Reading assignments

Week 8 (10/23/2025)

• Read in detail: Chapter 11
• Reading in detail: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~readfl/rfl/April2005/day/day.html

Skim for information

• Read in detail: http://www.readingrockets.org/article/3479/
• http://www.ijiet.org/papers/24-K002.pdf
• https://www.tefleducator.com/lessons/teaching-reading-introduction/

Week 8 (10/16/2025)

• Detailed Reading: Chapter 10
• Reading for general information : http://coerll.utexas.edu/methods/modules/listening/

The following is list of short pages that can be used as reference points for designing activities.

• https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/five-essential-listening-skills-english-learners
• https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/a-framework-planning-a-listening-skills-lesson#sidr-0
• http://www.fluentu.com/english/educator/blog/esl-listening-skills/
• Teaching listening: http://www.auburn.edu/~nunnath/engl6240/tlisten.html

Week 6 (10/2/2025): Processing instruction, structured input and output, teaching grammar

• Chapters 7 and 8: Read for detailed information
• Chapters 6 and 9: Read for information
• http://coerll.utexas.edu/methods/modules/vocabulary/04/
• Note: Processing instruction is a relatively challenging topic to understand. Try your best to read those chapters. You can use the following document as yet another introduction to the concept.
  • https://applingtesol.wordpress.com/2023/01/14/vanpattens-processing-instruction/

Week 5 (09/25/2025): TPR

• Read in detail:
  • https://www2.vobs.at/ludescher/total_physical_response.htm
  • https://teacherblog.ef.com/total-physical-response-efl-classroom/
• Read for information:
  • James J. Asher. 1969. The Total Physical Response Approach to Second Language Learning. The Modern Language Journal, 53,1,3-17.
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/322091 (Restricted to campus access only, When prompted, login to the website via MTSU library using your MTSU credentials.)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_physical_response
• For your information: https://cala.mtsu.edu/

Week 4 (09/18/2025): Communicative competence, lesson planning

• Read in detail : Chapters 3 and 4
• Skim/read for information: Defining communicative competence: http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/42651 (pdf file)
• Read in detail: Planning lessons: http://www.princeton.edu/~pia/TEFL.pdf
• Check out the sample lesson plans and templates at https://www.grahnforlang.com/lesson-and-unit-planning.html

Week 3 (9/11/2025): Input, vocabulary

• Detailed reading: Lee & VanPatten Chapter 2
• Skim/watch for information: http://coerll.utexas.edu/methods/modules/vocabulary/
• Skim for information and for your future reference: Best pratices for teaching vocabulary
  • http://people.bu.edu/jpettigr/Artilces_and_Presentations/Vocabulary.htm
  • https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/presenting-vocabulary
  • http://busyteacher.org/13961-help-esl-students-remember-new-vocabulary.html

Week 2 (9/4/2025): SLA, standards

• Detailed reading: Lee & VanPatten Chapter 1
• Detailed reading: Standards for foreign language learning:
  • Browse this page for information: https://www.actfl.org/educator-resources/world-readiness-standards-for-learning-languages
  • Read in detail: https://www.actfl.org/sites/default/files/publications/standards/World-ReadinessStandardsforLearningLanguages.pdf
• Skim for information: "Can-do Statements" Overview nad introduction, Novice https://www.actfl.org/educator-resources/ncssfl-actfl-can-do-statements
• Skim for information: SLA concepts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-language_acquisition

Week 1 (8/28/2025): Introduction

• https://moramodules.com/ALMMethods.htm (Note that webpage loading is slow. Be patient!)