Spring 2003

Schedule

No.

Week

Activities

Readings/Assignments due

1

2/24

Introduction; Language & culture; your own experience;

Good teacher/learner/management

Harmer, chapter 1-3

2

3/3

Introduction to EngSite;

Krashen¡¦s five hypotheses;

Work on your own models

Krashen, chapter II;

 

3

3/10

Grammar-Translation Method; 

Direct Method;

Learning & teaching

Register in EngSite¡¦

Larsen-Freeman, chp. 2 & 3; Harmer, chapter 4

4

3/17

Audiolingual Method;

Lesson plans; Games

Overview of Technology

Larsen-Freeman, chp. 4;

Harmer, chp. 12

5

3/24

The Silent Way;

Teaching listening;

Workstation designs

Larsen-Freeman, chp. 5;

Harmer, chp. 10

6

3/31

Desuggestopedia;

Community Language Learning

Larsen-Freeman, chp. 6; Larsen-Freeman, chp. 7

7

4/7

Share your Workstation designs; Teaching speaking;

Harmer, chp. 9

8

4/14

Midterm

 

9

4/21

Total Physical Response;

Teaching reading

Larsen-Freeman, chp. 8;

Harmer, chp. 7

10

4/28

Communicative Language Teaching;

Content-based, Task-based, & Participatory Approaches

Larsen-Freeman, chp. 9; Larsen-Freeman, chp. 10

11

5/5

Learning Strategy Training, Cooperative Learning, & Multiple Intelligences;

What if?

Larsen-Freeman, chp. 11 & 12;

Harmer, chp. 13

12

5/12

Language learning and technology;

Internet for L2 learning & teaching

CALL article;

Owston article

13

5/19

Teaching strategies: Teachers¡¦ Debate;

Online Teaching strategies

Handouts;

 

14

5/26

Teaching Writing;

Discussion of articles & issues

Harmer, chp. 8;

To be announced

15

6/2

Student Presentations I

 

16

6/9

Student Presentations II

 

17

6/16

Final exam week; Wrap up

Student Presentation III