Deadline October 30

Teaching English in Elem. Grades

Course Description: This course will focus on Children’s Literature in English to include riddles, poetry,
stories, drama, and other written works as avenue to teach English language. Teaching methodologies in
the use of literature shall be emphasized.

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:

1. Learn about the methods of teaching English as a second.

2. Learn about some of the strategies and techniques used to address specific language
skills.
3. Learn about the methods of assessing ESL student.
4. Identify the competencies in the different domains of literacy and illustrate how these are
developed in the child’s mother tongue and to his/her second language/s.
5. Use technology in designing integrated lessons and instructional materials that are
culturally relevant and developmentally appropriate for ESL student using children’s
literature in English.
6. Apply the different strategies in teaching ESL through exercises, well-developed lesson
plans, and micro-teaching activities.

1. Overview of the Course

2. Perspectives on First and Second Language Acquisition and Various Factors that Influence Learning.

3. The Languages Curriculum in the K-12Program

* Domains of Literacy and the competencies to be developed in each domain

* Literacy in the mother tongue and the second language/s: Bridging among languages

* K-12 Issues: ESL Standards,

* Standards-based Instruction and Assessment, Collaborating with Mainstream Teachers and Parents

4. ESL and Bilingual Methods of Teaching Children

5. Standards-based Unit Lesson Planning

6. The teaching of listening, reading, writing, speaking, and viewing

7.Oral Language Development and Grammar Awareness: Integration of Literature and Skills

* Ways of developing oral language

* Lessons on Grammatical Structure

* Using a story as a springboard in a grammar lesson

* Explicit instruction in a Grammar

Lesson

* Designing a Grammar Lesson

8. Developing Vocabulary and Spelling Skills.

* Vocabulary and comprehension skills development

* Spelling
9. Developing reading fluency

* The difficulties in oral reading

* Strategies in developing reading fluency

* The relationship of fluency to reading comprehension

10. Developing Composing Skills

* Putting down ideas on paper: the stages of writing development

* The issue on invented spelling and mechanics of writing

* Teaching the mechanics of writing

11.Comprehension: the ultimate goal of reading

* Listening and reading comprehension

* Formulating questions of different levels about selection read

* Explicit instruction of composing skills

12. Developing Study Skills

13. Teaching the ESL Skills in an Integrated Way

* Micro-teaching Activities

14. Addressing Differences in handling ability differentiated instruction

* Micro-teaching activities