TESL501: TheoryandPrinciplesofEnglishLanguageTeachingI(ELTI) 3credits,Fall2006

Instructor:NorikoIshihara,Ph.D. ClassTimeandLocation:Thursday5:308:00pm,Asbury218 Office:156McKinleyTel:2028852247 Email:ishihara@american.edu Officehours:Afterclassandbyappointment Coursewebsiteaccessiblefrom:https://my.american.edu/

CourseDescriptionandGoals ThiscourseservesasanintroductiontotheoriesandprinciplesofEnglishlanguageteaching, languageacquisition,andareviewofvariousmethodsandapproachesusedinlanguage teaching,leadingtoanunderstandingofthedevelopmentofthecommunicativeapproach. ProvidesopportunitiesforpeerteachingandrequiresobservationofEnglishlanguage classes,alongwithtutoringorteachingofEnglishtononnativespeakers.Thegoalsofthis courseinclude: 1. TointroducestudentstotheessentialtheoriesandconceptsofEnglishLanguage Teaching 2. TofamiliarizestudentswiththeCommunicativeApproachestoTeachingand relationtopreviousteachingapproaches 3. Toprovideclassroomexperiencethroughobservation,tutoring,andteaching segmentsoftheELTIcourse 4. Tointroducethebasicsoflessonplanning 5. Togivestudentsinsightsintowhatgoodteachingmeans,andtogivethemtheskills necessarytobecomfortableintheirteachingroles

Textbooks RequiredTexts:(availableattheUniversitybookstore) Brown,H.D.(2001).Teachingbyprinciples:Aninteractiveapproachtolanguage pedagogy(2nded.).WhitePlains,NY:Longman. Nunan,D.(1999).Secondlanguageteachingandlearning.Boston:Heinle&Heinle. AdditionalRequiredReading(Epacket): Snow,D.(1996).Morethananativespeaker:Anintroductionforvolunteersteaching abroad.Alexandria,VA:TESOL.Chapters3,5,6,13.

McKay,S.L.(2002).TeachingEnglishasaninternationallanguage.In TeachingEnglishas aninternationallanguage(pp.525).Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress. Judd,E.L.(1999).Someissuesintheteachingofpragmaticcompetence.InE.Hinkel(Ed.), Cultureinsecondlanguageteachingandlearning(pp.152166).Cambridge:Cambridge UniversityPress. Tanaka,K.(1997).Developingpragmaticcompetence:Alearnersasresearchersapproach. TESOLJournal,6(3),1418. AdditionalRecommendedResources: Groguet,A.,Jameson,J.,Franco,L.,&DerrickMescua,M.(2000).EnhancingEnglish languagelearninginelementaryclassroom:Studyguide.McHenry,IL:DeltaSystems. Herrel,A.L.(2000). FiftystrategiesforteachingEnglishlanguagelearners.UpperSaddle River,NJ:PrenticeHall. Dalle,T.S.,&Young,L.J.(2003). Paceyourself:AhandbookforESLtutors.Washington, DC:TESOL.

Requirements More informationabouttheseassignmentscanbefoundintheBlackBoardcoursewebsite. 1. Attendanceandparticipation. Regularattendanceisessentialinordertobenefitfrom theinteractionalnatureofthiscourse.Studentsareexpectedtoreadalloftheassignedtexts beforeclassandparticipateactively.Studentswhomustmissclassareresponsiblefor informingtheinstructorandworkingwithaclassmatetomakeupforthematerialmissed. Morethantwoabsences(exceptinextremecircumstances)will leadtotheloweringofthe finalgrade.Ifyoumissmorethanaquarterofallclassmeetings(i.e.fouroutof16),youwill notbeabletopassthiscourse. 2.ObservationLogs.THREEObservationLogs(ForDUEDATES,seethecourse calendar.Nopenaltyforearlyworkinfact,thedateslistedaretheLATESTpossibledates thatlogscanbesubmittedtherefore,planassignmentcompletioncarefully).Oneofthese observationsmaybeanobservationofateachingvideofromourprogramlibrary(please contactinstructoraheadoftimevideosmustbeviewedinTESOLOffice). 3.TutorialLogs.THREETutorialLogs(ForDUEDATES,seethecoursecalendar.No penaltyforearlyworkinfact,thedateslistedaretheLATESTpossibledatesthatlogscan besubmitted). NOTE:Tutorialsneedtobeconductedonaregular(weekly)basisthroughoutthesemester inorderforstudentstogainfromthisassignment.OnlyTHREEtutorialsessionshavetobe writtenupandsubmittedthroughoutthesemester(thismeans,whileyouwillbe

tutoring/teachingaboutfourtimespermonth,youwillonlywriteupyoursessionand reflectionondetailsonceamonth)however,youneedtokeepalogofyourweeklytutorial activities(notewhenyoumetwithyourtutee,whatyoucovered,etc.)and allmaterialsyou used inaoneinchringbinder.Itshouldlookorganizedandnotsimplyhaphazardlythrown together.Imayaskyousporadicallytosubmitthisbinder. 4.DiscussionBoardPostings.Postingonetutoriallogwithgeneralandspecificquestion forclassmatesunderDiscussionBoardandcommentingon/respondingtotutoriallogs submittedbytwoclassmatesduringtwootherpostingcycles. 5.TeachingSegmentandActivityforClass.Oneshortclasstopictobetaughtto classmates.Thisshouldengageclassmatesmoreinalearningactivityratherthana lecture/presentation. 6. LibraryBasedResearchPaperonAspectsCoveredinELTI. Thisisaresearchpaper reviewing68journalarticlesorbookchaptersonatopicofyourchoiceintheAPAstyle. Selectionofthetopicisdueon10/5(tobeemailedforinstructorsapproval).By11/2, submitahardcopyofyourresourcesandalsopostittoDiscussionBoardunder LibraryBasedResearchPaperResources.Thefinalpaperisdueon12/7. Allwrittenassignmentsmustbe doublespaced,notsingle or1.5spaced.Besurethat youhave1"marginsonallsides.Thereshouldbepagenumbersoneverypageafter page1.

Technology TechnologyusedinthecoursemayincludePowerPointpresentationsandvideo presentations.Studentsareencouragedtoaccessinformationaboutgrammarpedagogy availableontheinternet,includingassignedarticles.

Diversity Thecoursecontributestostudentsunderstandingoflanguagediversity.Itprovides insightsintothechallengesfacedbyEnglishlanguagelearnersinacquiringEnglish.

EvaluationofStudentPerformance GRADING: Gradeswillbedeterminedonthefollowingbasis: Attendanceandparticipation Observationlogs Tutoriallogs Postingandrespondingtotutoriallogs Teachingsegmentandactivityforclass Finalcourseproject(librarybasedresearch)

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Thefollowingguidelineswillbeusedforassigninggradesonthetests: A=Excellent94%orhigher A=9093% B+=8689% B=Good8085% B=7579% C=Satisfactory7074% D=Poor70% F=Failurebelow70% NOTE:Unsatisfactoryattendance(missingmorethantwoclasses)andparticipationwill resultintheloweringofthecoursegrade.Missingmorethan25%ofclasseswillresultina failingcredit. YouaresubjecttotheAcademicIntegrityCodeofAmericanUniversity.All workyou submitmustbeyourownormustbeproperlydocumented.Moreinformationabout AcademicIntegrityCodecanbefoundat: http://www.american.edu/american/registrar/AcademicReg/New/reg80.html.

Tentativecourseoutlineandassignments Date Topics OVERVIEWOFTHECOURSE Teacherknowledgeandbeliefs Teachingbyprinciples HOWDOWELEARN? Humanlearning Languagelearning Principlesof(language)teaching Assignments

August31 (Week1) September7 (Week2)

Readings: Nunan,Ch.1 Brown,Ch.4

September14 LANGUAGEACQUISITION WhatweknowfromSecond (Week3)

LanguageAcquisitionresearch Motivationand(language) learning

Readings: Nunan,Ch.2 Brown,Ch.5

September21 HISTORICALDEVELOPMENTOF ELTMETHODOLOGY (Week4) Traditionalandcontemporary

languageteachingmethodologies Principlesofvariousteaching methodologies

Readings: Nunan,Ch.3 Brown,Ch.2

September28 CURRENTESLMETHODOLOGIES Communicativelanguageteaching (Week5) Contentbasedinstruction Integratedskills

October5 (Week6)

LANGUAEASMEANINGAND STRUCTURE Languageindiscourse Pragmaticsanddiscourse

October12 (Week7)

SOCIOPOLITICALISSUES ESOLprogrammodels

Readings: Brown,Ch.3,15 Assignments: Postyourtutoriallogby9/28.If youarerespondingtoa classmateslogthismonth,post yourresponseby10/5. Readings: Nunan,Ch.4 Judd,1999 Tanaka,1997 Assignments: Selectandemailyourtopicfor thelibrarybasedpaperby10/5. Readings: Brown,Ch.8

Sociopoliticalcontextoflanguage McKay,Ch.2

learningandteaching Englishasaninternational language Individualandsocietal bilingualism/multilingualism

Assignments: Observationlogdue10/12.

October19 (Week8)

REVIEW/MIDTERMFEEDBACK FOCUSONLEARNERS INTERACTIVELANGUAGE TEACHING Learnerneeds,roles,and autonomy Roleofinteractioninlanguage teaching READING LEARNINGSTYLESAND STRATEGICKNOWLEDGE Teachingsecondlanguagereading Teachinglanguagelearning strategies

Readings: Nunan,Ch.5 Brown,Ch.11,12 Assignments:TBA

October26 (Week9)

November2 (Week10)

LISTENING/SPEAKING Teachingsecondlanguage listeningandspeaking Oralskillsevaluation

November9 (Week11)

CULTURALDIMENSIONOF TEACHING WRITING Whatisculture? Integratingcultureintosecond languageteaching Teachingsecondlanguagewriting

Readings: Nunan,Ch.9(or)Brown,Ch.18 Nunan,Ch.6(or)Brown,Ch.14 Assignments: Postyourtutoriallogby10/26.If youarerespondingtoa classmateslogthismonth,post yourresponseby11/2. Readings: Nunan,Ch.7,8 Brown,Ch.16,17 Assignments: Alistofresourcesonyour selectedresearchtopicdue11/2. AlsopostitonBlackboardby 11/2. Readings: Snow,Ch.13 Nunan,Ch.10 Brown,Ch.19 Assignments: Observationlogdue11/9.

November16 THANKSGIVINHOLIDAY:NOCLASS (Week12)

November23 LESSONSTRUCTUREAND SEQUENCE (Week13)

Readings: Snow,Ch.3,5,6 Purposeandcomponentsoflesson Brown,Ch.10 plans Assignments:TBA Lessonplansandthecurriculum

November30 LESSONDESIGNACROSSAGEAND Readings: PROFIZCIENCZIES Brown,Ch.6,7 (Week14)

Learnervariablesrelatedtoage andproficiency Teachingstrategiesforvarious agesandproficiencylevels

December7 (Week15)

ERRORCORRECTIONAND FEEDBACK Languagetests Authenticclassroomassessment CLASSROOMMANAGEMENT WRAPUP Classroommanagementstrategies

Assignments: Postyourtutoriallogby11/30.If youarerespondingtoa classmateslogthismonth,post yourresponseby12/7. Readings: Brown,Ch.21,22 Assignments: FinalProjectdue12/7. Readings: Brown,Ch.13 Snow,Ch.5 Assignments: Observationlogdue12/14.

December14 (Week16)