Friday, April 22, 2011

TESL Assignment

Module 3 (pick 1 out of the three questions)

1) Examine the role of an EFL/ESL teacher in a specific teaching situation (obviously from your own experience if possible).You can cover the role not only in the classroom, but in the institution or even further, in the community or society as a whole.

        Examples:
          * British teacher in a secondary school in Germany.
          * Nigerian teacher of 7 year olds using English as a second language.

2) Prepare a scheme of work for about 90 hours of teaching, which may be spread in one of the following ways:

   *A two hour evening class, once a week for 3 terms of 12 weeks
   * Four 45 minute classes per week for 3 terms of 12  weeks.
   *Three 1 hour classes, ditto.
   *Three hours of ENglish per day, 5 days a week for 6 weeks
   *Three weeks of intensive English, consisting of 5 days of 6 hours each.

Specify the age and level of students. indicate the pattern of activity -one lesson a week devoted to writing compositions, 10 mins a weeks to pronounciation practise or whatever is your choice. Include the course aims, the language items or functions introduced or revised (lesson aims), sample language and for some of the items give examples of practice activities which seem particularly appropriate.

3) Prepare a diagnostic test for a class of students you are about to take over. You should specify the age and approximate suspected level of the students. Briefly explain the purpose of each section of the test. State any time limit imposed; if none, state the expected duration.

Module 4
1) Write lesson plans for THREE of the situations (i-viii)

i)        To introduce and practise the present simple tense to a class whose age you may choose
ii)      To introduce and practice too +adjective, as in It’s too high to reach, to a class of under 11 years whose age otherwise you may choose.
iii)    To introduce and practise adverbs of frequency – sometimes, always etc. – to a class under 15 years olds
iv)    To contrast a use of the present simple and present continuous tenses with a class of adults.
v)      To teach describing motion, using some new verbs of motion and some already known, to a class under 11 year olds.
vi)    To teach for the first time the functions of making suggestions, to a class under 15 year olds.
vii)  To teach the function of expressing disagreement, with varying degrees of politeness, to a class of adults.
viii)            To teach the language of a specific social situation to a class of adults, e.g. at a dinner party, in a pub , at a school open day , at the theatre.

2) Write THREE lesson plans of your choice (Number them ix,x,xi)