EDME426-26X2 (O) Special non-calendar-based Two 2026 (UC Online)

Effective English Language Teaching

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 27 April 2026
End Date: Sunday, 28 June 2026
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 10 May 2026
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 7 June 2026

Description

This level 8 course is an introductory course for future English language teachers who have minimal or some previous experience working with students who learn English as a second/foreign/additional language (hereinafter L2). It is also suitable for in-service teachers with considerable experience but little previous training on teaching L2 English learners. The course aims to enable English language teachers to effectively teach listening, speaking, reading, and writing in a real and virtual classroom. Throughout the course, students will have the opportunity to acquire advanced theoretical and pedagogical knowledge and understanding of teaching English skills, design and evaluate lesson plans for teaching skills, evaluate and choose materials and resources that are suitable for learners, design effective assessment and provide feedback, and confidently teach an online lesson with the help of digital technologies.

Learning Outcomes

On the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate advanced theoretical and pedagogical knowledge and understanding of teaching English skills by being able to critique a chosen theory or pedagogy
2. Demonstrate advanced knowledge of the purpose and principles of planning and key components of the lesson plans by being able to apply this knowledge in designing and evaluating effective lesson plans
3. Acquire essential knowledge and understanding of assessment and feedback, and apply this knowledge in designing effective assessment tasks and providing feedback
4. Critically evaluate the materials and classroom resources for teaching English that consider learner differences and needs
5. Demonstrate good teaching skills in delivering online lessons by proficient use of digital technologies

Prerequisites

Restrictions

Timetable Note

EDME426 Weekly schedule:
Week 1 The Planned English Lesson
Week 2 Teaching Listening
Week 3 Teaching Speaking
Week 4 Teaching Reading
Week 5 Teaching Writing
Week 6 Teaching and Learning Materials
Week 7 Assessment and Feedback
Week 8 Digital Technologies and Language Teaching

Course Coordinator

Jean Kim

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Reflective report and lesson plan 50%
Online demonstration lesson and short essay 50%


Assessment 1 (50%) is evaluating, critiquing, and improving a 15-minute demo lesson taught by a qualified and experienced ESOL teacher. Students are first required to write a reflective report of any chosen demo lesson and then design a new lesson plan that aligns with their teaching context or any hypothesised contexts provided by the course, with reference to relevant literature, which will lead to more effective teaching. Due in Week 4.

2.   Assignment 2 (50%) is a recorded online lesson demo delivered to a hypothesised learner or learner group and a short essay justifying the design of the lesson by drawing on relevant literature. Students need to develop a new lesson plan different from Assignment 1. The lesson demo will be recorded using an online teaching application. The essential components of the assignments consist of 1) describing the background of the learner, 2) describing the learning objectives of the lesson, (3) presenting moves and steps of the lesson, 4) discussing the selection of materials and the design of assessment tasks, and (5) justifying a chosen method or theory underpinning the design of activities. Due in Week 8.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,150.00

International fee $4,775.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Leadership and Professional Practice .

All EDME426 Occurrences

  • EDME426-26X2 (O) Special non-calendar-based Two 2026 (UC Online)