INTRODUCTION TO TEFL IN JAPAN

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1. [The topics listed below for Weeks 1 to 15 are subject to change. The finalized syllabus will be distributed by the second week session.] Introduction 1) The organisation of the course 2) Understanding the notion of "Englishes" 3) The role of native and non-native speakers of English teachers 4) Understanding the importance of contexts and learners
2. Problems, challenges and opportunities 1) Teaching English in English 2) Class size 3) Teaching young learners 4) CAN-DO statements, CEFR and PDCA cycles
3. Classroom management 1) Asking questions 2) Seat arrangements 3) Lesson planning and other practical issues in teaching EFL in the classroom
4. How to teach Pronunciation 1) Teaching individual sounds 2) Teaching word stress 3) Teaching supra-segmental features (i.e. intonation, sentence stress) 4) Perception and production of sounds
5. How to teach Vocabulary 1) The depth and breadth of vocabulary 2) The meaning and form of word 3) Teaching word usage 4) Teaching collocations 5) Grammar of words (i.e. parts of speech)
6. How to teach Grammar 1) Teaching language forms 2) Teaching language functions 3) Grammar of written and spoken language 4) Teaching grammar in context
7. How to teach Listening 1) The mechanism of listening 2) How to teach extensive and intensive listening 3) How to use equipment to teach listening
8. How to teach oral communication skills 1) What makes speaking difficult? 2) Classroom speaking activities and tasks 3) How to encourage students to speak in the classroom
9. How to teach Reading 1) Difference between written and spoken language 2) What does it mean to be able to read? 3) Classroom reading activities and tasks
10. How to teach Writing 1) Micro-skills for writing 2) Classroom writing activities and tasks 3) How to assess writing
11. The roles of a teacher 1) What is a teacher supposed to do? 2) The teacher as a performer? 3) The teacher as a provider of 'comprehensible input' 4) Using L1 and L2 in the classroom
12. Content-based language teaching or CLIL (Content Language Integrated Learning) 1) What is CBT? (What is CLIL?) 2) Materials and methods 3) Designing a syllabus 4) Future issues
13. How to use course books 1) Evaluating course books 2) Making a decision: to change or not to change? i) Omit or replace ii) Add iii) Rewrite iv)Replace activities v) Re-order vi) Reduce
14. Assessment 1) Basic principles for language assessment (i.e. reliability, validity, etc.) 2) Types of language assessment (e.g. multiple-choice, true/false, gap-filling, etc.) 3) New developments (e.g. portfolio, dynamic assessment, self-assessment, peer-assessment, etc.)