TEFL Phuket, Thailand - Activities

A four week Onsite TESOL Program Curriculum Phuket

1. Language Background
The session covers Grammar and Phonology. Grammar will comprise understanding the basics of English Grammar and how to teach Grammar. Phonology will cope with stress, rhythm, intonation and the speech organs.

2. Learning a Foreign Language
This session ensures that the trainee figures out what assists and deters the language learning process and how it feels to be in language learner’s shoes.

3. Teaching Techniques
These sessions will include:

• Theatre in the Classroom
• Tuning In (Warmers)
• Teaching Listening
• Context and Language Modeling
• Communicative ways
• Using Aids (IM)
• Teaching Reading
• Teaching Young Learners
• Teaching Writing
• Classroom Management
• Looking at Errors
• Music in the classroom
• Use of games and projects

4. Teaching Observation
Trainees will be expected to observe and study 2 Teaching Sessions and to write reports on them. These will also be of help to them in estimating a model lesson ahead of their own teaching practice.

5. Teaching Practice
TESOL trainees will have 5 teaching Practice classes, which will be watched and evaluated by trainers and the trainees will be given feedback on them. They will also be doing self evaluation and peer evaluation these Teaching Practice classes will help them to dwell on their own teaching and that of others.

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