Cohorte 2023

STUDENT GUIDE
SUBJECT: CLT METHODS

INSTRUCTOR: KARI MILLER

MEANS OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE INSTRUCTOR

All news related to our CLT Methods course will be posted in the News Forum
on Moodle, which will be found in the Introduction Section. News and
announcements will also be communicated via email.

For any queries or special support/guidance needed with any given topic or
task in the course, please contact me through the Moodle messenger, forum
or chat, which is located in the Introduction Section. You may also contact
me at kalymiller@yahoo.com.

TUTORIAL SESSIONS

Learning
Date Time Type
model
May 25, 2023 17h00-19h00 Group Synchronous

June 6, 2023 19h00-21h00 Individual Synchronous

COURSE EVALUATION SYSTEM

Grading Assignment description Deadline

Forum 1: CLT Today OR
Developing reading and
writing skills
May 23, 2023: Post in
forum
May 26, 2023: Comment
Grade 1 Online forums (2, including post in forum
(20%) and comment each)
Forum 2: Questions for
assessing course content
June 6, 2023: Post in forum
(question)
June 9, 2023: Comment in
forum (answer)
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June 1, 2023: COLT

COLT observation and reflection observation:
Grade 2
video (about the COLT June 12, 2023: Reflection
(20%)
observation) video (about the COLT
observation)
Grade 3
Class activities and participation Ongoing
(20%)
Grade 4
Microteaching (group activity) June 3, 2023
(20%)
Grade 5
Final essay June 7, 2023
(20%)

TASKS AND ASSIGNMENTS CALENDAR

Activity description

Forum 1: CLT TODAY or DEVELOPING READING AND

WRITING SKILLS
May 23, Write a post describing your own understanding of CLT in
2023: POST the 21st century; OR identifying and evaluating
May 26, communicative reading and writing activities; in order
2023: to reflect upon one’s own teaching practice. Then read
COMMENT your classmates’ posts and write ONE comment.

Type: Individual, asynchronous, 10% of grade

Forum 2: QUESTIONS FOR ASSESSING COURSE
June 6, 2023:
CONTENT
POST
Write a question that assesses your classmates in terms
(QUESTION)
of the contents of the CLT Methods course. Read your
June 9, 2023:
classmates’ questions and choose ONE to write an
COMMENT
answer for.
(ANSWER)
TYPE: Individual, asynchronous, 10% of grade
COLT OBSERVATION AND REFLECTION VIDEO
Observe a classroom in action and evaluate the lesson
June 1, 2023: and materials used for their communicative orientation,
OBSERVATION using COLT Scheme Parts A and B.
June 12,
2023: Record a video reflection about the class observed,
REFLECTION making comments on the communicative orientation
PAPER and suggestions for ways to improve it.

TYPE: Individual, asynchronous, 20% of grade

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MICROTEACHING
Create and present a 15-minute lesson exemplifying CLT
June 3, 2023 principles.

TYPE: Group activity, synchronous, 20% of grade

FINAL ESSAY
Adapt an activity form a textbook to be more
communicative so it solves the problem you identified in
previous modules. Write how the activity meets CEFR
descriptors and National English Teaching Standards.

Your paper will include:

1. An introduction, body, and conclusion.

June 7, 2023
2. A thesis statement with 2-3 supporting ideas/
reasons/arguments. Each idea/reason/argument
should be supported by:

• An expert opinion from the course material, and

• A specific example of how the idea will be

implemented in the classroom.

TYPE: Individual, asynchronous, 20% of grade

SUMMARIZED CURRICULUM VITAE

Kari Miller has her Master’s in Art degree from Hamline University in St. Paul,
Minnesota, USA. For the last 25 years she has been a classroom EFL teacher, as
well as a university professor, teaching both pre- and in-service teachers in
Postgraduate programs around the country.

Kari has participated in various writing projects, including being on the team
that created and wrote the National EFL curriculum in 2015-2016. She also co-
wrote Uncover for Ecuador (Cambridge University Press) and Shape It! For
Ecuador (Cambridge University Press). Currently, Kari works at the Center for
Continuing Education in Escuela Politécnica Nacional.
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