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An Introduction to Language Assessment in the K-12 Classroom
This course will introduce you to the techniques and methods used in ESL language assessment and related issues in primary and secondary schools in the United States today. Included are standardized tests for the No Child Left Behind Act, and how to assess listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
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An Introduction to Task-based Teaching
Welcome to the Thomson ELT Advantage course An Introduction to Task-based Teaching by David Nunan. This course will introduce you to this important approach to language teaching. It will look at task-based language teaching and study what it is, how it developed and how it fits into a broader curriculum framework. Most importantly, this course will focus on how task-based language teaching works in the classroom. This course is meant to be practical and will provide many examples of task-based language teaching that you can use with your own class.
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An Introduction to Teaching English to Young Learners
In this course you will learn about teaching English as a foreign or second language to children between the ages of three and 12 years old. You will consider how young learners develop cognitively, how they learn languages, and how your understanding of these two areas can help guide you in your role as a teacher of young learners and a teacher of language.
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Assessing Language Ability in Adults
This course examines the important role that assessment plays in both the teaching and learning of a second or foreign language. Specifically, it deals with assessing the language skills of non-native English-speaking adults and puts particular emphasis on classroom assessment.
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Communicative Teaching for the ESL/EFL Classroom
This course provides teachers with the principles of communicative teaching and offers useful methods for making students active participants in the learning process. Practical and fun activities give students the opportunity improve their language skills through drawing, songs, oral presentations, and more.
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Content-Based Instruction for Language Learners
This course will provide you with an understanding of the main characteristics and types of content-based instruction. With the help of original activities, it will provide a useful framework for designing your own content-based courses and lessons.
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Developing ESL/EFL Listening Comprehension
This course will cover a number of issues involved in helping learners to develop their listening comprehension of English as a second or foreign language. With the help of examples, exercises, and a full lesson template, students will examine a number of traditional and more recent approaches to teaching foreign language listening.
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Language Learning Technologies for K-12 Teachers
This course will explore technologies that support language development as well as academic achievement for K-12 English language learners. Much of the course will focus on technologies that support English language development and communication skills, but we'll also look at how other technologies can be used in targeted ways to promote English language development.
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Pursuing Professional Development
Welcome to the Thomson ELT Advantage course Pursuing Professional Development by Andy Curtis. This course will discuss what professional development is and why it is important for all teachers. It will give practical advice on how busy teachers can incorporate professional development practices into daily classroom life.
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Teaching ESL/EFL Reading
Discover practical techniques and methods for teaching reading in any ESL or EFL environment that will help you become a more confident and effective reading teacher.
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Teaching Lexically
Welcome to the Thomson ELT Advantage course Teaching Lexically by Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley. This practical course aims to change the way you think about language by looking at the relationship between grammar and vocabulary in a new light. It will suggest innovative ways to teach language and skills, to deal with speaking in class and to handle student correction.
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