INTESOL Diploma in TESOL
INTRODUCTION
The overall aim of the INTESOL Diploma in TESOL is to provide a sound coverage of the theory and derived practice of teaching English to speakers of other languages within different and varied social contexts and with reference to modern communicative methodologies.
COURSE STRUCTURE
The course consists of 10 units (a total of 18 modules). Each module consists of course notes; a variety of self-check exercises and tasks for submission as part of the continual assessment. There are no written examinations.
DIPLOMA ACCREDITATION
As the leading provider of quality TEFL/TESOL courses across the world INTESOL is proud to be accredited by OCNW to bring you, the student, the INTESOL Diploma in TESOL which has been accredited as being at NQF Level 5 by OCNW, a National Awarding Body.
COURSE CONTENTS
Unit 1: Being an Efficient Distance Learner
- study skills - managing your time efficiently - organising your schedule - note-taking - overcoming the loneliness of the distance learner - how this course works
Unit 2: Semantics/Language Awareness
- Module 1 - form and function - lexical meaning: denotation, connotation, synonyms, antonyms, hyponyms, polysemes, homonyms - the importance of collocation - time and tense - presents - past tenses - futurity - conditionals and hypothetical meaning
- Module 2 - progressive and perfect aspects: form and meaning - the progressive aspect and stative verbs - form and meaning of the perfect aspect - sentence structure: units of language; sentence elements
- Module 3 - negatives: types of negation - questions: question types - modality - word classes and phrases - adjectives and adverbs - determiners
- Module 4 - prepositions and multi-word verbs - word formation: morphemes
Unit 3: Phonology and Phonetics
- Module 1 - attitudes to pronunciation teaching - terminology in phonology and phonetics - organs of speech - phonemes - the phonemic chart - consonants: description and practical applications - vowels - cardinal vowels chart - diphthongs - place of articulation - research based project - materials evaluation
- Module 2 - the syllable - consonant clusters - strong and weak syllables - word and sentence stress - the 'schwa' sound - marking stress - primary and secondary stress - tendencies in word stress - research based project - weak forms - English as a time-stressed language - Features of connected speech - Materials evaluation
- Module 3 - spoken and written forms - intonation - tone units - the tonic syllable - pitch movement - intonation and discourse - teaching and learning intonation - research based project - pronunciation and 'which' English - are native speakers the best ESOL teachers? - Strategies for personal development in the teaching of pronunciation
Unit 4: Psycholinguistics
- Module 1 - attitudes toward language teaching - good language learners: characteristics and strategies - the teacher's influence on learner strategies - cognitive strategies - metacognitive strategies - communication strategies - social strategies - learner training - learner training materials evaluation - research based project - observation task
- Module 2 - motivation - motivational factors - the teacher's influence - motivational differences - learner styles - Multiple Intelligence Theory - research based project
- Module 3 - first language acquisition: behaviourism, innatism, interactionism - second language acquisition: behaviourism, innatism (aka cognitivism), information processing, interactionism.
Unit 5: Discourse Analysis
- Module 1 - brief history of Discourse Analysis: structuralism, sociolinguistics, post-modernist - coherence in language - cognitive interpretation of language: Schema Theory - social context of language - political context of language - approaches to encourage coherence in discourse (practical case) - discourse communicative methodology and student centredness
- Module 2 - teacher talk in the ESOL class - turn-taking research - text structure: cohesive devices (lexical cohesion, tense concordance, pronoun referencing, article referencing, conjunctions, ellipsis, substitution, parallelism) - cohesive devices in the classroom: a practical case - differences between written and spoken language - discourse intonation - teaching discourse intonation in the ESOL classroom - transcribing spoken language
Unit 6: Syllabus Design
- Module 1 - pros and cons of a syllabus - types of syllabus - needs analysis - planning the syllabus - action research project
Unit 7: Materials Design and Exploitation
- Module 1 - evaluating course books - exploiting published materials - resources and technology - using the internet - adapting authentic materials - action research project
Unit 8: Methodology
- Module 1 - Second Language Acquisition Theory - behaviourism versus cognitivism - the natural approach - the lexical approach - more recent approaches and views on the teaching-learning relationship
Unit 9: Teacher Development
- Module 1 - factors that contribute to teacher demotivation - a basis for professional progress - peer training - sources of valuable feedback - meetings as a forum for sharing reflections and further development - practical ideas for moving forward as a teacher: practical case
Unit 10: English as a World Language
- Module 1 - English as an international language - English in the country you wish to teach and research project - standard English and varieties of English - teaching language and culture - teaching in monolingual and multilingual classes - implications for teaching: practical cases
COURSE DURATION
Part Time: Once a week for 5 months
MODE OF DELIVERY
Blended learning includes face-to-face lectures, classroom discussion, hands-on training activities and teaching practice.
MODE OF ASSESSMENT
Written Examinations Assignments and Practical Teachings.
TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO
1:12
ADMISSION CRITERIA
To apply for the course, all trainees should meet the following admission criteria:
- 5 GCE "O" Levels with a credit in English
- If you do not fall within any of the above categories and think you are qualified for the course, please submit all your qualifications and a letter explaining why you should be considered. Your application will then be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
AWARD
Upon successful completion, participants will be awarded with Diploma in TESOL. The Diploma will be awarded by INTESOL, UK.
COURSE FEE
$3850.00 (Include course textbook, course manual, course handouts and assessment fee)
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