Higher Diploma in Teaching English as a Second Language

Introduction to Linguistics

Module Objective:
Increase our knowledge and understanding of the world.

Content

• Textual categories
• Text types
• The history of writing
• Systems of writing

Introduction to Literature

Module Objective:

Improve the students’ overall oral, writing and collaborative skills.

Content

• Character
• Plot
• Setting
• Theme
• Point of View
• Conflict
• Tone

Critical Thinking

Module Objective:
Identify the assumption needed to analyze the case or problem.

Content

• Observation – Observation skills are the starting point for critical thinking.
• Analysis – Once a problem has been identified, analytical skills become essential.
• Inference
• Communication
• Problem Solving

Educational Psychology

Module Objective:
Promote the development of the personality, talents and mental and physical abilities of children and young people to their fullest potential through collaborative work with individuals, families, schools, educational managers and other agencies.

Content

• Behaviourism
• Cognitivism
• Constructivism
• Experimentalism
• Social contextual learning theories

Educational Technology

Module Objective:
Improve the quality of education and enhance the learning process.

Content

• Design
• Development
• Utilization
• Management
• Evaluation

Language Teaching Methodologies

Module Objective:
To develop pupils’ ability to translate texts to and from L2.

Content

• The direct method. In this method, the teaching is done entirely in the language being learned.
• Grammar-Translation
• Audio-Lingual
• The Structural approach
• Total Physical Response (TPR)
• Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)
• Task-based language learning
• The natural approach

Classroom Management

• Module Objective:
  Teach pro-social behaviours.
• Effectively address issues as they happen.
• Prevent disruptive behaviour.

Content

• Total immersion – It is arguably the most authentic way of learning a new language.
• Traditional study
• Little and often
• Polyglot

Teaching Literature in ESL Classroom

Module Objective:

• Instill and inculcate the reading habit among pupils.
• Enrich pupil’s vocabulary and language content.
• Enhance pupil’s thinking skills.
• Promote cultural understanding in the Malaysian context.
• Improve English language.

Content

• Language based
• Personal enrichment
• Literature as consent

Second language acquisition

Module Objective:
To develop a high level of proficiency in both the L1 and L2 languages.

Content

• Vocabulary
• Phonological components
• Grammatical structures
• Writing systems

Teaching Reading in ESL Classroom

Module Objective:
Predicting the text using prior knowledge.

Content

• Phonics
• Phonemic awareness
• Vocabulary
• Reading comprehension
• Fluency

Teaching Writing in ESL Classroom

Module Objective:
To develop students’ written expression of  thought and provide learners opportunities to explore ideas and to build connections between content areas.

Content

• Prewriting
• Writing
• Revising
• Proofreading

Curriculum Design & Materials Development

Module Objective:
To help educational institutions to meet the needs of their students.

Content

• Objectives (aims and goals)
• Content (subject matters)
• Learning experiences and evaluation

Language awareness

Module Objective:
Understand the possible challenges that language presents to learning.

Content

• Phonology
• Morphology
• Syntax
• Semantics
• Pragmatics

Teaching Grammar in ESL Classroom

Module Objective:
Helps provide learners with a structure to recognize as they learn to understand, speak and write new languages.

Content

• Presentation with recognition
• Demonstrating comprehension
• Grammar explanation
• Practice exercises
• Communicative expression

Teaching Listening and Speaking in ESL Classroom

Module Objective:
Create the foundation to a lot of your children’s further learning.

Content

• Grammar
• Vocabulary
• Pronunciation
• Fluency
• Comprehension

Action Research for TESL

Module Objective:
Gaining insight and developing reflective practices that positively influence their students’ outcomes and contribute to the improvement of their own educational practices in general.

Content

• Action
• Research
• Collaboration
• Reflexivity

Introduction to Linguistics

Module Objective:
Increase our knowledge and understanding of the world.

Content

• Textual categories
• Text types
• The history of writing
• Systems of writing

Language Assessment

Module Objective:
Provides students with information and guidance so they can plan and manage the next steps in their learning.

Content

• Aptitude
• Diagnostic
• Placement
• Achievement
• Proficiency tests

Practical Approaches to Teaching

Module Objective:
Teach the students by combining theory and practical work experience.

Content

• Learning objectives
• Assessments
• Instructional activities

Practical Training

Module Objective:
Deepens students’ expertise, allows them to learn on-the-job, supports and compliments the degree programme’s courses.

Content

Temporary exchange of services for experience between the student and an organization. A course of study that involves the supervised practical application of previously studied theory.

Project Paper

Module Objective:

• Deliverables and assets
• Increasing productivity or motivation

Content

Information on economic, technical, financial, managerial and production aspects.