OT-ANG-378 Methodology 2 Spring 2020

Tuesday 10:15-11:45 (room 411), Thursday 13:45-15:15 (room 327)

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Instructor: Lázár Ildikó

e-mail: ildiko.lazar@gmail.com
Office hour (room 401): Thursday 12:00 – 13:00 by appointment

Aims:
This course is intended to enable trainees to achieve an understanding of the principles of language teaching
and learning, to acquire practical teaching skills in a sheltered, supportive group environment, to relate
classroom practice to learning and teaching theories and principles, to develop knowledge and skills related to
planning appropriate language learning experiences for students, to develop the skills specific to the role of
language teacher, and to become reflective practitioners as a basis for on-going professional development.

Requirements:
 completion of home reading assignments and active participation in the discussions
 2 peer-teaching sessions: a grammar presentation of max 6 minutes held individually, and a 20-minute
teaching session consisting of two connected activities based on a page/unit in a course book
supplemented or adapted as you see fit (with a lesson plan to be submitted 3 days prior to the session)
 a mid-term and an end-of-term test based on the reading assignments
 an activity folder (a detailed description of at least 10 activities learnt in class)

Readings mostly from:

Harmer, J. (2007). The Practice of English Language Teaching. UK: Pearson Longman.
Other readings will include chapters from other books and articles from printed and online professional journals
to be specified as the course progresses. Please follow the schedule and updates in Moodle.

Content areas of the previous semester:

Learning styles and strategies / Teaching styles and teachers’ roles / A short overview of language teaching
methods / CLT, TBL, CL / Classroom management and discipline / Group dynamics / Lesson planning / Course
books and other resources / Teaching receptive and productive skills

Content areas of the current semester:

Revision / Teaching grammar structures and functions / Teaching vocabulary / Error correction / Feedback and
assessment / Course planning / The Hungarian ELT context / Teaching young learners / Teaching culture and
developing intercultural competence
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DATE TOPICS (to be adapted, updated or supplemented according to needs, GRAMMAR PEER- TEACHING
please follow changes in Moodle) PRESENTATION
Feb 11-13 Introduction, goal setting, agreeing on assignments and assessment, X X
revision of last term’s topics
Feb 18 Tue Teaching grammar: techniques of presentation X

Feb 20 Thu Teaching grammar: discovery techniques

Feb 25 Tue Teaching grammar: practice activities

Feb 27 Thu Teaching vocabulary: traditional approaches

Mar 3 Tue Teaching vocabulary: new trends

Mar 5 Thu Error correction

Mar 10 Tue Feedback on oral and written work

Mar 12 Thu Designing and marking tests

Mar 17 Tue Alternative approaches to assessment

Mar 19 Thu Revision

Mar 24 Tue School visit 1 X X

Mar 26 Thu
Mid-term test on readings
Mar 31 Tue Planning lesson sequences and courses

Apr 2 Thu Planning and the Hungarian ELT context

Apr 7 Tue Teaching culture and cultural awareness

Apr 9, 14 Spring break X X

Apr 16 Thu Developing intercultural competence

Apr 21 Tue Teaching young learners

Apr 23 Thu Revision + Diversity Day

Apr 28 Tue School visit 2 X X

Apr 30 Thu
End-term test on readings
May 5 Tue Extra workshop on students with special needs (tbc)

May 7 Thu A topic of your choice

Deadline for Activity folder
May 12-14 Assessment and course evaluation X X
Last preparations for your teaching practice
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