ENG336 : Strategies1

Department

Department of English Language

Academic Program

Bachelor in English

Type

Compulsory

Credits

02

Prerequisite

EPSY201

Overview

This course shows students how to plan successful activities and lessons and reinforces the knowledge and skills they have acquired that are essential for them to become good teachers.

Intended learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student must be able to:

1. Learn how to teach English language skills for all levels.

2. Use modern methods and strategies in teaching different English language skills with the help of modern technology.

3. Apply several educational activities in teaching language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing).

4. Apply and evaluate various tools to evaluate students' performance in different language skills.

Evaluate his/her teaching performance, identifying his/her strengths and weaknesses, and ways to develop himself/herself professionally in the future.

Teaching and learning methods

The course will be presented to the student through lectures, panel discussions, or assignments and exercises, discussion and dialogue

Methods of evaluating students in this course:

(class work 40% & final 60%)

Class work is divided into written midterm, assignments and tasks.

Final exam is in a form of written exam.

Methods of assessments

Methods of evaluating students in this course:

(class work 40% & final 60%)

Class work is divided into written midterm, assignments and tasks.

Final exam is in a form of written exam.

References

1. The Primary English Teacher's Guide. Penguin English Guides. Pearson Education Limited

2. Teaching Languages to Young Learners. Cambridge Language Teaching Library. Cambridge University Press.

Main Contents of the Course

Scientific topics

Week

Readings / References / Notes

Classrooms at Work

1

Understanding your students and being a good teacher

2

Classroom activities + What is classroom management?

3

Classroom Interaction + Seating (classroom arrangement)

4

Giving Instructions + Attention Spread

5

Teacher talk and student talk + Using Gestures

6

Eliciting , giving instructions and setting up activities + Setting up Activities

7

Eliciting , giving instructions and setting up activities + Setting up Activities

8

Establishing rapport and monitoring discipline

9

Classroom Interaction

a. Teacher – student Interaction

b. Student – student Interaction

10

Eliciting, giving instructions and setting up activities

a. Advantages of eliciting

b. Disadvantage of eliciting

11

c. Techniques of eliciting

d. When eliciting

12

The Bilingual and multilingual class

13

Planning lessons and courses

14

General Psychology (EPSY 100)
Fundamentals of Education (EPSY101)
Phonetics1 (ENG106)
Writing 1 (ENG105)
Listening&Speaking 1 (ENG104)
Reading Comprehension 1 (ENG103)
Grammar 1 (ENG102)
computer 1 (CS100)
Arabic language 1 (AR103)
Computer 2 (CS101)
General Teaching Methods (EPSY 201)
Arabic language 2 (AR104)
English Grammar 2 (ENG107)
Reading Comprehension 2 (ENG108)
Listening & Speaking 2 (ENG109)
Writing 2 (ENG110)
Phonetics 2 (ENG111)
Developmental Psychology (EPSY 203)
Educational Psychology (EPSY 200)
Basics Of Curriculums (EPSY 202)
Principles of statistics (ST100)
Theoretical Linguistics 1 (ENG217)
writing 3 (ENG215)
Listening&Speaking 3 (ENG214)
Reading Comprehension 3 (ENG213)
English Grammar 3 (ENG212)
Arabic language 3 (AR105)
Measurements and Evaluation (EPSY 302)
Research Methods (EPSY301)
Creative writing 1 (ENG327)
Quranic Studies 1 (AR101)
English Grammar 4 (ENG218)
Reading Comprehension4 (ENG219)
Listening & Speaking 4 (ENG220)
English Literature 1 (ENG222)
Theoretical Linguistics 2 (ENG223)
Applied Linguistics 1 (ENG328)
Quranic studies2 (AR102)
Arabic language 4 (AR106)
Psychological Health (EPSY 401)
Teaching learning Aids (EPSY 303)
Grammatical Structures1 (ENG324)
Advanced Reading 1 (ENG325)
Academic Writing (ENG440)
Advanced Listening&Speaking 1 (ENG326)
Methods of Teaching (ENG334)
Computer Assisted Language Learning (ENG340)
Psycholinguistics (ENG329)
Grammatical Structures 2 (ENG330)
Advanced Reading 2 (ENG331)
Creative Writing 2 (ENG333)
Applied Linguistics 2 (ENG335)
Strategies1 (ENG336)
Vocabulary Development (ENG344)
Teaching English Language Skills (ENG341)
History and Varieties of English (ENG447)
Translation (ENG446)
Teaching English to Young Learners (ENG345)
English Literature2 (ENG342)
Strategies 2 (ENG442)
Research Methods in English Language Teaching (ENG343)
Graduation Project (ENG448)
Teaching Practice (EPSY 402)