning

Lesson 4: The post-method era: Toward informed approaches

Lesson 5: Teacher development

Understand listening strategies and elements of successful listening classes and assessment

Expand your knowledge of the reading process as you learn to apply a range of practical reading skills and strategies. Learn to develop an extensive reading program, assess reading abilities, and design authentic reading tasks.

Lesson 1: Understanding listening

Lesson 2: Preparing a three-staged listening lesson

Lesson 3: Selecting listening materials

Lesson 4: Designing tasks to improve listening

Lesson 5: Assessing listening

Understand reading strategies and elements of successful reading classes and assessment

Learn skills and strategies to help students become effective listeners and learn how
to select appropriate listening materials, create dynamic listening lessons, and use new technologies.

Lesson 1: Understanding reading

Lesson 2: Preparing a reading lesson

Lesson 3: Selecting and using reading materials

Lesson 4: Designing effective reading tasks

Lesson 5: Assessing reading

Understand speaking strategies and elements of successful speaking classes and assessment

Survey the theory and practice of language teaching and learning, and learn how to apply learner- centered instruction in a variety of contexts.

Lesson 1: Understanding speaking

Lesson 2: Interacting in the classroom

Lesson 3: Planning a controlled speaking lesson

Lesson 4: Working on fluency

Lesson 5: Assessing speaking

Understand how children learn and how to manage class and design effective class activities

Learn to foster authentic interaction in the classroom. Get concrete suggestions on error correction, lesson planning, spoken assessments, and communicative competence.

Lesson 1: Understanding how children learn

Lesson 2: Planning for effective teaching and learning

Lesson 3: Selecting and developing materials for children

Lesson 4: Understanding classroom management

Lesson 5: Assessing young language learners

Have solid preparation for TKT

Master ELT terms and concepts, principles of lesson planning, and effective classroom management tools to succeed on the Cambridge ESOL TKT or other basic teaching exams.

Lesson 1: Describing Language and Language Skills

Lesson 2: Background to Language Learning and Teaching

Lesson 3: Planning Lessons

Lesson 4: Using resources for language teaching

Lesson 5: Managing the teaching and learning process