EFL 503: English Language Teaching Methods – Receptive Skills
Author Title Publisher Location
Hughes, J.&Paul Dummett, M. Critical Thinking in National Boston, MA,
(2019) ELT: A Working Geographic USA
Model for the Learning
Classroom ISBN:
9780357044728
Celce-Murcia, M.; Brinton, D. M.; & Ann Teaching English National Boston, MA,
Snow, M. as a Second or Geographic USA
(2014 4thEdition) Foreign Language Learning
ISBN:
9781111351694
Larsen-Freeman, D., & Anderson, M. Techniques and Oxford University New York,
(2011 3rd Edition) Principles in Press USA
Language
Teaching
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The course will include a combination of printed material and computer-based resources. Students will be introduced to the different
methods and recent approaches of teaching English language receptive skills.
A sample of related sources available in our AOU e-library:
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Indicative content.
Block I: Foundations of Methodology
Chapter 1: An Overview of Language Teaching Methods and Approaches (focusing on methods of teaching receptive skills).
Chapter 2: Principles of Instructed Second Language Learning/Teaching.
Chapter 3: Communicative Language Teaching (how receptive skills are taught).
Chapter 4: Syllabus and Curriculum Design for Second Language Teaching (focusing on receptive skills).
Block 2. Language Skills
Listening Skills
Chapter 5: Second Language Listening Comprehension: Process and Pedagogy
Chapter 6: Critical Thinking in the Receptive Skills: Listening
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Reading Skills
Chapter 7: Developing Engaged Second Language Readers
Chapter 8: Critical Thinking in the Receptive Skills: Reading
Grammar and Vocabulary
Chapter 9: Critical Thinking in Grammar and Vocabulary for Receptive Skills
Chapter 10: Teaching and Learning Vocabulary for Second Language Learners (Receptive Skills)
Block 3. Skills for teachers
Chapter 11: Tools and Techniques Effective for Second/Foreign Language Teaching (Receptive Skills)
Chapter 12: Lesson Planning in Second/Foreign Language Teaching (Receptive Skills)
Chapter 13: Integrating Critical Thinking into Your Lessons
Chapter 14: Digital Technology in Language Teaching (Receptive Skills)
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