ACADEMIC PROGRAM

CORPORATE PROGRAM

DONG THAP TEFL (ICT) 1709

(from 09/09/2017 to 15/10/2017)

COURSE OUTLINE
COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course aims at improving capabilities for teachers of English at secondary and high schools by

 acquiring essential knowledge and familiarity with the principles of effective language teaching;
 acquiring a range of practical skills for teaching English as a foreign language;
 giving them skills and tools to incorporate technology in their everyday teaching, and

COURSE OBJECTIVES

This course is designed to

 help teachers reflect on their own teaching methods, and improve their understanding of principles and practices of language
teaching
 enable better skills in technology for participants, and to help them set up activities linking methodology and technology

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COURSE REQUIREMENTS

 Participants must be teachers of English at secondary and high schools.

 Participants will have a level of English equivalent to B2 or higher.

COURSE METHODOLOGY

 This course is taught interactively with input sessions, collaborative and group project work.
 Participants are actively involved in all sessions.
 Participants are asked to reflect on the tools and activities, and adaptation of the use of the tools to their teaching and
learning situations.

COURSE MATERIALS

 Penny Ur. (2012). A Course in English Language Teaching. Cambridge University Press.

COURSE ASSESSMENT & GRADING

Item Weight
Reflection Writing (*) 20%
Teaching Practice (Individual / Group work) 20%
Final Assessment for Teaching Methodology 30%
Final Assessment for ICT 30%
Note: Participants are required to complete all online tasks and attend at least 80% of the scheduled classes. Those who fail to fulfill such
requirements will not be eligible to successfully pass the course.

(*) During the 15-minute-reflection sessions, participants will have to write down a few ideas or activities that they will definitely take back to the
classroom (minimum 100 words). The purpose of the reflection writing is to provide participants with quiet time to absorb the newly acquired
knowledge and remember all the key points of the lessons.

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WEEKLY GUIDE:

CATO CROSS
DONG THAP TEFL (ICT) 1709 – D
Week Time
Saturday, 9 September 2017 Sunday, 10 September 2017
*Unit 16: Classroom interaction (excluding 16.4)
NO CLASS
0730 - 1130
*Reflection 1
1
*Unit 8: Teaching listening

1300 - 1700 *Teaching Practice 3 NO CLASS

*Reflection 2

CATO CROSS CATO CROSS

DONG THAP TEFL (ICT) 1709 – B DONG THAP TEFL (ICT) 1709 – A
Time
Saturday, 23 September 2017 Sunday, 24 September 2017

*Unit 16: Classroom interaction (excluding 16.4) *Unit 17: Classroom discipline
0730 - 1130
3 *Reflection 1 *Reflection 1

*Unit 8: Teaching listening *Unit 9: Teaching speaking

1300 - 1700
*Teaching Practice 3 *Teaching Practice 4
*Reflection 2 *Reflection 2

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 CATO CROSS
Time
DONG THAP TEFL (ICT) 1709 – C
Saturday, 07 October 2017 Sunday, 08 October 2017
*Unit 17: Classroom discipline
NO CLASS
0730 - 1130
5 *Reflection 1
*Unit 9: Teaching speaking
NO CLASS
1300 - 1700 *Teaching Practice 4
*Reflection 2

Notes:

 Assessment tasks are set by the instructors and may include essays, presentations, quizzes, seatwork / homework assignments and class
participation, etc.
 3 times late more than 15 minutes = 1 absence
 An absence of 20% or more of the course length will prevent students from receiving a certificate of completion
Approved by Updated by

Tran Thi Ngoc Tran, M.Ed Tran Chau Lan, M.A

Date: September 05, 2017 Date: September 05, 2017

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