The course helps students to develop practical skills for teaching English (e.g. grammar and vocabulary) in primary English classrooms in Macao. The course also helps students to further develop their own grammatical and lexical competence and awareness. The teaching approach adopted for this course involves use of a variety of methods such as lectures, questioning, group presentation and discussion in class. All students are expected to do the required reading and complete all assignments or exercises.
Intended Learning Outcomes
CILO-1: Demonstrate a better awareness of the principles and methods of grammar and vocabulary teaching.
CILO-2: Demonstrate a better awareness of how teaching supports school students’ language learning.
CILO-3: Plan, design, and implement English lessons.
CILO-4: Help school students to interact with each other in English.
CILO-5: Reflect on school students’ classroom learning.
CILO-6: Reflect on their future classroom teaching.