This course explores the most widely accepted approaches and methods for teaching English as a second/foreign language to children and older learners. It also aims to establish the link between linguistic theories, research findings, and classroom practice.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Development of the administrative competencies necessary in order to carry out the common activities of a school computer laboratory: prepare inventories, buy equipment and materials, plan and organize seminars, prepare budgets, and evaluate and integrate materials to the curriculum of elementary and secondary schools.

Study and analysis of school and classroom cultures with emphasis on the adaptation and use of teaching and learning resources; organization and planning; and a teacher’s responsibility towards students, co-workers, school, and community.

Theoretical and practical course regarding the teaching and learning processes. Studies aspects related to the teaching of English in the elementary school: planning, education, and curriculum; basic content in this area of specialization; preparation, adaptation, and utilization of resources; methodologies, teaching techniques and strategies; and fundamentals of evaluation and measurement.

Study and analysis of school and classroom cultures with emphasis on the adaptation and use of teaching and learning resources, organization, planning, teachers’ responsibility towards students, co-workers, school, and community.

This course integrates the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing while developing student’s vocabulary and grammatical structures.