Practical Ideas for the Adult ESL/EFL Classroom

This course details how to create a meaning and successful learning environment for your adult ESL/EFL students. The course will begin by looking at instructor and student motivation. It will explore what makes a successful classroom experience overall and will look at the role of planning and selecting classroom activities.

This course will then examine the principles and strategies relations to reading, writing, listening and speaking, as well as grammar, pronunciation, applications, and assessment. All principles and strategies are structured to be easily incorporated into daily classroom teaching.

This course includes a knowledgeable and caring instructor who will guide you through your lessons, facilitate discussions, and answer your questions.

Rob Jenkins is Professor of English as a Second Language at Santa Ana College, School of Continuing Education, in California. He serves on the Leadership Committee and is coordinator for faculty development for the Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education. Rob was recently awarded the prestigious Distinguished Faculty Award, the highest honor bestowed by colleagues upon a Santa Ana College faculty member. Rob is the co-author of the popular textbook series, Stand Out: Standards-Based English. In addition, he wrote the Lesson Planner for The Heinle Picture Dictionary and was a writer and committee chair for TESOL Publications' Standards for Teachers of ESL Adult Learners (2008).

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Requirements:

Internet access, e-mail, and the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox Web browser.

Syllabus:

All courses run for six weeks, with a two-week grace period at the end. Two lessons are released each week for the six-week duration of the course. You do not have to be present when the lesson is released, but you must complete each lesson within two weeks of its release.

A new section of each course starts on the second or third Wednesday of each month. If enrolling in a series of two or more courses, please be sure to space the start date for each course at least two months apart.

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