Advanced Specialist Certificate (II) in Language Skills and Pedagogy هذه الدورة تدرس باللغة الإنجليزية

تفاصيل الدورة

This course consists of two modules on:

• Teaching Listening and Speaking; and
• Teaching Reading and Writing.

These two modules are conducted back to back from 12 Jan 2015 to 18 Feb 2015.

Rationale

Teaching Listening and Speaking

This course is designed firstly to develop participants' understanding of the theoretical bases for the teaching of listening and speaking skills in an ESL/EFL classroom. It also gives focus on the types of micro-skills and strategies involved in listening and speaking and some of the issues and challenges involved in teaching these skills. The course will also critically examine current approaches to teaching listening and speaking skills and will incorporate a dimension of multimodality.

Teaching Reading and Writing

This course deals with the principles, design and procedures in the teaching of reading and writing in ESL/EFL situations as well as in a multimodal world. The integration of theory and classroom practice will be achieved via journal writing, sample lesson plans and micro-teaching sessions. Key reading theories and writing approaches will be explored and discussed vis-a-vis the course participants' teaching and learning contexts. There will be a special focus on helping participants to make the transition from the traditional print-based literacy to multimodal-based literacy (reading and viewing, writing and representing) involving more than one mode of conveying meaning - spoken, written, visual, gestural and spatial.

Learning Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Acquire an up-to-date knowledge of theories, principles and practices in the teaching of listening and speaking, and teaching of reading and writing
• Discuss and develop lessons in teaching different types and levels of listening and speaking skills, and of reading and writing skills

Course Components

• Teaching Listening and Speaking
• Teaching Reading and Writing

Delivery Method

The course will be conducted at SEAMEO RELC Singapore. The course will include lectures, task-based workshops, discussions of prescribed readings and evaluative analysis.

Assessment

Course participants are required to evidently demonstrate and apply all the key principles and concepts learned in the course by designing and building an assessment of and for learning relevant to their respective institution or organization.

Course Requirements

To complete the course successfully, a candidate must:

• satisfy class attendance requirements;
• attain a satisfactory standard in required course work;
• complete all assignments and exams.

Course Award

The course will lead to the award of an Advanced Specialist Certificate (II) in Language Skills and Pedagogy.

Entry Requirement

The entry requirements for admission to the course are:

• an approved bachelors degree in a relevant field with at least two years of teaching experience; or satisfactory substitute for the former.

The candidate must have a sufficient command of English to follow advanced study conducted in the English Language and to prepare written and oral assignments. Those from non-English medium education systems must have a recent TOEFL score of at least 550 for the paper-based test or 213 for the computerized version, or an IELTS Grade 6.5.

(If you are registering for the TOEFL test, please quote our code number 2042.  Your official score report will be sent to us directly from Educational Testing Service.)