EYL COURSE SYLLABUS 2012.docx

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COURSE SYLLABUS

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE PROGRAM INDONESIA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION

=============================================================== Course Title: English for Young Learners

Total Credit: 3

Semester/Class: 2/B (Postgraduate Program) Day/Time/Room: Thursday, 07.00-09.30/04.073 Instructor: Dr. Didi Sukyadi, MA

Course Description

This course is aimed to provide you an opportunity to explore basic principles of teaching English to Young Learners (EYL), to understand what is going on in EYL classrooms in Indonesia, and to acquire skills of teaching English to Young Learners. You will read some readings concerning the basic principles of teaching EYL, do individual presentation, prepare a lesson plan, and do the peer teaching. In addition, you will also be required to carry out a small-scale study in the field of EYL.

Course Objective

At the end of the course, the course participants are expected to be able to: 1) identify the basic principles of teaching English to Young Learners.

2) comprehend the practice of teaching English to Young Learners in Indonesia. 3) plan and teach EYL classes

Assessment

Assessment will be based on: 1) Critical review (20%) 2) Mid term test: essay (20%)

3) Small scale EYL research based paper (RBP) (60%)

A+ 98-100% B+ 85-89% C+ 70-74% D+ 55-59% A 95-97% B 80-84% C 65-69% D 50-54% A- 90-94% B- 75-79% C- 60-64% F below 50%

TENTATIVE TOPICS AND ACTIVITIES Sessio

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Date Topics Activities References

1. 02/02/12 Introduction, topic assignment and grouping

2. 09/02/12 Perspectives on EYL Discussion 16/02/12 Practice of EYL in

Indonesia

Discussion

3. 23/02/12 Children learning a foreign language

The child as a language learner

Individual presentation

Individual presentation.

Cameron, Lynne (2001:1-19)

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4. 01/03/12 Working with young language learners

Identifying priorities and their implication

Halliwell, Susan (1992:3-8)

Halliwell, Susan (1992:9-18) 5. 08/03/12 Learning language

through tasks and activities

Learning through stories

Cameron, Lynne (2001:159-175) 6. 15/03/12 Learning words

Learning grammar

Cameron, Lynne (2001:96-121) 7. 22/03/12 Theme based teaching

and learning

Lesson planning and classroom management

Brewster, Jean and Gail Ellis with denis Girard, (2003: 218-231) 8. 29/03/12 UTS

9. 05/04/12 Teaching listening

Teaching speaking

Linse, Caroline T. (2005:21-44)

10. 12/04/12 Teaching reading

Teaching writing

11. 19/04/12 Games and songs

Assessing young learners

Brewster, Jean and Gail Ellis with denis Girard, (2003: 151-203)

Linse, Caroline T. (2005:137-162 Cameron, Lynee (2001:214-240) 12. 26/04/12 Peer teaching 1

Peer teaching 2 Peer teaching 3

Everybody prepares lesson plan and do a 30-minute peer teaching concerning relevant topics from available sources.

Halliwell, Susan, 1992: 41-95, 145-161,

Wright, Andrew, 1995, etc.

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14. 10/05/12 Peer teaching 7 Peer teaching 8 Peer teaching 9 15. 17/05/12 Peer teaching 10

Peer teaching 11 Peer teaching 12

16. 24/05/12 Paper submission Everybody should submit a research-based paper of about 15 pages, single-space, Times New Roman 12, left margin 3 cm, top, bottom, and right 2.5 cm, with abstract and keywords. Be on time

17. 31/05/201

2 Paper correction 18. 14/06/201

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Grade notification and remedial

References:

Brewster, Jean and Gail Ellis with Denis Girard 1992. The Primary English Teacher’s Guide. Essex, Penguin English.

Cameron, Lynne 2001. Teaching English to Young Learners. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.

Halliwell, Susan. 1992. Teaching English in the Primary Classroom. Edinburgh: Pearson Education Limited.

Linse, caroline T. 2005. Practical English Language Teaching Young Learners. Newy York: McGraw-Hill.