Participants learn to review teaching materials using criteria for choosing effective and appropriate materials. Students must purchase required text before first class meeting. Click here to order. Enroll TOP Teaching English Overseas Teachers who want to work outside of the U.S. teaching English as a Foreign Language are faced with different challenges than their ESL colleagues. This course offers ways to examine the educational and institutional structures of the countries in which participants may wish to work and ways to develop an awareness of the social, political, economic, and cultural factors that can affect the teaching of English in different countries.
Good teachers are masters of the art of lesson planning.
Participants in this workshop examine several models of lesson planning and discuss the issues and questions that emerge in the planning, evaluation, and revision process. Participants can expect a hands-on, cooperative approach in the workshop, as they work in small groups, selecting a class profile assignment and preparing of lesson plans to present to the group for feedback. I was able to experience the spark of fun and self-discovery that is possible in teaching language through music. I love her spontaneity and passion for what she does. I definitely look forward to taking any and all of her classes.