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Approaches to English Grammar
This course is designed to provide students with instruction and practice in how to approach the subject of English grammar (linguistic structure) and principally through the English language. The class is much heavier on the practice of getting students to understand and implement some fundamental structural elements of English and lighter on the theory of specific grammar points In addition to focusing on developing teaching knowledge and skills, the classroom serves as a model environment for the student teachers.
This page shows overviews of MA courses I took in Sookmyung Women's university. Each course was interesting and meaningful to develop my knowledge of teaching English.
English for Specific Purpose (ESP)
Through this course, students have a deeper understanding of the issues and implementation of ESP/CBI courses. Students also learn how to do a needs analysis, make lesson plans, and develop or adapt own curriculum, materials and assessments to suit the needs and goals of their learners. Students also look at other ESP/CBI courses which could include English for Academic Purposes, Business English, English through Science, Social Studies, etc., based on students’ areas of interest.
Digital Gaming and Teaching and Learning
This course looks in to the way digital games provide opportunities for learners to explore practice and develop language skills. This entails looking first into the theory of gaming and what it is about games that make them a unique and potentially useful venue for language learning. The course also looks at how teachers can manage the opportunities afforded by game play for maximum effect in the classroom.
Curricula & Materials Development
This course focuses on getting the students to explore ways for evaluating, adapting and creating materials for language teaching In this course student firstly review SLA theories in order to build up the criteria and frame work for analyzing and creating materials. Secondly the evaluation of the existing material will be done on the basis of the evaluation criteria that are set up by their belief about language teaching. Thirdly, on the basis of the result of the material evaluation, the adaptation of the material will be carried out. Finally, in this course, students will create and publish one fine course material for their own teaching.
Creativity and Humanism in TESOL
In search of how we as teachers and course developers can help each learner reach their fullest potential in Korean ELT classroom setting, this course will include what we can do to help each child tap into her or his inner creativity. This course will look into teacher factors, student factors and materials with reference to helping each child develop their creativity and in a micro perspective. From the macro perspective the course looks at the positive humanizing effects or helping each child find what is creative in themselves.
Discourse analysis
This course is designed to provide students with instruction and practice for the development of knowledge and skills related to the teaching of spoken forms of an additional language. The course is designed as a review course and as such we will be covering various issues in the teaching of speaking but the various material is interconnected through a discourse perspective. Discourse analysis studies the relationship between language use and the contexts in which language is used and is therefore well suited to a course focused on spoken, situated language use. In essence, this course will be a practically-minded overview of the macroskill of speaking and how we as teachers can best deal with and develop the microskills our students need to be better speakers of English. This course provides an overview of what speaking is as a particular type of language use and seeks to develop skills on how we as teachers can help our students develop as speakers of English.
Techniques in Working with 12s and Under
This module studies useful techniques and methods that support young learners (12s and under) to learn English as a foreign language in a Korean setting. In this module, early childhood education theories and ESL/EFL acquisition theories will be reviewed as to understand the rationales for using the activities that have been widely applied in young learners’ language lessons. Story-telling, story reading, story making, drama activities, songs and chants, phonics, games, and others will be explored and studied in terms of how these can be used to maximize language learning of young English language learners.
Teaching Writing
This course has two main areas of focus, both of which revolve around composition, but from different angles. Part of the course is designed to provide students with instruction in the foundations of English composition itself, the goal being to provide instruction and practice which will enable the students to improve their compositions skills. The course will also ultimately focus on how to teach writing/composition in the English language. It is believed that the special hands-on practice which the students will get in this class serves to heighten their understanding of some of the aspects of teaching writing/composition. Focusing on contextualized skills development, the classroom will endeavor to serve, as always, as a model environment for the student teachers.
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