Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Eng.38 - Remedial Instruction in English (syllabus)

This three-unit course in Remedial Instruction in English deals with the strategies and methods of contemporary English language teaching. This is geared for English language learners who are faced with difficulty in communicative competence in one or more domains. It also attempts to provide actual remediation through hands-on practice and various situational case studies.


I. Orientation to Functional Grammar

a) Parts of speech

b) Verbs & Tenses

c) Sentences Structures

Suggested Reading/ Resources Materials

Theory and Problems of ENGLISH GRAMMAR Third Edition by Eugene Ehrlich

II. How to teach English

1. Vocabulary

a) Compound words

b) Conversions

c) Word-attack skills

2. Listening and Comprehension:

a) Grasping the gist

b) Identifying the specific & extracting relevant information

c) Following Stress/Volume/Tone/Pace of speaker

d) Correcting the pronunciation

e) Understanding instructions

f) Answering oral questions

g) Note- making skill / Dictation

h) Reproducing / transforming short aural and oral texts

i) Comprehending interviews / Report / Articles

j) Reading Handout / Describing Pictures

3. Speaking and oral interaction

Different language functions in Daily life situation:

a. to give personal details: name, age, qualification, address etc.

b. to make requests/offers/Proposal/statements

c. to give instruction/to ask & answer questions

d. to agree/to disagree/ to argue

e. to invite/apologize/ refute/ regret/ welcome/ condole/ congratulate

f. to describe picture/map/chart/diagram

g. to take part in short contextualized dialogues

h. to present specific topic

i. to converse/to transforms/ to prepare speech.

j. to debate and discuss

k. to read/ to recite aloud

l. to reproduce/to define/to interpret


Books Recommended:

1. Fifty Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners

Herrell, Adrienne and Michael Jordan (California State Univ.)

2. The Practice of English Language Teaching by Jeremy Harmer (Cambridge, UK)

Monday, December 12, 2011

Eng.41: Language and Literature Assessment Course Outline

I. Language Assessment: Principles and Purpose

A. Concept

B. Principles of Assessment and Evaluation

C. Purpose of Assessment

D. Functions of Language Tests

II. Types of Language Assessments

A. Kinds of Assessment and Evaluation

B. Kinds of Assessment Tools

C. Kinds of Language Tests

III. Language Testing : Approaches and Techniques

A. Approaches

B. Test Techniques

IV. Test Construction

A. Phases of Evaluation

B. Stages of Test Construction

V. Quantitative Analysis

A. Criteria of a Good Test

B. Importance of Quantitative Analysis

C. Common Statistical Formulas

VI. Qualitative Analysis

A. Purpose

B. Categories of Approaches

C. Techniques for Monitoring Student Progress

D. Types of Qualitative Analysis

E. Feedback Methods

F. Referencing

VII. Testing the Receptive Skills

A. Testing Listening

B. Testing Reading

VIII. Testing the Productive Skills

A. Testing Speaking

B. Testing Writing

IX. Testing Literature

A. Rationale of Literature Testing

B. Types of Literature Tests

C. Formats of Literature Tests

D. Examples of Literature Tests