UNIVERSIDAD MARIANO GLVEZ DE GUATEMALA FACULTAD DE HUMANIDADES ESCUELA DE IDIOMAS 2013 Course: Teaching Techniques I Code: 076-430 Teacher:

Licda. Celeste Lemus

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is designed for foreign language teachers, addressed mainly to the trainee teacher, but also useful for experienced and professional teachers. It concentrates on examples of teaching and teaching practice rather than on a detailed analysis of learning theory. It aims to give a general picture with examples showing procedures for any level students. Besides, it provides with specific procedures reflecting a range of current teaching and learning styles. It provides with experimental work and tasks as its main components. The experimental work is composed by the tasks based on teaching/learning experience, which may be one or more of the following, lesson observation, classroom teaching, micro-teaching, peer teaching, and experiment. Most experiential work is followed by critical reflection, usually in the form of discussion and/or writing. The tasks are done by student-teachers in cooperative work or individually, with a trainer through discussion. These may involve such processes as critical analysis of teaching materials, comparison of different techniques, problem-solving or debate on controversial issues. Student-teachers are expected to ground solutions to the pedagogical issues they face in current practice in language education and pedagogy.

COMPETENCY Compares and experiments important examples of the teaching practice when discussing and practicing them in several tasks to be prepared to face any real teaching issues. ACHIEVEMENT INDICATORS 1. Discusses important examples of experienced teachers. 2. Analyses and grounds with solutions of several issues and cases. 3. Contrasts and compares the different pedagogical issues

JULY 13 Introduction and alignments for the semester Graphic organizers presentation Word cloud of general terms KWS chart about the different terms Share their charts Multiple Intelligences test SWOT analysis about the MI testand the

teaching practice. JULY 20 How to be a good teacher Make and share a Flow chart JULY 27 How to be a good learner Make and share a Wheel chart AUGUST 3 How to manage classes (classroom management) Make and share a CLOCK chart AUGUST 10 How to describe learning and teaching Make and share a cluster web chart AUGUST 17 PARTIAL I AUGUST 24 1-Reading Evaluation 1: The accidental tourist Make a story map chart Present their ESA lesson plans. AUGUST 31 How to describe and teach language Make and share a cluster web chart

SEPT 7 Bloom`s taxonomy Make and share a cluster web chart SEPT 14 Make a diagnosis test for reading Teaching Reading (Silvia Cabrera, Areli, and Heidy) Make and share a story map chart SEPT 21 Teaching Writing (David, Fredi and Francis) Make a composition to explain its usage (75 words) SEPT 28 PARTIAL II

OCT 5 Present their compositions Teaching Speaking (Hellen, Yoseline, and Carolina) Make and share a conversation to summarize key points HW: Prepare a two-minute speech of a topic of their interest.

OCT 12 Make a listening diagnosis test. Teaching Listening (Joshua, Kimberly, Sofi, and Silvia Laguan) Make and share a flow chart OCT 19 How to use Wix for e-portfolios Start creating their e-portfolios OCT 26 How to plan classes Make a wheel chart Prepare a Blooms lesson plan including the four skills (4 groups : 30 minutes)

NOV 2 Present your 4 skills lesson plans. NOV 9 Due date for the e-portfolio Reading evaluation 2: Brat Farrar Make a SWOT chart analysis your development as a teacher and the application of the learned techniques NOV 16 Final Evaluation

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES Lesson discussion Student`s presentations Test administration Cooperative work Pair work Think-pair-share Completion of graphic organizers Forums Peer review Debates E-portfolio creation

EVALUATION Total

Partial I . 15 pts. Partial II .15 pts. Final Evaluation . 20 pts. E-portfolio.... 10 pts 4 skills presentation 10 pts Activities . 30pts. 100 pts.

GENERALITIES To final test right, a minimum of 21 points mark is necessary.

 Homework will be handed in on the designed dates. Students who come in 15 minutes later cannot come in. BIBLIOGRAPHY How to teach English An introduction to the practice of English language teaching Longman Jeremy Harmer A course in Language Teaching Practice and Theory Penny Ur Cambridge University Press

Teaching by Principles Third Edition H. Douglas Brown

Reading Books 1.The accidental Tourist Oxford 2.Brat Farrar Oxford Presentation guideline: a. Punctuality and preparation required. b. Must bring power point presentation, flashcards, activities, games, extra resources, workouts as well as informational material in handouts for your colleagues. c. Check on the three given books to make your presentations. d. Explain the information and exemplify it. e. Evaluation criteria: Rubric for the presentation

Other instructions:
f. You must share material with classmates. g. Hand to your teacher information in a folder and in a USB so she can send it to your classmates immediately. h. If you will use a video, please download it first, and bring it in a USB.