Principles and Practices of Online Teaching Certificate
Program
PP 104: Teaching Vocabulary and Grammar Online
(May 3-30, 2005)
Tere and Daf
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Course delivered at the Desire2Learn OLE
Course Description
The course gives participants an overview of how blended or online
teaching of vocabulary and grammar can be facilitated and enriched
by the use of selected tools and resources. Participants actively
engage in hands-on practice by creating online learning materials
for students of different levels.
Objectives
At the end of the four weeks participants will have:
- Analyzed different sites containing exercises for teaching and
learning vocabulary and grammar
- Discussed different issues on the teaching of vocabulary and
grammar online: methodology and assessment among them.
- Developed some vocabulary and grammar exercises using online
exercise makers to be integrated in a lesson plan.
Content by Week
Week 1: Introduction to the course. Expectations.
Week 2: Analyzing sites with exercises on vocabulary
and grammar.
Week 3: Online exercise makers. Advantages and
disadvantages of these tools. Working with computers or communicating
through computers?
Week 4: Presentation of lesson plans with exercises
designed. Peer feedback. Self and course evaluation
Methodology
The course will be mostly based on practical hands-on activities,
some required, others optional. Activities will be completed at
the individual, pair and group levels and will be based on:
- analysis and commenting of sites with grammar and vocabulary
exercises;
- analysis and commenting of software for creating online exercises;
- chats with instructors and participants to discuss topics related
to the week's activities;
- discussion forums to exchange ideas at all times;
- creation of online exercises together with a lesson plan;
- peer feedback on these exercises.
- completion of the TESOL online survey.
The course has been designed following a collaborative approach
for the construction of individual and group knowledge. Active interaction
and participation are fostered through the different activities
since they are fundamental for this approach.
Evaluation
Participants will be evaluated and given credits based
on completion of 8 out of 10 assignments. Each assignment will be
worth 10 points (for a total of 100 points). Completing 80% of the
assignments will be a requirement for course approval ( 80 points).See
checklist.
N.B. "The grades to be issued should be C = Credit, N = No
Credit, or I = Incomplete. Only those participants who receive a
"C" may eventually receive a TESOL Certificate on the
Principles and Practices of Online Teaching." (TESOL Guidelines)
Bibliography
Critchley, M.P. (1998). Reading to Learn: Pedagogical Implications
of Vocabulary Research. The Language Teacher - Dec. 98.
http://www.jalt-publications.org/tlt/files/98/dec/critchley.html
Pérez Torres, M.I. (2003). Creating Materials Online with
Free Teacher Tools. TESOL Spain- Newsletter, 2003.
http://www.tesol-spain.org/newsletter/pereztorres.html
Thornbury, S. (2003). Teaching vocabulary using short texts.
Asian EFL Journal, Dec. 2003.
http://www.asian-efl-journal.com/dec_03_sub.st.htm
Thornbury, S.(2004). Starting out with words that 'glue' language.
Guardian Weekly. Thursday March 18, 2004.
http://education.guardian.co.uk/tefl/story/0,5500,1170558,00.html
Tomas, J. (2003). Extending vocabulary knowledge with computers.
Teaching English with Technology. A Journal for Teachers of
English, Vol. 3, Issue 2 (April 2003) http://www.iatefl.org.pl/call/j_tech13.htm#aword2
Please, check the Links section for further readings
Sites Used in the Course: See Links section of the platform.
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