This course focuses on the approaches, techniques, and skills involved in teaching English as a second language. It emphasizes developing effective English learning activities, writing detailed lesson plans, and practicing teaching English lessons entirely in English.
Throughout the semester, I have gained knowledge of the History and Development of Language Teaching and explored various teaching methods, including the Grammar Translation Method, Direct Method, Audio-Lingual Method, Desuggestopedia, Community Language Learning, Total Physical Response (TPR), and Communicative Language Teaching (CLT).
Each class combines theory and practice. First, we learn about the concepts and theoretical foundations of each method. Then, we apply what we have learned by creating lesson plans and delivering demo lessons to our classmates, who act as our students. This balance of theory and hands-on practice has helped me strengthen my understanding of effective language teaching and develop practical classroom skills.
For this activity, we created a lesson that applied the techniques of the Direct Method, with a focus on teaching entirely in English and promoting active student engagement.
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For this activity, we designed a lesson using the Audio-Lingual Method. We were provided with a text about a girl named Marta who moved to a new school, and we used it to create drills and practice activities that focused on repetition, pronunciation, and language patterns.
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We were each assigned a grammar topic and tasked with creating an interactive game to teach it. My topic was adjectives, and I designed a fun, engaging activity to help learners practice identifying and using adjectives in context.
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For my final demo lesson, I created a comprehensive lesson plan using a provided template. The lesson included worksheets, interactive games such as Kahoot and Bamboozle, realia, and multimedia elements such as a YouTube video to make the learning experience engaging. We were also required to incorporate some of the teaching methods we learned throughout the semester. My assigned topic was Adjectives, and I designed activities to help learners understand and use descriptive words in meaningful ways.
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