AN GIANG UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

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COURSE OUTLINE
[PED504] ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING METHODOLOGY 1

Course code: PED504

Course length: 30 periods (3 modules)
LMS Course: ELT Methodology 1 (DH21AV, 03)
Class: DH21AV
Instructors: Ms. PHAN THI MINH TUYEN Email: [email protected]. Phone: 0916197795

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is designed for pre-service English teachers who attend an English Language Teacher Education
programme at An Giang University. The course aims to equip learners with fundamental knowledge of
common teaching methods, classroom management, and vocabulary teaching techniques essential in English
language teaching. By participating in various activities, including reading assignments, discussions, micro-
teaching, and giving/ receiving feedback, learners will learn, reflect on their future teaching situations,
understand, and apply knowledge and skills learned from the course to improve their teaching practices at
schools. The course also aims to encourage learners’ critical thinking, reflection, communication and enhance
their confidence and motivation in English learning and teaching.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
• gain a basic understanding of common teaching methods, and then choose appropriate method(s) to
teach a lesson/ part of a lesson;
• acquire essential knowledge and skills for classroom management;
• understand and demonstrate the ability to teach vocabulary.
REQUIRED READINGS
Harmer, J. (2015). The Practice of English Language Teaching 5th Edition. Pearson Education Limited.
Larsen-Freeman, D., & Anderson, M. (2011). Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching (3rd edition).
China: Oxford University Press.
Scrivener, J. (2011). Learning Teaching – The Essential Guide to English Language Teaching (3rd edition).
MacMillan.
Harmer, J. (2007). How to teach English (New edition). China: Pearson Education Limited.

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COURSE ASSESSMENT
No. Scores Type of Assignment
Class participation
1 10% Students are expected to attend all modules of the course, actively participate in-
class activities, complete homework/ reading assignments, and small quizzes.
Midterm Test 1
2 15%
Students will do a quiz on the common teaching methods in 50 minutes.
Micro Teaching
3 10% Students will work both individually and in groups to prepare and perform two
micro-teaching tasks (Modules 2 and 3)
Midterm Test 2
4 15%
Students will take a test in class individually (Modules 1-3).
Exam
5 50%
Students will do a 90-minute written test that covers Modules 1-3.

COURSE SCHEDULE
WEEK CONTENT
1
(Periods - Introduction to the course, course assessment, and classroom rules.
1-2)
MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION TO METHODOLOGY (1)
2
1.1. Background to language teaching methodology
(Periods
a. Background to language teaching methodology
3-4)
b. Principles for language teaching
MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION TO METHODOLOGY (2)
3
1.2. Common teaching methods
(Periods
a. The Grammar-Translation Method
5-6)
b. The Direct Method
MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION TO METHODOLOGY (3)
4
1.2. Common teaching methods
(Periods
c. The Audio-Lingual Method
7-8)
d. Communicative Language Teaching
5
(Periods
Midterm Test 1 Common teaching methods – Quiz and Correction
9-10)

MODULE 2: CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT (1)

6
a. What is classroom management?
(Periods
b. The teacher in the classroom
11-12)
c. Using visual aids
MODULE 2: CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT (2)
d. Asking questions:
7
• Reasons for questioning
(Periods
• Question types
13-14)
• Questioning strategies
• Criteria for effective questioning
8 MODULE 2: CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT (3)

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 WEEK CONTENT
(Periods e. Eliciting
15-16) • Characteristics of eliciting
• Eliciting from pictures
• Getting students to guess
MODULE 2: CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT (4)
9
f. Giving and checking instructions
(Periods
• Techniques for giving instructions
17-18)
• Techniques for checking instructions
MODULE 2: CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT (5)
g. Pairwork & Groupwork
10
• Definitions of pairwork and groupwork
(Periods
• Pair and group activities
19-20)
• Advantages and problems of pairwork and groupwork
Organizing pairwork and groupwork
MODULE 2: CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT (6)
Micro-teaching
11
MODULE 3: TEACHING VOCABULARY (1)
(Periods
a. Shape of a Language Lesson
21-22)
• Stages of a Language Lesson
• Rationales for the ‘PPP’ Lesson
MODULE 3: TEACHING VOCABULARY (2)
12 b. Teaching vocabulary
(Periods • Techniques for eliciting new vocabulary
23-24) • Steps for presenting vocabulary
c. Techniques for checking vocabulary
13 MODULE 3: TEACHING VOCABULARY (4)
(Periods Micro-teaching – Presenting vocabulary and checking vocabulary
25-26)
14 MODULE 3: TEACHING VOCABULARY (5)
(Periods Micro-teaching – Presenting vocabulary and checking vocabulary
27-28)
MODULE 3: TEACHING VOCABULARY (6)
15 Designing and teaching vocabulary activities
(Periods
29-30) Midterm Test 2

Revision: Modules 1-3

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