Overview
The Teaching Language Online course is offered by Coursera in partnership with Arizona State University .
What you'll learn
- Understand the basic principles of Second Language Acquistion and how they apply to ESL learners online
- Conduct a needs analysis, and create course objectives, content and lesson around the needs students
- Understand Task-Based Language Teaching, the stages of a lesson, and the structure of a lesson plan
- Understand how to give feedback based on theories and best practices
Whether you have already taught English as a Second Language and want to start teaching it online, you've already been teaching ESL online and want to sharpen your skills, or you are new to teaching and interested in teaching ESL online, ASU and VOXY provide you with the basic ideas and concepts you need to know in order to successfully teach ESL online.
This course uses a fun and interesting theme of "International Travel" to deliver content in an entertaining way. There are also plenty of real, recorded online session videos from VOXY in the course to show you examples of what it looks like to teach ESL online.
In this course, you will learn about the best practices for teaching English as a Second Language online.
This includes an introduction to online teaching, Second Language Acquisition theories and how they apply to ESL learners, conducting a needs analysis, curating content for your courses, designing lesson plans, and effective teaching strategies that will help you to become an successful online ESL teacher. The course consists of a variety of videos and readings, followed by quizzes. In the last module of the course, actual VOXY online ESL teachers share their experiences in the online classroom.
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Visit programme websiteProgramme Structure
Courses included:
- Introduction to the Online Classroom
- Introduction to Second Language Acquisition
- Introduction to Task Based Language Teaching
- Lesson Planning and Structures
- Developing a Lesson Plan
- Error Correction and Feedback
- Challenges with Online Teaching and Learning
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Duration
- Part-time
- 21 days
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Visit programme websiteAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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You can choose from hundreds of free courses, or get a degree or certificate at a breakthrough price. You can now select Coursera Plus and have unlimited access
Funding
Coursera provides financial aid to learners who cannot afford the fee. Apply for it by clicking on the Financial Aid link beneath the "Enroll" button on the left. You'll be prompted to complete an application and will be notified if you are approved. You'll need to complete this step for each course in the Specialization, including the Capstone Project.