Methodology of Teaching- English

Introduction: English as an International Language; Objectives of Teaching English as a
second language
Place of English in the School Curriculum: Teaching of English at different levels: Primary
and Secondary; English as a second language for the G.C.E O/L Examination; English
Literature at the G.C.E O/L; English as a Subject for the G.C.E A/L Classes
Barriers to learning of English: Problems encountered in the learning of English in relation
to content and methods: lack of competent Teaching personnel and inadequacy of
resources; Ways of overcoming these barriers.
Approaches to the Teaching of English: A brief historical review of the Teaching
approaches of the past, and the Modem approaches to the Teaching of the Basic skills:
Grammar-translation method, Direct method, Structural/audio-lingual Audio-Visual,
Cognitive and Communicative.
Instructional Aids: Principles of producing and using Teaching aids; Construction and use
of simple Audio, Visual, and Audio-Visual aids in the classroom; Use of Computer packages
in the Teaching of English.
The Language Laboratory: Organization, Care, and Maintenance of Language Laboratory in
a School
Assessment and Evaluation of Learning: Types of tests in terms of purpose and in terms of
method; Use of a variety of Evaluation Techniques: Oral tests, Listening tests, written tests,
and Activity tests; Designing a Classroom test.