Workshop ESL teaching

Art and science of teaching a language

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• Legenda: Career paths and Teaching Approaches by Marina Parfenova, TESOL

3-year carreer of PEM en inglés

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• There are several options that vary depending on a university (PEIP option)
• Typical subjects include:
• Grammar
• Phonetics
• Composition
• Didactics
• Classroom management
• Receptive and productive skills
• Literature
• Planning
• Courses in Spanish
• Legenda: Check at different universities

International certificates

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• Legenda: Would you like to work in Guatemala?
• Legenda: Or would you like to work abroad?

Exam to confirm your knowledge

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• Legenda: Cambridge
• TKT is a flexible series of modular teaching qualifications, which test your knowledge in specific areas of English language teaching. You receive a Cambridge English certificate for each module you complete.
• TKT: Module 1
• Language and background to language learning and teaching
• TKT: Module 2
• Lesson planning and use of resources for language teaching
• TKT: Module 3
• Managing the teaching and learning process
• Specialist modules
• TKT: CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning)
• TKT: YL (Young Learners)

Language teaching Approaches

• During the history all of these approaches have taken place:
• a. Grammar translation approach
• b. Direct Approach
• c. Reading approach
• d. Audio-Lingual
• e. Cognitive approach
• f. Affective-Humanistic approach
• g. Comprehension approach
• h. Communicative approach
• Your task:
• 1. Watch each video and answer the questions:
• What is the purpose of that approach?
• Who was it originally aimed for?
• What kind of content is it based on?
• How did the teachers used to teach?
• Discussion:
• Do teachers still used these approaches

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