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Cornerstone’s TESOL (Teaching English as a Second or Other Language) course is an intensive 2-month, 6-hour a day program, aimed at international students wishing to teach English in their home countries. The course will touch on the theory necessary to effective and informed teaching, but the main focus will be on the practical aspects involved. The majority of class time over the eight weeks will be spent on lesson planning, classroom management, and teaching the 4 language skills, as well as teaching grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. TESOL students will observe ESL classes being taught at Cornerstone, and will have the chance to practice teaching to each other and to Cornerstone’s ESL students. Students will complete a 5 page short thesis on a subject of their choosing.
 Admission Requirements
- The minimum educational requirement is Grade 12 or equivalent.
- Non-native English speakers must provide proof of English proficiency (a TOEFL score of 80 on the iBT, or a score of 6 overall on the IELTs).
Assessment
Students will be assessed on their practice teaching component, completion of course assignments, presentations and tests. An 80% class attendance rate, completion of all assignments and successful completion of the practicum are necessary to pass the course.
Certification
Students who successfully complete the course will be awarded both a Cornerstone College of Business & Technology certificate and a certificate from American TESOL Institue (ATI), an affiliate of TESOL in the United Sates. You also receive a one year GME membership to tesol.org
Cornerstone Academic College TESOL Program Outline:
Month 1
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Week 1
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Orientation to Cornerstone |
1. Introduction to TESOL
Introduction to Research Paper
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2. History of TESOL |
3. Theory of TESOL
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4. Methodology: Principles of language teaching
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Week 2
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5. Methodology: Contexts - Age, Language proficiency, etc...
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6. Methodology: Foundations - Lesson Planning, Classroom management,
Textbooks, Sustaining interaction in the classroom, etc...
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Methodology: Foundations
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Methodology: Foundations
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Methodology: Foundations
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Week 3
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Methodology: Foundations
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Methodology: Foundations
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Methodology: Foundations
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Methodology: Foundations
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Methodology: Foundations
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Week 4
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7. Teaching the skills: Listening |
Teaching the skills: Listening |
Teaching the skills: Listening |
Teaching the skills: Speaking |
Teaching the skills: Speaking |
Month 2
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Week 5
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Teaching the skills: Speaking |
Teaching the skills: Reading |
Teaching the skills: Reading
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Teaching the skills: Reading
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Teaching the skills: Writing |
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Week 6
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Teaching the skills: Writing |
Teaching the skills: Writing |
8. Teaching Grammar
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Teaching Grammar
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Teaching Vocabulary
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Week 7
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Teaching Vocabulary
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9. Teaching Pronunciation
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Teaching Pronunciation
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Teaching Pronunciation
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10. Assessment, Testing and Evaluation
11. Short Thesis Due
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Week 8
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12. Practicum: Observations, Preparation, Teaching |
Practicum: Observations, Preparation, Teaching |
Practicum: Observations, Preparation, Teaching |
Practicum: Observations, Preparation, Teaching |
Practicum: Observations, Preparation, Teaching |
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1. Introduction
- Analysis of a typical lesson
- Approaches to teaching
- Teacher choices in the classroom
- What makes a good teacher?
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6 hours
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2. History of Language Teaching
- Grammar Translation
- Community Language Learning
- TPR
- Suggestopaedia
- The Silent Way
- Communicative Language Teaching
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6 hours
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3. Theory
- Educational psychology and second language acquisition
- Age and the Critical Period Hypothesis
- Styles and Strategies
- Affective and Sociocultural factors
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6 hours
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4. Methodology: Principles
- Cognitive, affective and linguistic principles
- Intrinsic motivation
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6 hours
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5. Methodology: Context
- Age of learners
- Language proficiency
- Sociopolitical contexts
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6 hours
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6. Methodology: Foundations
- Classroom pedagogy
- Lesson planning
- Initiating and sustaining interaction in the classroom
- Classroom management
- Strategies for Language learning
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48 hours
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7. Teaching the Skills
- Teaching the four skills
- Receptive skills (comprehension, classroom performance, techniques and principles for design)
- Productive skills (microskills, classroom performance, techniques and evaluation)
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68 hours
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8. Teaching Grammar and Vocabulary
- Grammatical and lexical forms, organizational components of language and the rules that govern their structure
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18 hours
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9. Teaching Pronunciation
- Design of a pronunciation syllabus, teaching techniques, and unintelligibility among ESL learners
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16 hours
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10. Assessment, Testing and Evaluation
- Concepts and constructs for language assessment.
- Practical classroom contexts for assessment.
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6 hours
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11. TESOL Short Thesis
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10 hours
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12. Practicum
- Observations of classes take place from the second week
- Analysis of observed classes
- Supervised lesson planning
- Supervised teaching
- Feedback
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28 hours
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