FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING METHODOLOGY I- JACQUELINE GARCA

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SCHEDULE FIRST SEMESTER 2015
DATE

TOPIC

ACTIVITIES

February 10th

INTRODUCTIONPEDAGOGICAL
AGREEMENT

February 11th

Key concepts in
methodology.

Discussing the
syllabus. Assigning
percentages.
Breaking ice
activity.
MATCHING
EXERCISE.

February 17 th

First Language
Acquisition.

GROUP
DISCUSSION.
Teachers
explanations.

Comparing and
Contrasting first
and second
language
acquisition

Jigsaw Activity

Principles of
teaching

Watching Movie

February 18

th

February 24th

READINGS OR
VIDEOS
ASSIGNED

Read Chapter
2and 3: First
Language
Acquisition.
Brown (1994).
Watch the
videos
Behaviorism.
Cognitivism vs
constructivism.
Submit first
critical
commentary
Choosing
authors for
presentations.
Sthephen
Krashen
Bruner
McLaughling
Abraham
Maslow
Jean Piaget
George Kelly
Erick Erickson
Carl Rogers
R. Feurstain
Howard Gardner
Sigmund Freud
Bialystock
Cummins
Watch the
movie. Behind
the blackboard.
Submit second
critical

commentary.
February 25 th
to March 18th

March 24th to
25th
March 31st

Authors
explaining first
and second
language
learning.
MIDTERM
Learning styles
and strategies.

April 1st
April 7th -8th

HOLY WEEK
Methods and
Approaches.

April 14th TO
May 13th
May 19th and
20th
May 26th

Microteachings

May 27th
June 2-3

Class
Observation
Class
Observation
Final Exam

Students
presentations.
Review each two
classes.
Oral or written
exam
Teachers
explanation.
Identifying your
learning style and
strategy.
Conceptual map
and video
presentations.

Students
microteachings
Students visit to a
classroom.
Student`s oral
report on the
observation made
Oral or written
exam.

Read the
document
Learning Styles
and Strategies.
Third critical
commentary.
Choosing the
method/approa
ch: CLT
TBA
Collaborative
Teaching
Whole
Language
Approach
Lexical
Approach
TPR
CLIL
Direct Method
Multiple
Intelligences
Audio-Lingual
Method
Grammar
translation
Method
Submitting the
final reflection