COURSE OUTLINE
Title: Professional Development
Course code: ENG712
No. of credits: 3 credits
1. COURSE OVERVIEW
Professional Development for language teachers is designed to provide students of Masters in TESOL with theories, principles and skills for ongoing learning during the teaching career to meet the ever-changing challenges of the TESOL field. It will cover the nature of professional development, and different procedures that can be used to facilitate professional development in language teaching in three main themes: (1) development through self (Self-monitoring, Journal writing and Teaching portfolios), (2) development through others (Peer observation, Workshops, Teacher support groups, Peer coaching and Team teaching) and (3) development through research (Analysing critical incidents, Case analysis and Action research).
2. COURSE OBJECTIVES
3. TOPIC DESCRIPTIONS
4. MATERIALS
Required textbooks
5. ASSESSMENT
5.1 Midterm (40%)
5.2 Final (60%)
6. STUDENT WORKLOAD