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Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Adults (TEFLA)

COURSE OUTLINE

Chapter/Lesson

Name

Part 1  

Teaching Adult Learners

Intro to Part 1

 

Chapter   1

Adult Learning

Chapter   2

 Creating an Effective Adult Learning Environment

Chapter   3

Building Confidence in Adult Learners

Chapter   4

Motivation and Adult Learners

Chapter   5

Common Learning Problems

Chapter   6

Assessing New Adult Learners

Chapter   7

Multiple Intelligences

 

Assignment 1

Part 2

Teaching Adult ESL

Intro to Part 2

Chapter 8

Teaching Adult ESL

Chapter 9

Why Adults want to Learn English

Chapter 10

Developing Listening Skills

Chapter 11

Developing Reading Skills

Chapter 12

Developing Writing Skills

Chapter 13

Developing Speaking Skills

Chapter 14

Teaching English for Computer/Internet

Chapter 15

Developing Cultural Understanding

Chapter 16

Language Experiences

Chapter 17

Teaching Interviewing Skills

Chapter 18

Teaching Idioms and Expressions

Chapter 19

Teaching Slang

Chapter 20

Using Music in the Adult ESL Class

Chapter 21

Art and ESL

 

Assignment 2

Part 3

Teaching ESL for Special Purposes

Intro to Part 3

 

Chapter 22

Teaching Academic English

Chapter 23

Teaching TOEFL/TOEIC

Chapter 24

Teaching Survival English

Chapter 25

Teaching Business English

Chapter 26

Teaching English for Accounting, Banking ang Finance

Chapter 27

Teaching Legal English (Legalese)

Chapter 28

Teaching Medical English

Chapter 29

Teaching English for Tourism and Hospitality

Chapter 30

Teaching Technical English

 

Assignment 3

Part 4

ESL using Computer and Internet

Intro to Part 4

 

Chapter 31

Selecting Software

Chapter 32

Computer-assisted Language Learning (CALL)

Chapter 33

Web-assisted Language Learning (WALL)

Chapter 34

Net Lessons

Chapter 35

Adult ESL Standards

Chapter 36

Developing your own ESL Lessons

 

Assignment 4

References

 

Appendices

 

Appendix A

Scans Skills

Appendix B

TOEFL Writing and Discussion Topics

Appendix C

The Well-Referenced English Teacher

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