TESOL I

TESOL stands for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.

It refers to teaching English to non-native English speakers either Abroad or in English-speaking countries, though it is most often used to refer to language instruction that occurs in English-speaking countries.

TEFL vs. TESOL

• Essentially they mean the same thing:

  Teaching English to non-native speakers.

• Certification in Native land / Overseas

• fastest-growing educational sectors

• A particular form of procedure for accomplishing or approaching something, especially systematic or established

• Systematic:

  • Established strategies

  • Guiding ideas that inform instruction (theories of language and language learning)

• The connections between a teacher’s classroom practice to the beliefs that are responsible for those actions.

Method

Methodology: 101

• It is the activities, tasks, and learning experiences used by the teacher within the teaching and learning process.

• It is the dynamic, creative, and exploratory neuroeducation learning process.

Approach

• A broad theoretical or philosophical perspective.

• A way of dealing with something.

• A way of looking at teaching and learning, a theoretical view of what language is, and of how it can be learned.

Technique

• A way of doing something by using special knowledge or skill.

• A technique is a skill and ability in a practical activity that you develop through training and practice.

• Engaging activity to implement a tool.

Larsen-Freeman and Anderson (2011) present the following reasons for studying methods:

• Serve as a tool for reflection

• Help teachers choose to teach differently and/or modify their practice

• Develop a knowledge base, allowing teachers to join a Community of Practice (PLCs)

• Continually reflect and refresh teaching

• Expand a teacher’s repertoire of techniques

• Can help teachers articulate and transform their understanding of the teaching and learning process

• Language Objectives:

“Students will be able to” (SWBAT) + concrete measurable outcome + language to be learned

• Content Objectives:

“Students will be able to” (SWBAT) + concrete measurable outcome + content to be learned

• Examples:

• Students will be able to learn past participles

• Students will be able to understand addition and subtraction

Bentley, J. (2023, June 29). What is TESOL and What is TESOL Certification? International TEFL Academy. Retrieved July 11, 2023, from https://www.internationalteflacademy.com/blog/what-is-tesol

Brown, H. D. (2001). Teaching by Principles: An Interactive Approach to Language Pedagogy. TESOL Quarterly, 35(2), 341. https://doi.org/10.2307/3587655

Larsen-Freeman, D., & Anderson, M. (2011). Techniques & principles in language teaching (3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Willis, D. & Willis, J. (2007). Doing task-based teaching. Oxford: Oxford University Press.