Teaching English Language Skills II

IOP 304
Spring 2024
Dr. Ufuk GİRGİN
ufukgirgin@erciyes.edu.tr

Course description

This course is a follow-up to Teaching English Language Skills I. It further aims to equip
teacher candidates of English with teaching English language skills (i.e., speaking, listening,
writing, and reading) and systems (i.e., pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar). In the first term,
the focus was on how to teach speaking, listening, and pronunciation. The focus of the second
half of the course will be on how to teach reading, writing, vocabulary, and grammar.

This course basically aims to teach teacher candidates of English how to develop diverse
teaching skills for learners at different ages and language proficiency levels. The students will
also learn how to adapt their teaching for various groups.

In this course, prospective language teachers will learn how to develop lesson plans, write
objectives for specific language skills, adapt/develop materials and design activities to teach
particular skills at different ages and proficiency levels, and perform micro-teaching
presentations in accordance with general theories, techniques, and principles that will be
discussed throughout the semester.

Course-pack chapters from:

Nation, I.S.P. (2009). Teaching ESL/EFL Reading and Writing. New York: Routledge.
Thornbury, S. (1999). How to Teach Grammar. Harlow: Longman.
Thornbury, S. (2002). How to teach vocabulary. Harlow: Longman.

Course requirements:

Final Exam: Your knowledge and interpretation of the readings and lectures will be assessed
by an exam.

Technique papers: This assignment will give you the opportunity to create materials for
teaching reading and writing. In pairs, you will produce one set of material (input and
accompanying tasks/exercises/activities) for teaching either reading or writing accompanied
by a function (i.e., vocabulary, grammar). Details will be provided along the way.

Micro-teachings: This assignment will give you the opportunity to present your developed
materials. You will perform a 30-minute teaching to your classmates. Details will be provided
along the way.

Classroom participation/attendance and preparation – You are expected to be present in

the class and participate in all discussions and activities, and you are required to read all of the
assigned readings for the sessions.
Your MID-TERM exam grade will be based on:

Micro-teachings (%50)/ Technique Papers (%50): 100

Your FINAL exam grade will be based on:

Final Exam:
100

Course schedule
Date Topic Class Readings Presentations
Week 1 Explanations of
(19-23 course objectives and
Feb.) procedures
Week 2 Nation
(26 Feb.- Chapter 1: Parts and goals of a
1 Mar.) listening and speaking course

Week 3 Nation, Chpt. 1

(4-8 Learning to Read in Another
Mar.) Language
Nation, Chp. 2
Learning to Recognise and Spell
Words

Week 4 Nation, Chpt. 3

(11-15 Intensive Reading
Mar.) Nation, Chpt. 4
Extensive Reading
Nation, Chpt. 5
Reading Faster

Week 5 Nation, Chpt. 6

(18-22 Assessing Reading
Mar.) Nation, Chpt. 7
Helping Learners Write

Week 6 Thornbury, Chpt. 3 Sign up for micro-

(25-29 How to teach grammar from rules teachings
Mar.) Thornbury, Chpt. 4
How to teach grammar from
examples
Thornbury, Chpt. 5
How to present vocabulary
Thornbury, Chpt. 6
How to put words to work
Thornbury, Chpt. 7
Teaching word parts and word
chunks
Week 7 Workshop: Example designs/demo teachings
(1-5 Apr.) Developing lesson Guidelines for preparing the
plans, writing materials
objectives, Using AUTHENTIC materials for
adapting/developing teaching
materials, and reading/writing/vocabulary/grammar
designing activities
for teaching reading
and writing

Week 8
(8-12 No class Holiday
Apr.)
Week 9 No class Mid-term week
(15-19
Apr.)
Week 10 Presentations Presentations
(22-26
Apr.)
Week 11 Presentations Presentations
(29 Apr.-
3 May)
Week 12 Presentations Presentations
(6-10
May)
Week Presentations Presentations
13(13-17
May)
Week 14 Presentations Presentations
(20-24
May)
Week 15 Presentations Presentations
(27-31
May)

1 June Final/Make-up Assignments Due

onwards Exams