Key Principles and Practices of TESOL

Learn the elements of English language teaching with Anglia Ruskin University

On this six-week course, you’ll gain a solid understanding of English language teaching and the key elements practised around the world.

You’ll explore the principles that underpin the teaching of languages before learning the practical skills to use in the classroom.

Guided by the experts from Anglia Ruskin University, you’ll explore evidence-informed teaching and the latest research to inform and guide your teaching practices.

Develop your understanding of second language acquisition and communicative language teaching

You’ll unpack the main theories of second language acquisition to understand the best methods for your learners.

Delving into communicative language teaching, you’ll discover how this approach can develop your students into confident communicators in real-life contexts.

Discover the importance of classroom management

Next, you’ll explore classroom management and how it is vital in ensuring your lessons run smoothly and without disruption.

You’ll learn how to maximise your classroom layout before unpacking the concept of teacher talk to build rapport and motivation.

With this knowledge, you’ll understand how to create a positive learning atmosphere.

Learn to develop speaking, writing, listening, and reading skills

To ensure you can teach your students a variety of skills, you’ll delve into grammar and vocabulary teaching approaches as well as the best practices for developing reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills.

Finally, you’ll learn how to teach in different contexts such as English-speaking environments versus non-English speaking environments and large classes versus teaching one-to-one.

By the end of the course, you’ll have the skills and confidence to teach English to speakers of other languages.

This course is designed for anyone interested in teaching English to speakers of other languages. It will be most useful for those who have taken an initial teaching qualification such as the Cambridge CELTA or Trinity CertTESOL and who want to revise their understanding.

It would also help those who are considering taking these courses and would like an initial foundation, or for teachers with experience and some training but who would like to further their understanding.

• Second Language Acquisition and Communicative Language Teaching
• Introduction
• Second Language Acquisition
• Communitive Language Teaching
• Application of CLT
• Wrap up
• Classroom Management
• Introduction
• Teacher Talk
• Classroom Activity Cycle
• Using the board
• Wrap up
• Grammar and vocabulary
• Introduction
• Teaching grammar
• Teaching Grammar via a text
• Teaching grammar using other approaches
• Teaching vocabulary
• Wrap up
• Developing reading and listening skills
• Introduction
• Teaching Reading
• Reading lessons
• Teaching listening
• Listening lessons
• Wrap up
• Developing speaking and writing skills
• Introduction
• Teaching Speaking
• Speaking Lessons
• Teaching writing
• Writing lessons
• Correcting writing
• Wrap up
• Teaching in different contexts
• Introduction
• Context of learning
• Context of classes
• Context of English use
• Young Learners
• Wrap up