TESOL (TEFL) Specialist Modules
(click on the module heading to reveal a lesson by lesson breakdown)
1. LANGUAGE CHARACTERISTICS
- The Nature of Language
- Language in Social Settings
- Project: Recognizing In-Language
- The Functions of Language
- Project: Using Responsible Language
- Quiz 1: Language
- Nonverbal Communication
- Project: Recognizing Nonverbal Behavior
- The Functions of Nonverbal Communication
- Types of Nonverbal Communication
- Project: Ethics and Impressions
- Competent Nonverbal Communication
- Project: Observing Nonverbal Communication
- Quiz 2: Nonverbal Communication
- The Listening Process
- Listening Styles
- Project: Using Listening Styles
- Listening Barriers
- Project: Listening Strategies
- Quiz 3: Listening
- Special Project
- Review
- Test
- Alternate Test
- Glossary and Credits
2. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
- Words That Signal Types of Organization
- Words That Express Feelings
- Essay: Words for Feelings
- Spelling Lesson 1: Using y and ou
- Quiz 1: Signal Words and Words for Feelings
- Formal, Informal, Nonstandard English
- Smooth and Clear Expression
- Essay: Informal/Formal English
- Spelling Lesson 2: Homonyms
- Quiz 2 Cumulative
- Subject-Verb Agreement in Number
- Form of Action Verbs
- Verb Tense: Past/Present/Future
- Direct Object
- Verbs Often Confused: Lie/Lay
- Verbs Often Confused: Sit/Set
- Verbs Often Confused: Rise/Raise
- Verbs Often Confused: Review
- Pronouns Often Confused
- Spelling Lesson 3: Past Tense Verbs
- Quiz 3: Cumulative
- Test
- Alternate Test
- Reference
3. DEVELOPMENT AND USAGE OF ENGLISH
- Development of Language: Origins and Dialects
- The Indo-European Family
- Spelling Lesson 1: General/Content Area
- Quiz 1: History of the English Language
- Word Classes--Nouns
- Personal and Possessive Pronouns
- Other Kinds of Pronouns
- Verbs
- Adjectives and Adverbs
- Project: Descriptive Paragraph
- Essay: Writing About an Event
- Spelling Lesson 2: General
- Quiz 2: Classification of Words
- Adjectives and Adjective Phrases
- Adverbs and Adverb Phrases
- Spelling Lesson 3: Adjectives and Adverbs
- Quiz 3: Cumulative
- Speaking Qualities
- Pitch/Accent/Pause
- Punctuating Pauses
- Test
- Alternate Test
- Reference
4. LEARNING AND USING STANDARD ENGLISH
- Acquiring a Language
- Essay: Natural Language and Standard English
- Learning a Standard
- Levels of Usage
- Essay: Levels of Standard English
- Quiz 1: Why Standard English?
- Making a Dictionary
- Anatomy of a Dictionary
- Project: Dictionary Comparison
- Quiz 2: Dictionaries: Guardians of the Standard
- Types of Written Standard English
- Technical Texts
- Informational Texts
- Literary Texts
- Essay: Writing Across Standard English
- Quiz 3: Varieties of Written Standard English
- Documentation
- Works Cited
- Parenthetical Citation
- Documentation Review
- Special Project
- Test: Learning and Using Standard English
- Alternate Test: Learning and Using Standard English
- Reference
5. UNDERSTANDING CLASSROOMS
- The Small Group
- Small Group Types and Formats
- Project: Brainstorming
- Organizations
- Quiz 1: Group Communication
- Factors Affecting Group Dynamics
- Individual Competence in Groups
- Problem Solving in Groups
- Quiz 2: Group Dynamics
- Leadership Styles
- Project: Identifying Leadership Styles
- Leadership Functions
- Project: Evaluating Group Effectiveness
- Quiz 3: Group Leadership and Evaluation
- Special Project
- Review
- Test
- Alternate Test
- Glossary and Credits
6. TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS
- Types of Interpersonal Relationships
- Relationship Stages
- Project: Applying Knapp's Relational Model
- Fluctuations in Relationship Development
- Quiz 1: Interpersonal Relationships
- Conversation
- Project: Are You a Good Conversationalist?
- Conversation Management
- Project: Practicing Cues
- The Basics of Conversational Competence
- Quiz 2: Interpersonal Communication: Conversation
- Etiquette for Introductions
- Project: Introductions
- Telephone Etiquette
- E-mail Etiquette
- Criticism
- Project: Expressing Yourself Politely
- Quiz 3: Etiquette for Interpersonal Communication
- Interviewing
- Preparing for an Interview
- Project: Preparing for a Job Interview
- Quiz 4: Interviewing
- Special Project
- Review
- Test
- Alternate Test
- Glossary and Credits