Topic outline

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  General

  • Welcome aboard! This ELT1 online course is created to add power to our face-to-face sessions in lab G204 (hybrid teaching mode). To make the most of the course, you are advised to log in this system several times every week, join the discussion forums and do the activities created.

  • All course forums

  • News forum
  • Resource Forum
  • Coffee Bar Forum
  • ELT1 Q&A Forum
  • Updating your profile

    Your profile keeps us in touch via this e-learning system. Please put in your contact details. For further reference, my tutorial below should help.

  • Customize your Moodle profile Page
  • Chit chat with your classmates.

    This chat box is created to help you chat with other students when they are online. Give it try! You will love it!

  • ELT1 Chitchat
  • Monitor Students' Work Online Page
  • Customize your profile. Assignment
  • Social forum
  • Midterm video project Assignment
  • ELT1 Video Group Assignment Choice
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  Topic 1

  • Get started

  • What is ELT1? Choice
  • Course aims and objectives Page
  • Required resources Page
  • Midterm test requirements Page
  • Introduce yourselves in a new voice. Forum
  • Course orientation Attendance check Choice
  • Week 2 Attendance check Choice
  • Constructivism attendance check Choice
  • Week 5 Attendance check Choice
  • Week 7 Attendance check Choice
  • Week 10 Attendance check Choice
  • Week 11 Attendance check Choice
  • Week 12 Attendance check Choice
  • Week 13 Attendance check Choice
  • Week 14 Attendance check Choice
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  Topic 2

  • Behaviorism

  • No entries have been added yet. To make the task easier for you, copying and pasting from the internet is allowed. However, try to keep things short and simple.
  • Behaviorism glossary
  • The scavenger hunt

  • Activity guidelines Page
  • B. F. Skinner Page
  • Ivan Petrovich Pavlov Page
  • John Watson Page
  • Edward Lee Thorndike Page
  • Lesson videos

  • Pavlov dog gets conditioned URL
  • Watson's experiment with baby Albert URL
  • B.F. Skinner's experiment with animals URL
  • Watson's experiment with baby Albert Page
  • Behaviorism Games Folder
  • Discussions

  • Implication of Behaviorism in language teaching and language learning Forum
  • Homework

  • Behaviorism Reflection Database
  • Lecture notes on Behaviorism File
  • Design a language learning task Assignment
  • Situation Analysis Forum
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  Topic 3

  • Mentalism Cognitivism

  • Food and Love: Which is more important for you? Choice
  • Mentalism glossary
  • Lesson videos

  • Human Mind - Movie questions Page
  • Theories of learning URL
  • Homework

  • Lecture notes on Mentalism File
  • Mentalism Reflection Database
  • Wendy Vo,child prodigy of music and language #1. URL
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  Topic 4

  • Constructivism

  • Constructivism glossary
  • Core Readings

    Before going to the main lesson, please do these readings carefully. These reading texts have been selected by all the ELT teaching staff. So, watch out! There may be exam questions on these.

    Try to answer these questions while you read:

    • What are the characteristics of a constructivist teacher ?

    • What are the characteristics of a constructivist classroom?

    • What do Ts/Ss do in a constructivist classroom?

  • What is constructivism? URL
  • Constructing knowledge in the classroom URL
  • Constructivism as A Paradigm for Teaching and Learning URL
  • Main lesson with videos

    Go through all of the lesson slides. Don't forget to refer to your textbook too. While working through this online lesson, you will see some videos and questions may come up after that. The whole lesson should take you about 45 mins.

  • Constructivism Overview Lesson
  • Discussion

    In the last part of the lesson, I want you to join in these two single discussion forums and add your own ideas.

  • How does constructivist classrooms differ from traditional ones? Forum
  • What are the strengths and weaknesses of constructivism? Forum
  • Constructivism Reflection Database
  • Summing up of learning theories

  • Learning theories and instructional design URL
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  Topic 5

  • Affective Factors

  • Educational ICT conference in Manila, Philippines Page
  • First, read "The Affective factors" in your textbook (pay special attention to integrative and instrumental motivation as they appeared in last year's exam) and try to identify the affective factors discussed. For example, I can see the emotional factor in this 2 paragraph " The importance of the emotional factor is easily seen if we consider the relationship between ...". What else can you see?

    Second, read the article "The factors that influence the acquisition of a second language", my PDF presentation and watch the movie on "Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic motivation". Then join the discussion forum below:

  • Factors affecting acquisition of a new language File
  • Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic motivation video with questions Page
  • 3 most important factors Forum
  • Your learning style

    Now, decide your own learning style using the chart provided below. You are requested to write a short reflection on your learning style in the journal provided.

  • What is your learning style? Page
  • Right brain vs. Left brain

    Look at the picture below and decide if you are left or right brain oriented. If you see the dance turn clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa.

    Do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?

  • Now read the article "Left Vs. Right . Which side are you on?" and then join the discussion forum created below:
  • Left brain and right brain people Forum
  • Characteristics of a good language learner

    The last part of this online lesson is about characteristics of a good language learner. First, join the discussion forum below. Be sure to refer to the quoted liste provided in the forum.

  • Characteristics of a good language learner Forum
  • Next, look through my presentation notes in the PDF file uploaded.
  • Congratulations! You have completed your second online lesson. The last step is doing reflection as usual.
  • Affective Factor Reflection Database
  • More discussion questions Forum
  • The strengths and weaknesses of your learning style Assignment
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  Topic 6

  • Learning and Acquisition

  • Important concepts Glossary
  • Learning vs. Acquisition Forum
  • First and second language acquisition
    

  • First and second language acquisition Forum
  • First and second language acquisition File
  • Age and second language acquisition

  • Age and second language acquisition Forum
  • Age and second language acquisition File
  • Stages in second language acquisition

  • Stages in second language acquisition Forum
  • Stages in second language acquisition File
  • Demonstration movie for different stages of second language acquisition URL
  • Human baby movie questions Page
  • Talking Twin Babies - PART 2 - OFFICIAL VIDEO URL
  • Topic 6 Reflection Database
  • Homework Assignment
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  Topic 7

  • Grammar Translation Method

  • When I talk about GTM, what comes to your mind? Choice
  • Main activities

  • Explore GTM Page
  • Main characteristics of GTM Page
  • Discussion

  • What makes GTM survive so long? Forum
  • Resources

  • Lecture note handout File
  • Comedy: Life of Brian Page
  • Reflection

  • Grammar Translation Quiz
  • Grammar translation method - Demo URL
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  Topic 8

  • Direct Method

  • Warm-up

    Read the story about Francois Gouin below. What are the differences between the way Francois learnt German and the way his nephew learnt French?
    

    
    
  • Learning a Language The Wrong Way: The Story of Francois Gouin Page
  • Main lesson

  • Background File
  • A class observation of Direct Method Page
  • Teaching principles Page
  • Major teaching techniques File
  • Merits and Defects of Direct Method Page
  • Movie questions Page
  • Discussions

  • Grammar Translation vs Direct Method Forum
  • Direct Method Teaching Techniques Forum
  • Reflection

  • Review questions for Direct Method Page
  • Direct Method Reflection Database
  • Direct Method Quiz
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  Topic 9

  • The Audio Lingual Method

    
    
  • Main lesson

  • ALM Background File
  • A class observation of Audio-Lingual Method Page
  • ALM Teaching techniques File
  • Merits and defects of Audio-Lingual Method Page
  • Discussions

  • ALM vs DM Forum
  • When to use ALM Forum
  • Practice and Reflection

  • ALM Reflection Database
  • ALM Practice Page
  • English 900 sample lesson Folder
  • A class observation of Audio-Lingual Method Assignment
  • ALM Teaching demonstration Assignment
  • ALM Quiz
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  Topic 10

  • Communicative Language Teaching

  • First, do the Glossary activity. It should be familiar to you now.
  • CLT Glossary
  • Main lesson

  • Second, work through the "Experience" part in your handout textbook. Don't forget to pay attention to the teaching techniques.
    
    When you are done, refer to my handouts posted here.
    
  • CLT Background File
  • Language Theory File
  • Overview of CLT File
  • Accuracy versus fluency activities Lesson
  • ALM vs CLT Page
  • CLT Demonstration movie

  • CLT Demonstration Movie Page
  • Discussion

  • Challenges for Ts and Ss Forum
  • Group/Pair Work pros and cons Forum
  • Review and Reflection

  • CLT Reflection Database
  • Communicative Language Teaching Quiz
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  Topic 11

  • Some issues related to CLT

    
    
  • Confusing concepts Glossary
  • Functional-notional courses

  • What is it? Page
  • Backgrounds Page
  • Strengths and weakness of functional-notional courses Page
  • The limits of functional-notional approaches Page
  • This is the exercise from your handouts. Make sure you pay attention as this kind of exercise appears often in the exams.
  • Presentation - Practice - Production (PPP)

  • What is it? Page
  • 15 reasons why PPP is so unfashionable URL
  • Scott Thornburry on PPP model to language teaching URL
  • Discussion

  • Strengths and weaknesses of PPP framework Forum
  • Topic Reflection Database
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  Topic 12

  • Task-based Learning

  • Main lesson

  • Lecture notes File
  • Willis TBL framework's explanation Page
  • Demonstration movies

  • Teaching Speaking with Task-Based Learning Page
  • Movie questions Quiz
  • Task Based Language Teaching Page
  • TBL Overview and Practice Page
  • Sample TBL lesson plans

  • TBL sample lesson plans with comments from Jane Willis Folder
  • Task-based grammar teaching – tips and activities URL
  • Discussion

  • Benefits and challenges of TBL Forum
  • Further Readings

  • This very short article presents an overview of a task-based learning approach (TBL) and highlights its advantages over the more traditional Present, Practice, Produce (PPP) approach. It also discusses the different components in the Willis 's TBL framework.
  • A Task-based approach URL
  • This is a another very short explanation of the TBL framework by Jane Willis herself.
  • Task-Based Learning: What Kind of Adventure? URL
  • Task-Based Language Learning Page
  • TBL Reflection Database
  • A Task-based approach Page
  • What does the lexical approach look like? Page
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  Topic 13

  • Using Coursebooks

  • Main readings

  • Pros and Cons of using coursebooks Page
  • Guidelines for choosing a textbook Page
  • Textbook evaluation checklist Page
  • Differences between worksheets and workcards Page
  • Further readings

  • Coursebook: Friend or Foe? URL
  • Choosing a coursebook URL
  • Practice

  • Coursebook Reflection Database
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  Topic 14

  • Testing

  • Testing glossary
  • Overview of testing File
  • ELT1 Revision questions File
  • Video presentation: Course wrap-up and reflection Forum

    We are reaching the end of the course and a video reflection is very useful.

    Please use your smartphone or laptop's webcam or your camera to do a video presentation of LESS THAN 3 minutes. Then, upload the video to YouTube and embed the video in this forum.

    In the video, I want you to talk about these things:

    1. What are 3 important things you have learnt from this course?

    2. What are 2 things you want to learn more?

    3. Leave 1 message to the whole class  or the instructor.

    Technical help:

    - Click on Reply to this forum. Click on the "Insert Moodle media button". Then, choose, "Find or upload a sound, video or applet.."

    - Select YouTube videos and search the name of the video you uploaded. Insert the video to the forum. Your video presentation should now be embedded.

    NB:

    - Please dress formally and mind your background.

    - Avoid strong lighting in the background as it returns very poor video quality.