David Yellin Teachers' College

DAVID YELLIN TEACHERS' COLLEGE

2009-2008 שם הקורס: דידקטיקה באנגלית - למתקדמים שם המורה: : רבי לורין מס' הקורס:0-1342653-0 סמסטר: א - ו-ב מס' שעות: 2

Name of Course - 3rd Year English Methodology Teacher - Laureen Rabbe Semester- 1st and 2nd Number of credits – 2 :נושאי הקורס Aim of Course: To prepare you for your future teaching positions by enhancing your teaching skills and knowledge in the field.

Some of the Topics to be covered in the course:  Learner styles and strategies with regard to the heterogeneous classroom  Classroom management in the English classroom of today  Implementation of the National Curriculum – (domains, benchmarks, standards)  Lesson planning and preparation with respect to the National Curriculum  Reflection and how it benefits us as teachers  Approaches to reading/ Bloom's Taxonomy / HOTS  Dictation – why? and how?  Vocabulary development  Varying teaching methods  Materials development דרישות הקורס:

Course Requirements:/Assessment

Participation 20% (taking an active part in the lessons) Micro-teaching 40% (presentations) Proficiency 15% (oral and written) Assignments 25% (lesson plans, dictations, discipline situations etc.) 100% :ביבליוגרפיה Bibliography – 3rd Year Methodology

Bejarano Y. (1987) A cooperative small-group methodology in the language classroom: TESOL Quarterly 2) (3)

Brent R, Anderson P., "Developing Children's classroom listening strategies", The Reading Teacher vol. 47 no 2 Oct 1993.

Burke Guild, P. (Sept. 1997,) "Where Do the Learning Theories Overlap?" Educational Leadership. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development,

Clark, E.R. and Linden, J.(1997) To assess English Listening Comprehension in children. TESOL Journal 7 (3)

Cohen, A.D. (1998) Strategies in Learning and Using a Second Language. New York: Addison Wesley Longman Inc.

Cooper, R. Lavery, M and Rinvolucri M (1991) Video. Oxford: Oxford University Press

Ehrman, Madeline E. (1996). Understanding second language learning difficulties: Thousand Oaks, C.A.:Sage Publications, Inc. Gefen R. (1985) Teaching listening comprehension in schools. English Teachers'Journal - Israel (31). Israel: Ministry of Education and Culture. Gefen R and Goldfus C (eds) (1993) A Communicative Methodology, Ministry of Education and Culture, Jerusalem. Johnson D.W, Johnson R.T. and Holubec E.J.(1994). Cooperative learning in the classroom. Alexandria, V.A. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Klippel, F (1984) Keep talking: communicative fluency activities for language teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Krashen S.D and Terrel T.D(1983). The natural approach: language acquisition in the classroom. New York: Pergamon Press.

McCarthy, B. (1987). The 4MAT system: teaching to learning styles with right / left mode techniques. Barrington, IL, Excel, Inc.

Mendelsohn D.(1995). Listening comprehension: disturbing realities and attainable dreams. English Teachers' Journal (Israel) 48. Ministry of Education and Culture, Jerusalem, Israel. Mann, G., Shemesh R. and Shlayer J., (2002) "Projects at Work." English Teachers' Journal 54, 18 – 39. New Bagrut Assessment Handbook, 2003, English Inspectorate, Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, Jerusalem Nunan D (Ed.) (1992). Collaborative language learning and teaching. Cambridge University Press.

Oxford, R. (1993,) Language learning strategies in a nutshell: update and ESL suggestions. TESOL Journal 2 (2)

Oxford, R. and Scarcella R. (1992) The tapestry of language learning: the individual in the communicative classroom. Boston: Heinle and Heinle Publishers.

Silver, H. Strong, R. and Perini M (1997) Integrating learning styles and multiple intelligences. Educational Leadership Sept 1997

Tanner, R., and Green C. (1998) Tasks for Teacher Education: Longman

Ur P. (1981) Discussions that Work, CUP

(1996) A Course in Language Teaching: Practice of Theory, CUP

Ur P. and Wright A., (1992) Five Minute Activities, Cambridge University Press

RELEVANT WEB SITEShttp://www.anglit.net/main/index.html www.amit.org.il/learning/English

English Teachers Network of Israel www.etni.org.il

Educationworld.com/a-lesson http://www.english-to-go.com/

Games, puzzles, word searches - Funbrain.com

Personal Learning Style Inventory http://www.howtolearn.com/personal.html Maximizing Multiple Intelligences Through Multimedia http://www.infotoday.com /MMSchools/octOO/martin&burnette.htm http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp

Compiled by Laureen Rabbe