Teach English Now - Foundational Principles

Overview

Through a series of engaging metaphors and stories, prospective and current EFL/ESL teachers will identify, summarize, and evaluate 7 basic language learning paradigms.  Learners will be presented information on such foundational principles as motivation, risk taking, two different modes of learning, and balancing the teacher profession.  Learners of the Teach English Now - Foundational Principles course offered by Coursera in partnership with Arizona State University are also given an understanding of basic techniques founded on those principles, such as teacher talk, looking “ridiculous” in order to lower the affective filter, and networking.  With these foundational principles in mind, ESL/EFL teachers will scrutinize common assumptions about language learning by comparing how they stack up to research-based core principles.

What you will learn:

• Understand ways to motivate and properly engage students

• Maintain control of a classroom and avoid teacher burnout

• Describe the distinction between learning and acquisition

• Use technology to your advantage in the classroom