Why should we learn English?

Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.

~John Cotton Dana

General Objective

Improve both the linguistic and professional profiles in relation to the teaching of English to children in elementary school.

Specific objectives:

Develop communicative competences up to A1 or A2 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.Learn and employ sound pedagogical strategies for the teaching of English at the primary level.

Methodology

•Language Skills Development: During the different classes, the tutors will plan activities which will help you develop reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills.

•Pedagogical skills development: The tutors will plan in-class activities in which you will play different English teacher roles: planner, evaluator, performer, etc. Key pedagogical aspects in the teaching of English to children will be discussed here.

• Analysis of classroom activities: The tutors and you will be able to evaluate the activities proposed in the different classes from two perspectives: the one you have as a learner and the one you and the tutors have as teachers.

• Classroom observations: After having been exposed to language and teaching activities in the course, the tutor, playing the role of an academic peer, will visit one of your classes and observe the pedagogical decisions you make when teaching a particular lesson in English.

Course Evaluation

Language development 40% Reading developmentListening developmentSpeaking developmentWriting development

Pedagogy 20%: Teaching tasks- Planning- Task design- Use of materials- Evaluation criteria10%:Observation System

Final Language and Teaching Test

20% language10% teaching

Total 100%

Skills development

Speaking

Produce simple, mainly isolated phrases about people and places.

1. Use language chunks (phrases) correctly to start building fluency.

2. Articulate simple sentences containing a subject, a verb, and a complement, pronouncing words correctly.

3. Communicate specific information about self and others, using basic grammar and frequently used vocabulary.

Writing

Write simple isolated phrases and sentences.

1. Develop basic spelling of frequently used words regarding personal information.

2. Write complete basic phrases, using appropriate punctuation when necessary.

3. Use a subject-verb-complement structure for sentences and identify it well.

4. Use basic punctuation rules: commas, periods, capitalization, etc.

ListeningFollow speech which is very slow and carefully articulated, with long pauses for him/her to assimilate meaning.1. Understand general and specific information

from recorded material by using existing knowledge, predicting, picking up key words, etc.

2. Identify the topic, characters, and main events in a recording.

ReadingUnderstand very short, simple texts a single phrase at a time, picking up familiar names, words and basic phrases and rereading as required. 1. Identify words I am familiar with in a written text.2. Identify unknown words and classify them as

nouns, verbs, adverbs, or adjectives.3. Use skimming and scanning

when they are required.4. Summarize texts by using graphic organizers.