Syllabus
1. Activity, its definition and realization
2. The structure of a lesson, setting the objectives of a lesson
3. The process of planning a lesson; lesson plans and their components
4. Objectives of teaching English; language proficiency levels; CEFR
5. Factors affecting the teaching of English: motivation, age, ..., and their impacts on instruction
6. TEFL theories, approaches and methods
7. Student: group and individual learning and teaching, homogenous and heterogenous groups, individual differences …
8. Teacher: types of teachers, their essential roles
Annotation
Introduction to TEFL Methodology I is a theoretical and practical seminar, the main aim of which is to introduce students to the basic concepts and key concepts in the field of didactics (e.g., communicative competence, the role of the foreign language teacher, activity and its planning, lesson preparation, grading and evaluation of students). The seminar will define subject area of TEFL Methodology I and briefly introduce the most important factors of the teaching process.
Students will learn about the objectives and content of teaching English as a foreign language. Attention will also be paid to the two most important actors in the teaching process: the learner and the teacher.