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The American TESOL Expert 200 hour Program consists of assignments and readings from Cambridge University Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Teaching English to Children and Barron’s ESL Guide to American Business English Textbooks. TESOL for Children and TESOL for Business Assignments are also completed using American TESOL e-books.

I. Introduction, Assignments 1-3 10 Hours

What is TESOL?
An inside look at the basic theories behind Second Language Acquisition.
Properties of language, teaching listening, and speech production
What is pedagogy?
Practice, Production and Process: Three P’s of TESOL writing.
Mechanics of Articulation
Approaches to Teaching

II. Assignments 4-5 10 Hours

Techniques and Methods in successful in successful English L2 Classrooms
Discussions of Grammar and “Connectionism”
Taking the Lexical Approach

III. Assignments 6-9 Lesson Planning Basics 20 Hours

Brainstorm-Themes, proficiency, objectives of learning and methodology.
Class-Time Action-Teaching Objectives-In-Class and Out-of-Class
Putting it All Together for Review
Sample Lesson Plans
Create 5 Lesson Plans
Teaching Dialogue

IV. Assignments 10-11 Activities 10 Hours

Computer Assisted Learning
Music in the Classroom
Lyrics for English Songs/Games

V. Assignments 12 Elements of Pronunciation 10 Hours

Learning/Teaching Aids
Psycholinguistics and Bilingualism
Sociolinguistics
Five Language Learning Strategies

VI. Review 10 Hours

Rassias Method, Fundamental, why it works.
Classroom Functions and Models

TESOL Short Thesis 10 Hours

TESOL for Children Certification Course 60 Hours

TESOL for Business Certification Course 60 Hours