INTEREDU™ - Teaching Receptive English Language Skills “Reading and Listening Skills” for 1-3 grades

Curriculum

Teaching Receptive English Language Skills “Reading and Listening Skills” for 1-3 grades

Program Details

Title	Teaching Receptive English Language Skills “Reading and Listening Skills” for 1-3 grades
Duration:	15 hours
Prerequisites:	Completed “ Advanced Educational Qualification”
Material:	Training Guide, Program Kit, and online resources on Marifah
Level - Track:	Specialized Level – English
Target Audience :	English Language Teachers grade (1-3)

Short Description

This program focuses on familiarizing teachers with the competencies of teaching receptive English language skills; reading and listening skills to primary school students. The workshop model is applied for learning the targeted skills and knowledge in an interactive, collaborative, and active framework. It offers practical examples and experience in designing and planning lessons and educational units to teach reading and listening within balanced literacy approach. This approach promotes acquisition of basic vocabulary and literacy learning while assessment is conducted using different techniques and resources. It utilizes the chance for interaction with reading resources and peer learning. Furthermore, It follows different strategies and techniques ranging from whole class, small groups and individual work to the strategy of microteaching.

Big Ideas

•	Teaching listening and reading following the same classroom procedure.
•	Language receptive skills should be assessed by active tasks.
•	Listening requires the ability to be attentive.
•	Young learners benefit from the explicit teaching of multiple reading skills (e.g. phonological awareness, decoding/ encoding, vocabulary) and from teaching comprehension various reading strategies.

Essential Questions

•	What is the difference between receptive and productive language skills?
•	What is the importance of listening in English language?
•	How can we teach listening to young learners?
•	How can we help learners to listen for a purpose?
•	How can we teach reading for young learners?
•	How can we teach global reading?

Outcomes

Unit	Outcomes
1	• Identify the importance of teaching listening. • Implement classroom procedures for teaching receptive language skills (listening and reading). • Differentiate between productive and receptive language skills. • Compare and contrast reading and listening skills. • Clarify the classroom procedures for teaching receptive skills (listening and reading). • Teach listening to young learners by implementing the Total Physical Response Method to teach listening skills. • Describe how to teach listening for beginners. • Apply various activities of Total Physical Response Method ( TRP ) .
2	• Explain how to foster TRP method to teach listening to young learners. • Describe the framework for teaching listening. • Clarify how to effectively teach vocabulary to young learners. • Implement lesson plans for teaching listening to young learners.
3	• Explain how to foster phonemic awareness for young learners. • Explain how to use syllable games to teach listening and reading for young learners. • Explain how to use minimal pairs to teach listening and reading for young learners. • Implement lesson plans for teaching listening to young learners. • Define plagiarism. • Implement lessons plan for teaching reading to young learners using different games and strategies.

Assessment

No	Assessment		Component	Weight
1	Attendance and Participation		Participation	5
1	Attendance and Participation		Attendance	5
2	Formative Assessment	Self-regulated -assessment	KWL-Q	5
		Self-regulated -assessment	Vocabulary Tool pre and post	5
		Trainer Assessment	Assessment task 1- Quiz	10
			Assessment task 2- Creating a listening lesson plan	10
			Assessment task 3- Creating a reading lesson plan	10
3	Summative Assessment		Summative performance task: a reading and listening lesson plan	15
			Exit Task	5
			Portfolio	10
			Final exam	20
Program Total				100

Time Distribution

No	Item	Time (min)
1	KWL-Q	15
2	Pre - Vocabulary Tool	15
3	Terminology	10
4	Activity 1.1: Teaching English Language- Metaphors	35
5	Activity 1.2: Language Skills: Receptive & Productive	45
6	Activity 1.3: Receptive Skills- Compare and Contrast	35
7	Activity 1.4: Teaching Receptive Skills- Classroom Procedures	45
8	Activity 1.5: Why Teaching Listening- Brainstorming	35
9	Activity 1.6: Total Physical Response (TPR	45
10	Activity 1.7: TPR Method- Illustrative Examples	40
11	Activity 1.8: Quiz	15
12	Activity 2.1: Teaching using Total Physical Response (TPR) Method	35
13	Activity 2.2: Teaching Vocabulary in the English Language Classroom	45
14	Activity 2.3: Listen to a Story: The Enormous Turnip	50
15	Activity 2.4: Characteristics of a Successful Listening Lesson	35
16	Activity 2.5: Create your Listening Lesson Plan	80
17	Activity 2.6: Reflection	10
18	Activity 3.1: Fostering Phonemic Awareness	45
19	Activity 3.2: Teaching Syllables	45
20	Activity 3.3: Teaching Minimal Pairs	45
21	Activity 3.4: Reading for Meaning (Reading Comprehension)	50
22	Activity 3.5: Create your Reading Lesson Plan	80
23	Activity 3.6: Reflection	15
24	Activity 3.7: Create your integrated Lesson Plan	H.W
25	Post - Vocabulary Tool	10
26	Exit Task	20
Total		15 Hours