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Module Three – Option 1: Extending practice and English language teaching specialism or Option 2: English language teaching management. This module focuses on broadening candidates’ knowledge of a chosen specialism and developing understanding of syllabus design, testing and assessment (Option 1), or of ELT management (Option 2).
CELTA focuses on teaching adult learners, but many of the skills and techniques apply to teaching young learners as well. [13] Candidates who plan to teach mainly young learners could take the Young Learner Extension to CELTA, after completing Celta until 2010 when Young Learner Extension ceased to exist.
Professional, institutional, and governmental motivations exist for teaching and learning English as a foreign language. [39] Studies indicate that the ability to speak English is an important component of transforming the Cambodian standard of living; English speakers are more likely to have better jobs, since the language is used to ...
Many professional associations of teachers of English (e.g., TESOL and IATEFL) have ESP sections. Much attention is devoted to ESP course design. Much attention is devoted to ESP course design. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] ESP teaching has much in common with English as a foreign or second language and English for academic purposes (EAP).
The Cambridge English Teaching Framework was designed to encapsulate the key knowledge and skills needed for effective teaching at different levels and in different contexts, and to show how Cambridge English Teaching Courses, Qualifications and professional development resources map to this core syllabus of competencies.
This is likened to negotiated syllabus about which Hyland (2009) [2] writes, "A negotiated syllabus means that the content of a particular course is a matter of discussion between teacher and students, according to the wishes and needs of the learners in conjunction with the expertise, judgement, and advice of the teacher" (p. 208).
The scheme of work is usually an interpretation of a specification or syllabus and can be used as a guide throughout the course to monitor progress against the original plan. Schemes of work can be shared with students so that they have an overview of their course. The ultimate source of the specification or syllabus is a curriculum.
A syllabus (/ ˈ s ɪ l ə b ə s /; pl.: syllabuses [1] or syllabi [2]) [3] or specification is a document that communicates information about an academic course or class and defines expectations and responsibilities. It is generally an overview or summary of the curriculum.