Teaching English to Children (TEC)

Overview

Enrol in TESOL Canada’s Teaching English to Children (TEC) training program to witness the consistent increase of English communication skill in younger learners in your classroom. Of late there has been a large demand for teachers educating English to younger kids in especially in those countries where English is either a second language or a foreign language. This precise young learners program for the teachers covers subjects like language acquisition, how teens analyse language, teaching listening, speaking, reading, writing, lesson planning, cloth designing and handling blended group, classroom management, importance of stories, games and songs, correction techniques etc. This course equips the instructing aspirants with the competencies and information which makes teaching children a beneficial experience. Moreover, our professional tutors will closely observe your growth and will assist you with their treasured inputs all through the program. In the end of the course, you will need to sit down for the TESOL Canada Board Exam and earn the TESOL Canada certificate.

Teaching English to Children – Curriculum

PHASE I - Language learning and language acquisition

• The Hypothesis
• The Difference between learning and acquisition
• Assignment

EFL teaching

• Methodologies and Approaches
• How do children learn English?
• Practical approaches to teaching children
• The levels
• Language Development and context
• Assignment

PHASE II – Teaching- Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing

Teaching Listening

• The importance of listening in the classroom
• Listening activities
• Self – Assignment

Teaching Speaking

• Speaking in the classroom
• Student talk
• Introducing language
• Activities
• Self – Assignment

Teaching Reading

• Approaches to reading
• Building confidence
• Different Material
• Assignment

Teaching Writing

• Pre-writing tasks
• Activities
• Some more ideas
• Assignment

Phase 3: How to handle mixed groups

• Mixed groups
• Helpful strategies
• Group work
• Assignment

Class Management

• The teacher
• The room
• Rules
• Working in groups
• Self-Assignment - not to be submitted

Lesson Planning

• The need to plan
• Different ways of planning
• The framework
• When things go wrong
• Assignment

Phase 4: Materials in the classroom

• Things to make
• Things to buy
• Assignment

Stories, games, songs, chants

• How to use stories
• Games - some ideas
• The importance of songs and chants
• Self-Assignments - not to be submitted

Phase 5: Correction and Evaluation techniques

• Guidelines
• Format
• Samples

Correction techniques

• Look at error differently
• Ways of error correction1
• Assignment

Evaluation techniques

• The meaning
• Purpose
• Formative assessment
• The continuous system
• Assignment