English for Teaching Children (EFTC)

(Cricos CODE 061057M)

This course will introduce you to the skills needed to teach English to young learners. If you expect to be teaching English to younger students, this course will give you excellent preparation and lots of practical ideas and activities. This course would complement those who have completed Viva College’s Certificate IV TESOL course.

Course Content:
  1. Develop an awareness of issues and practices related to teaching English to young learners
  2. Develop classroom presentation and organizational skills for teaching English to young learners
Course Length:

       4 weeks (25 hours per week)

Course Intake Dates:

2008 - 14 January, 10 March, 2 June, 28 July, 20 October

2009 - EFTC will not be offered.

Course Fees:

$1460 ($1200 course + $160 enrolment fee + $100 materials fee)

* Materials fee include textbooks, in- class materials and learning resources

Entry Requirements:

Current Viva Students:

  • IELTS 5.0 or equivalent OR
  • Completed Viva’s Intermediate (4) level + teacher’s report/ recommendation
  • No entry test and interview required

External students:

  • IELTS 5.0 or equivalent
  • Required to do an entry test and interview
Sample Timetable:

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English for Teaching Children Sample Timetable

 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday
9:45–11:00

Warmer/Filler

Vocabulary & Grammar 1

  • Flashcard ideas
  • Vocabulary networks

Warmer/Filler

Classroom management & organization 3: Mistakes, errors & correction

  • What is an error?
  • Checking for understanding
  • Correction beanstalk

    (Vale & Feunteun p.139)

Speaking 3: Story building

The Three Little Pigs (Phillips p.40)

Speaking 4: Class Surveys

  • Collaborative class surveys
  • Transfer surveys

(Cant & Superfine p.18)

Warmer/Filler

Vocabulary & Grammar 2

  • Guess the words
  • A very long sentence

(Phillips p.71,p. 72)
Break
11:45–12:45

Classroom management & organization 2: Problem solving

  • Advice & techniques (Paul p.124)

Speaking 1: Simple speaking activities

  • Language chunks
  • Question forms
  • Tenses

    (Phillips p.35)

Teaching Practice & Reflection
Vocabulary & grammar

Pronunciation 2

  • games
  • songs
  • chants

(Phillips p.94, Cant & Superfine p.23)

Teaching Practice & Reflection

Speaking
Break
1:45–3:45

The Learning Environment 3 Lesson Materials & Equipment:
Discussion (Paul 114)

  • Course books
  • Worksheets
  • Workbooks
  • Notebooks
  • Supplementary books
  • Penmanship books...

Speaking 2: Information Gap & Survey techniques (Phillips p.36-38)

Teaching Practice & Reflection

Listening - storytelling, TPR

Action Games

  • Traditional games

(Cant & Superfine p.18)

Teaching Practice & Reflection

Vocabulary & grammar

Guided Self-Study/Teacher Consultation

Review of the week & TP preparation

Guided Self-Study/Teacher Consultation

Review of the week & TP preparation