Training for ESL Teachers Part 2

Course Description

Designed for teachers who work with adolescents and adults in a non-English speaking environment, this course will help you develop strategies for teaching English language learners listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.

Participants will be involved in identifying strategies and resources suitable for individuals who will be teaching ESL. Participants will be introduced to the communicative and audio lingual approach and community language learning and ESL for special professional groups.

What can you look forward to in this course?

• Review how adults learn – and the various learning styles
• Activities for different proficiency levels
• ESL learning in natural environments
• Managing an ESL Classroom
• Direct Instruction, Modeling, Behavior Management
• ESL Resources

This is the second of 5 short courses designed to provide a teacher with entry level skills to enable them to work with non-English speaking populations.

• Important - This course assumes that you’ve already completed the Training for ESL Teachers course

Online Workshop for ESL Teachers Part 2 online course package:

• 13 LIVE interactive online classes + Access to class recordings
• Course timings: Mon, Tues, Wed and Thursday for 2 hours duration
• Courseware: Videos + Audio Files + PPTs + PDFs + Docs
• Online tests

Course Outline:

• Overview of human growth and development
• Adult Learners
• Oral Language and the English Language Learner
• Second Language
• Input - Comprehension - Interaction – Output
• Non language Influences
• Strategies for teaching ESL to adult English language learners
• Strategies for conversational English
• ESL for Special Interests
• Resources