Accredited 60-hour TEYL course
This accredited TEYL course covers all the essential skills and know-how needed to teach the English language to young learners. You’ll learn why young learners need extra attention, the factors that can influence their performance in lessons, how their abilities develop with age, how to help them build language skills, and how to teach grammar and lexis to them. At the end of this course, you should be well-equipped to teach young learners with confidence.
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Modules
Module 1: TEYL introduction
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Module 1.1: Your TEYL course
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Module 1.2: The TEYL Environment
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Module 2: Understanding the psyche of children
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- Introduction to the psyche of children
- How language and cognitive abilities develop
- Theories of learning and development
- Theory 1: Jean Piaget
- Theory 2: Lev Vygotsky
- Constructivism and Instructivism
- Constructivist and Instructivist classrooms
- Student homelife
- Common parenting styles
- Children’s psyche conclusion
- Understanding the psyche of children – Quiz
Module 3: How young learners build language skills
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Module 4: Teaching different age groups
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Module 5: Introducing grammar and lexis
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Module 5.1: Introducing grammar for young learners
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Module 5.2: Introducing lexis (vocab, chunks of language)
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- Lexis (vocabulary; chunks of language) for younger young learners
- Teaching lexis to younger young learners
- Presenting lexis for learning to younger young learners
- Embedding new lexical items in long-term memory banks
- Lexis (vocabulary, chunks of language) for older young learners
- Teaching lexis – Quiz
Module 6: Teaching listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills
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- Introduction to teaching language skills
- How to approach skills learning
- Key listening activities for younger young learners
- Key listening activities for older young learners
- Key speaking activities with younger young learners
- Key speaking activities with older young learners
- Writing advice for teaching younger young learners
- Writing activities for younger young learners
- Writing activities for older young learners
- Reading activities with younger young learners
- Reading activities with older young learners
- Phonological and phonemic awareness
- Phonological awareness
- Phonological and phonemic awareness activities
- Key pronunciation topics to understand
- Pronunciation teaching tips
- Language skills – Quiz