Teaching English to Children 兒童英語教學課程

2010.2.


兒童英語教學課程目標:

 本課程針對幼稚園與國小學童的英語師資而設計，

考量本階段兒童身心發展的程度，

在教材與教法的搭配上提供學理的引介與實務上的訓練。




I. Required Text:


Teaching Children English. by David Vale and Anne Feunteun. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2003.




II. Important Texts:


1. Culture in Second Language Teaching and Learning. Ed. by Eli Hinkel. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1999.


2. Pictures for Language Learning, by Andrew Wright. Cambridge: Cambridge UP,2003.


III. Teaching materials for practicum:


1. Content Area Reading (Levels A-F), by Teacher Created Materials, Inc. Taipei: Norton and Bookman, 2004.


2. Engligh 300 for Children, by Edwin T. Cornelius, Jr. Taipei: Studio Classroom, 2005.




IV. Syllabus:


Unit One: Approaches in Teaching Children English


Week 1 Introduction


Week 2 Attitudes and approaches


Week 3 An overview of three teaching approaches


Week 4 Building up a teaching sequence



Unit Two: Activities in Teaching Children English


Week 5 An overview of teaching techniques; teaching practice


Week 6 A focus on balancing various activities; teaching practice


Week 7 Storytelling, comprehension, errors, and correction; teaching practice


Week 8 Classroom management and organization; teaching practice



Unit Three: Key study areas in Teaching Children English


Week 9 Visual, musical, and other teaching aid; teaching practice


Week 10 Content and curriculum design; teaching practice


Week 11 Observation, assessment and records; teaching practice


Week 12 Communication with students, parents, and supervisors; teaching practice



Unit Four: Culture in Second Language Teaching and Learning


Week 13 Culture, context, and writing; teaching practice


Week 14 Developing skills in listening and interpreting cultural implication in conversation; teaching practice



Unit Five: Pictures for Language Learning


Week 15 Pictures for speaking and writing; teaching practice


Week 16 Pictures for listening and reading; teaching practice



Unit Six: Wrapping up


Week 17 Final (written) exam on the knowledge of teaching approaches


Week 18 Teaching practicum (final exam)




V. Percentile of final grades


1.  In class participation, discussions and teaching practice: 30%


2. Exam on teaching principles, theory, and approaches: 30%


3. Teaching practicum: total 40%


(1) creation and preparation of teaching materials: 20%


(2) teaching approaches and classroom management: 20%




VI. Reference


1.Teaching Children English. by David Vale and Anne Feunteun. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2003.


2.Culture in Second Language Teaching and Learning. Ed. by Eli Hinkel. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1999.


3.Pictures for Language Learning, by Andrew Wright. Cambridge: Cambridge UP,2003.


4.Content Area Reading (Levels A-F), by Teacher Created Materials, Inc. Taipei: Norton and Bookman, 2004.


5.Engligh 300 for Children, by Edwin T. Cornelius, Jr. Taipei: Studio Classroom, 2005.