EC367 : Teaching Strategies

Department

Department of English Language

Academic Program

Bachelor in english

Type

Compulsory

Credits

02

Prerequisite

Overview

This course is shows students how to plan successful activities, lessons. It develops the awareness and skills they need to become a better teacher.

Aims :

The course aims to:

1. Provide practical guidance for English language teaching.

2. Help students learn to teach in more effective ways

Intended learning outcomes

1. Classrooms at work

a) Arrangement of Classroom

i. Order

ii. Attractivnes

2. Role of a Teacher in a classroom

3. Types of Teachers

4. Types of Learning

a. Accelerated Learning

b. Co-operative Learning

c. Learner-Centered Learning

d. Task-based Learning

e. Content based Learning

f. Teacher Centered Learnin

5. Difference between Teacher-centered

Learning and Student-centered Learnin

6. Classroom Management

a. What is Classroom Management

b. Classroom interaction

c. Using the board well

d. Gestures / body language

7. Teaching Aids

a. Types of teaching Aids

i. Audio aids

ii. Visual Aids

iii. Audio – Visual Aids

b. How to select Suitable Aids

8. Classroom Activities

a. Individual or group activities

b. Games to Facilitate learning

c. How to conduct classroom activities

9. Problem Management in the classroom

a. Types of punishments and their

probable outcome

b. Constructive Criticism

c. How to deal with a child

who has a problem – Case study.

10. Factors that affect learning

a. Psychological factors

b. Sociological factors

c. Linguistic factors

Teaching and learning methods

Lectures and panel discussions

Methods of assessments

midterm exam 40%final exam 60%

Reference

Scrivner, J. 2005. Learning Teaching. A guidebook for English language teachers. 2nd Ed. Macmillan Books for Teachers. Macmillan