Topic outline
1. Introduction to Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)
1. What do you know about TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) and why do the pre-service English teachers need to understand it well?
2. When an English teacher is going to teach the students English, he/she needs to know well about an approach of teaching, method of teaching, and technique of teaching. What make these terminologies different?
Write down your idea in detail. After you have written down your own ideas, don't forget to reply to at least three of your friends' works. You may agree or disagree with your friends' works or even you may add any detailed information/explanation to your friends' works.
2. The nature of approaches and methods in ELT
Why does a teacher need to choose an appropriate method to teach the students English? In your opinion, what considerations a teacher should be taken into account when he/she chooses a particular method of teaching English?
Share your ideas in detail and don't forget to provide any comments to your peers' works.
3. Theory of language learning: Habit formation theory, Piaget's Theory, and Vygotsky' Theory
You have already learnt three different theories of language learning. In your opinion, how to design English learning based on these three theories? What are the possible steps of language learning that you might take? Share your ideas based on the three theories in detail!
The cut-off date will be September 19, 2022 at 23.00 pm
6. Competence vs. Performance
Discuss the following questions!
What is the different between competence and performance?
Why is it importance to make distinction between competence and performance?
How do competence and performance apply to language classroom?
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The cut-off date is October 9, 2022 at 10.00 a.m