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PPDH3.Classroom Practicalities Syllabus (For Students)

The document provides information about the Classroom Practicalities course offered at Hanoi National University of Education. The course aims to provide pre-service English teachers with knowledge about textbook evaluation and adaptation, classroom management principles, language testing concepts, and assessing language skills. It includes a course description and objectives, required materials, assessment breakdown consisting of participation, presentations, a mid-term test and final exam, and an outline of the weekly topics to be covered over the semester.

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PPDH3.Classroom Practicalities Syllabus (For Students)

The document provides information about the Classroom Practicalities course offered at Hanoi National University of Education. The course aims to provide pre-service English teachers with knowledge about textbook evaluation and adaptation, classroom management principles, language testing concepts, and assessing language skills. It includes a course description and objectives, required materials, assessment breakdown consisting of participation, presentations, a mid-term test and final exam, and an outline of the weekly topics to be covered over the semester.

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HANOI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION

FACULTY OF ENGLISH

Course Profile
CLASSROOM PRACTICALITIES
ENGL 356– Semester 2, 2022 – HNUE
I. General Course Information
- Course code: ENGL 356
- Course title: Classroom Practicalities
- Semester: Semester 2, 2021-2022
- Contact hours per week: 4 50-minute periods each week
- Assumed background: ENGL 356 is a three-credit course intended for juniors majoring in
English language teacher education. This course requires prerequisite knowledge on the
subject of Practice of English Language Teaching (ENGL 331)
- Course description: Classroom Practicalities aims to provide pre-service teachers of English
with an insight into coursebook evaluation and adaptation, classroom management principles,
basic concepts of testing and assessment, test evaluation and assessments of language skills
and components.
- Course staff:
Ms Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen
Responsibility: Classroom, Timetable
Office: 107 D3 Building, HNUE
Cell phone: 0989143174
Email: [email protected]
- Course instructors:
Name:
Email:
Phone number:
II. Learning Objectives
After successfully completing this course, students should be able to:
HANOI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION
FACULTY OF ENGLISH

- Understand basic knowledge about textbook development. (TC3.1.1)


- Understand criteria involved in choosing textbooks appropriate for their teaching contexts.
(TC3.1.1, TC4.2.3)
- Understand techniques and skills related to classroom management and apply them to manage
the class effectively. (TC3.1.6)
- Understand basic concepts in language testing and assessment. (TC3.1.8, TC4.3.1)
- Evaluate and design test items. (TC3.1.8)
- Assess students’ language competence. (TC3.1.8, TC4.3.1)
III. Materials
Linh Thuy Le. (2013). Practicalities in an English Language Classroom. Hanoi National
University of Education Publishing House
Apart from the coursebook, students will be provided with different reading materials and
handouts before lectures.
Access to extra reading materials or reference books is available at English Faculty Library
website (http://foe.hnue.edu.vn/Tainguyen.aspx)
IV. Assessment
1. Class attendance and participation
- Weighting: 10%
- Students are required to attend at least 80% of class hours. If they are absent for over 20%
of the whole course, they are not permitted to take the final exam.
- Students are also required to participate actively in presentations and discussions.
2. Ongoing assessment
- Weighting: 30%
- Ongoing assessment include group presentations and a mid-term test.
3. End-of-term test
- Weighting: 60%
V. Course outline
Week Theme Content
1 Coursebook - Criteria involved in choosing a coursebook/materials
HANOI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION
FACULTY OF ENGLISH

evaluation - Analysis of different textbooks


2 - Coursebook use and adaptation
- Micro teaching: Students teach a lesson, adapting the
textbook where necessary.
3 Classroom - Classroom management
management - Classroom disciplines
- Classroom interactions
4 Formative and - Overview of testing and assessment
summative - Purposes of assessment
assessment - Different assessments
- Assment for learning and assessment of learning
5 Assessment for learning
- Effective questioning techniques
- Characteristics of effective feedback
- Micro teaching
6 Assessment of learning
- Different types of tests
- CEFR descriptions
7 Test evaluation - Principles of test item design
- Sample test analysis
8 Practice: test item design (with a focus on grammar,
vocabulary and pronunciation)
9 Assessing reading - Skills vs tasks
and listening skills - Practice: reading/listening items design
10 Assessing speaking - Speaking assessment criteria
- Practice: speaking skill assessment
- Micro teaching: Teachers organize a speaking activity and
assess students’ speaking performances.
11 Assessing writing - Writing assessment criteria
- Practice: writing skill assessment

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