Teacher’s Diploma course

2nd Module
Staying constantly up to date on better and new ways of teaching English is a must when we
are looking to develop professionally. Learning a more student-oriented way of teaching is a
way to increase the outcomes of the learning process. As teachers we always have to be
aware that our students are human beings who already have tools they can use in their
learning process and that our main goal is to help students use them in communicative
situations.

Main objective:

Participants will teach a communicative, humanistic, learner centered English class.

Specific objective:

Developing teaching abilities centered on the learner for in-context communicative skill
development through a humanistic approach.

Course Contents:

1. Class Management 4. Developing receptive skills: listening

and reading comprehension
a. Classroom interaction
b. Grouping students a. Real life listening
c. Seating b. Listening to English as a foreign
d. Giving instructions language
e. Disruptive behavior c. Cognitive strategies to teach
2. The Common European Framework of receptive skills
Reference for Languages d. Metacognitive strategies for
receptive skills
a. What is CEFR? e. Extensive reading
b. Language levels
5. Teaching grammar
3. Developing productive skills: speaking
and writing a. Teaching grammar in context
b. Connecting: form and meaning
a. Speaking as a way of interacting c. Teaching grammar inductively
b. Conversation and discussion d. Teaching grammar deductively
classes e. Drilling
c. Communicative activities
d. Fluency, accuracy and 6. Language awareness
communication
e. Kinds of speaking a. Errors and correction
b. Learner’s first language

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 c. Relationship between form, 8. Assessment procedures
function and meaning
a. Differences between evaluation
7. Resources and assessment
b. Difference between assessing
a. Realia and grading
b. Authentic materials c. Purposes of assessment
c. Digital resources d. Factors influencing assessment

Assessment

Theoretical and practical assessments will be carried out twice on each module and
the Certification Exam for “Especialidad en Enseñanza del Inglés” will be the final
exam.

Certification

At the end of the course participants will be invited to take an exam to get certified
for the Specialty in English Teaching. During the course, participants will prepare
their class video as well as the corresponding lesson plan.

Modules:

This is the second out of two modules of 50 hours each.

Schedule:

Fridays from 4 to 8 p.m.

Starting date:

February 24th

Tuition fees:

$2,020 , single price for one module.

Payment information:

Bank depot, funds transfer or cash payments.

Funds transfer

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Bank: HSBC
Clabe 021215040112620607
Please send copy of transfer receipt to:
andresmer@ulm.edu.mx

Bank Depot
Bank: HSBC
Account No. 4011262060
Name: Instituto Celayense, S.C.
Scan or photocopy the deposit receipt and send it to andresmer@ulm.edu.mx or turn it in
personally at CEDI’s office.

Debit or credit card payments: At the Administrative Direction in Campus.

Bring an official ID.

Check payments:
Pay to: Instituto Celayense, S.C.

LIC. ANDRES MERINO RAMIREZ

External Services
Language Center
Universidad Latina de México
Celaya, México
01 461 6134385 Ext. 121
andresmer@ulm.edu.mx

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