English Language Mthods

1. Discuss major approaches to teaching English as a second language.
2. Distinguish different teaching methods and discuss their merits and demerits.
3. Discuss the four basic language skills and identify their interrelatedness.
4. Discuss procedures for teaching the basic language skills and sub-skills.
5. Identify different types of language tests and construct credible language tests.
6. Prepare schemes of work and lesson plans.

13 weeks, about 42 hours in total. Yours will differ.

1. Week 1Course Guide

   • Course Guide · 3 hours

     Read the course guide to understand the course objectives, structure, and assessment methods.. Complete the course guide feedback form and submit it to your tutorial facilitator.. Familiarize yourself with the course materials and available support services..

2. Week 2Module 1: Major Approaches to Teaching English as a Second Language: Teaching the Four Language Skills

   • Unit 1: The Grammar-Translation Method and the Direct Method · 3 hours

     Read about the status of English in Nigeria and its various purposes.. Differentiate between first language acquisition and second language learning.. Understand the Grammar-Translation Method and its features.. Analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the Grammar-Translation Method..

3. Week 3Module 1: Major Approaches to Teaching English as a Second Language: Teaching the Four Language Skills

   • Unit 1: The Grammar-Translation Method and the Direct Method · 3 hours

     Study the Direct Method and its main features.. Compare and contrast the Grammar-Translation Method and the Direct Method.. Discuss the Cognitive Theory of Language Learning.. Define key terms: theory, approach, method, strategy, and technique..

4. Week 4Module 1: Major Approaches to Teaching English as a Second Language: Teaching the Four Language Skills

   • Unit 2: The Audio-lingual Method, the Situational Method and the Communicative Method · 3 hours

     Examine the theoretical basis of the Audio-Lingual Method.. Understand the Audio-Lingual approach to language teaching.. Discuss the Situational Method and its key features.. Compare the Situational Method with the Audio-Lingual Method..

5. Week 5Module 1: Major Approaches to Teaching English as a Second Language: Teaching the Four Language Skills

   • Unit 2: The Audio-lingual Method, the Situational Method and the Communicative Method · 3 hours

     Study the theoretical basis of the Communicative Method.. Understand the Communicative approach to language teaching.. Discuss the Community Language Teaching Method and its features.. Identify the differences among Audio-Lingual, Situational, and Communicative teaching approaches..

6. Week 6Module 1: Major Approaches to Teaching English as a Second Language: Teaching the Four Language Skills

   • Unit 3: Teaching English Sounds · 3 hours

     Learn how English vowel and consonant sounds are produced.. Identify English vowel and consonant sounds in words.. Practice producing English vowel and consonant sounds.. Recognize the differences between pairs of vowel and consonant sounds in words..

7. Week 7Module 1: Major Approaches to Teaching English as a Second Language: Teaching the Four Language Skills

   • Unit 3: Teaching English Sounds · 3 hours

     Pronounce English words and phrases/sentences with correct stress and intonation.. Recognize the function of stress and intonation in determining sentence types.. Recognize pronunciation changes brought about by changes in vowel or consonant positions.. Produce natural English stress patterns and rhythmic structures..

8. Week 8Module 1: Major Approaches to Teaching English as a Second Language: Teaching the Four Language Skills

   • Unit 4: Teaching Listening Skills · 3 hours

     Define the term 'listening' and differentiate between 'listening' and 'hearing'.. Describe factors that determine a listener's comprehension of utterances.. List and describe purposes for listening.. Mention and explain types of listening skills..

9. Week 9Module 1: Major Approaches to Teaching English as a Second Language: Teaching the Four Language Skills

   • Unit 4: Teaching Listening Skills · 3 hours

     Describe phases or steps in the listening process.. Describe strategies/activities for developing students' listening skills.. Assess listening abilities/skills of your students.. Conduct a listening comprehension lesson for a given JSS or SSS class..

10. Week 10Module 1: Major Approaches to Teaching English as a Second Language: Teaching the Four Language Skills

    • Unit 5: Teaching Speaking Skills · 3 hours

      Define the term 'speaking'.. State the objectives of teaching speaking.. Name the language features involved in speaking.. Mention and explain micro-skills and strategies involved in speaking..

11. Week 11Module 1: Major Approaches to Teaching English as a Second Language: Teaching the Four Language Skills

    • Unit 5: Teaching Speaking Skills · 3 hours

      Discuss the functions of speaking.. Engage in speech delivery and public talk.. Outline the lesson procedures and activities for teaching speaking.. Teach 'speaking' to English language learners..

12. Week 12Module 2: Teaching Language Sub-Skills and Strategies

    • Unit 6: Teaching Reading Skills · 3 hours

      Define the term 'reading'.. Enumerate purposes of reading.. Explain various types of reading speeds and rates.. Discuss strategies involved in reading..

    • Unit 7: Teaching Writing Skills · 3 hours

      List and explain various terms of reading.. State the importance of teaching reading.. List and describe different reading approaches/methods.. Identify barriers to reading.. Explain how reading could be improved..

13. Week 13Module 2: Teaching Language Sub-Skills and Strategies

    • Unit 7: Teaching Writing Skills · 3 hours

      Define the term 'writing'.. Describe the nature of writing.. Discuss exhaustively micro-skills involved in writing.. Write different types of writing.. Discuss the features of various forms of writing..