Outline 1. Material Used 2. Standard Structure per Session 3. Overall Schedule 4. Revision & Periodic test plan 5. Course Length 6. Intake Assessment 7. Grading and Level-Up
Material Used ▶ Market Leader (Cotton D, Falvey D & Kent S) with five levels: Elementary, Pre- Inter, Intermediate, Upper- Intermediate, and Advanced. ▶ The teaching material level will be decided based on the result of the intake assessment.
Standard Structure per Session ▶ Starting up (5 minutes) ▶ Vocabulary (10 minutes) ▶ Reading (optional, based on the actual situation) ▶ Listening (15 minutes) ▶ Language focus (10 minutes) ▶ Skills (20 minutes) ▶ Case studies (optional, based on the actual situation and can be swapped with the “Skills” session)
Recommended Schedule & Class Allocation ▶ 2 ATK & ATC classes (divided into different levels based on the intake assessment, 1 hour per session, two sessions per week for each class, swapping tutors every session) ▶ 1 ATV class (1 hour per session, two sessions per week, swapping tutors every session) The purpose of merging ATK and ATC classes is to categorise learners into different levels so that participants with the same level can study the content that matches their capability and reflects themselves to other fellow learners. Since ATV employees use the same language as instructors; therefore, there is no need to divide the class into different levels.
Revision & Periodic Test Plan 1. Revision every three sessions - The content of revision day will include reviewing three previous sessions (15 minutes), homework problems (15 minutes), and a revision exercise on paper and communication practice (15 minutes each). 2. Periodic Test - After every two revisions, teachers will conduct a Periodic Test. This test will include questions about the last six sessions; students will have 15 minutes at the beginning to review and a 45-minute test on paper. Results will be public in the next session. - Students must have AT LEAST 75% correct answer to pass the test.
Course Length ▶ The length of the ATV English course will be decided later on based on the result of the intake assessment. ▶ Besides, the performance and participation of learners also play a vital role, but estimated to be 3 months for each class.
Intake Assessment ▶ An intake assessment will be provided to ATK and ATC participants to divide them into different levels so learners with the same level can be categorised into the same group, which enhances the participants' learning experience and helps tutors manage students more efficiently. ▶ There will be two parts of the test: a paper-based and a speaking test. ▶ The paper-based test consists of 30 multiple-choice questions testing the ability of users to understand and use appropriate grammar and vocabulary, which will last 45 minutes. ▶ The speaking test will last for 5 minutes, evaluating the ability of users to use verbal English in a specific context.
Level-up Plan - Since the point of this course is for better engagement in English communication of ATV members. A Completion Test will be conduct at the end of the course. This test will have 2 sessions, Writing test and Speaking Test, take place in 2 days.
- Writing test : Included all course's content (1 hour)
- Speaking test : 5 minutes speaking with teacher with designated topic. - Final Result = (Writing test result + Speaking test result)/2 - Students must score AT LEAST 75% correct answer to level up to higher courses. - In case of Failing, consider on Completion test result, students will have 1 chance to retake the test.