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Week1 Introduction to the class |
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Week2 The teaching process―presenting new information to students and giving explanations and instructions |
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Week3 Practice activities―the functions of practice, the characteristics of good practice activities, and sequence and progression in practice |
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Week4 Tests―different types of language tests, designing a test |
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Week5 Teaching pronunciation and spelling―whatdoes pronunciation involve? |
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Week6 Teaching vocabulary―presenting new vocabulary, helping students remember vocabulary, and testing vocabulary |
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Week7 Teaching grammar―What is grammar? What is the role of grammar in reading? Grammar practice activities and dealing with grammatical mistakes |
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Week8 Topics, situations, notions and functions―What are they? Teaching chunks of language from text to task, from task to text. |
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Week9 Teaching listening―real life listening, learner problems, adapting activities
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Week 10 Teaching Speaking―oral fluency practice, functions of topicand talk, discussion activities |
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Week 11 Teaching reading―how do we read? Beginning reading, types of reading activities, improved reading skills |
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Week 12 Teaching writing―written vs. spoken text, teaching procedures |
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Week 13 Review and discussion of previous weeks
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