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About the Course

Through a series of engaging metaphors and stories, prospective and current EFL/ESL teachers will identify, summarize, and evaluate 7 basic language learning paradigms. Learners will be presented information on such foundational principles as motivation, risk taking, two different modes of learning, and balancing the teacher profession. Learners are also given an understanding of basic techniques founded on those principles, such as teacher talk, looking “ridiculous” in order to lower the affective filter, and networking. With these foundational principles in mind, ESL/EFL teachers will scrutinize common assumptions about language learning by comparing how they stack up to research-based core principles....
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CK

Sep 9, 2021

That was a great experience and im very grateful for all the information I have been taught. The professors leading this course are just so professional and it was really joyful to learn all the time.

CR

May 12, 2020

Simply amazing. Loved every single minute of it. I feel myself a much better teacher, I’ve learnt how to see resources to give a better class as well as offer my students better practices of learning.

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By Ossama D

Jan 28, 2021

It has been a privilege to take this course and learn at the hands of Mr Dixon , thank you for your efforts and I hope to take another course under your presentation , I enjoyed your videos and learned a lot about teaching with another perspective

By Dylan

Dec 3, 2020

Great Course about English Teaching, even for those seeking for a career change. It focuses on covering all the possible aspects of a good teacher, and the content is excellently structured. Highly recommended for everyone passionate for teaching!

By zafarul h

Oct 10, 2020

It was a wonderful experience learning with Coursera. It is my first time doing an online course and I enjoyed it very much. The content, instructors, methodology and overall setup is amazing. Looking forward to joining new course soon. Thank you!

By Kateryna M

Mar 18, 2019

I am very grateful for creating this course. It helped me to broaden my understanding of teaching process, to find out new techniques and methods and to get inspiration and motivation. I can't wait getting my students "out of the classroom door":)

By Jazzy R G

Nov 7, 2022

This course has taught me a lot. The teachers used many teaching techniques that would be highly beneficial for ESL students. Both the tasks and the practice tests, which test our ability to remember the material from each class, are interesting.

By Jose F L G

Apr 22, 2016

I had taken several courses on the basic principles of English language teaching. Foundatioinal Principles made clear a lot of concepts I had only partly understood in the past. I can recommend this course to both novice and experienced teachers.

By maria v

Feb 11, 2016

I highly recommend this amazing course which is part of a four part series for Tesol certificate. It is full of great information and I learnt so much. All the videos and information is so professional and the tutors fantastic. Thank you so much.

By OLIVIA A

May 24, 2024

I just want to say thank u so much for this kind of hope that u given to us especially for the People who cannot afford❤️🙏 Thank you for Coursera and also thank you for the instructor of this course as well as the Arizona State University.❤️🙏

By Tinashe N

Feb 10, 2023

This course was amazing! I learned a lot. Dr. Shane Dixon's lectures were amazing. His explanations through metaphors and real-life examples were on point. I highly recommend this course to any teacher who wants to improve their teaching skills.

By Herb R I

Jul 27, 2020

While a bit easy (I mean it's an intro and material is peer-reviewed, not graded by professors), it is very informative and captivating. A lot of fun to interact with others and be introduced in an easy way to quite serious and complex material.

By Jawad K

May 7, 2017

I loved all the lessons and quizzes. Amazing teachers and great perspective. I never thought my online learning experience is going to be so good. Dr. Shane you are GEM! Would love to meet you one day face to face. My experience was fantastic!!!

By ANA F M

Nov 18, 2023

As an audio and visual learner, this course is very effective for me because they have videos aside from the reading materials and quizzes. The teaching strategies ASU coaches have taught me are very practical. I am excited to use it very soon.

By kamran p

Oct 6, 2023

It was truly a great honor for me to participate in this course and learn so many methods i can use in my classes. thanks to Dr. shane and all the people who made this course and thanks for the financial aid. cannot wait to start the new course

By Tatiana N L

Aug 30, 2023

Hello,

Please , I like the way the course is handled, even though we don't see the teacher physically, we can still view the videos. The presentation is expressive and fun, which makes someone to love and continue with the course. Thanks

By HANY A H A

Nov 16, 2022

I have learned a lot from this course even I have taken the TEFL from USA .

the teachers and the teaching methods in this course are so good .

i have learned many teaching techniques from the teachers than the material it self specially DR.shwan

By Mohamed Y

Jul 26, 2022

This course is necessary for any English teacher. It is distinguished because it depends mainly on videos in presenting materials. The language of the pesenters is clear and is convenient for learners with competence of English equals B1 or B2.

By 0 0

Aug 23, 2023

Hello, I want to send huge thanks to all instructors who are just amazing. They are so lovely, i cant believe i could love someone without gaving a face to face interaction. Thank you for your kindness, sincerity, labour just for everything.❤️

By Fabio F

Dec 16, 2020

This course is well structured and explained. Dr. Shane is a true actor and give a lot of instructions how to become an effective second language teacher. I'll purchase the whole specialization because I want to become a great teacher as well.

By Rajapakse M S N E

Apr 7, 2020

I couldn't rest until I completed this course! It was that good. I highly recommend it to TESL teachers. Thank you to the team of wonderful lecturers who took me on this wonderful journey of learning, relearning, unlearning and learning again!

By Beberly D L C

Jan 8, 2018

Great course content, professors and videos. The tests were also very objective and I liked the fact that there were many of them, as online students we do need lots of feedback and the tests provided that.

Thanks, I really enjoyed the course.

By Evelyn A

Oct 6, 2022

This has been a phenomenal experience, I will utilize several techniques that were provided in my own classroom. I am glad to have taken it. Teachers are very knowledgeable, I am so grateful to have taken this course.

Sincerely,

Evelyn Diaz

By Todd & D R

Sep 23, 2021

Excellent course that is well written. Engaging projects but they are graded by "peers." If a peer lacks the ability to find your project because they skim over the URL, it will cause you to fail. Just put the URL in a document and upload it.

By Demrie M A

Mar 6, 2018

I learned so much in a short period of time, but never felt rushed or overwhelmed. Each week had just the right amount of information. I had to work ahead for the last few weeks because of being away for a week in college, but it was doable!

By 邹敏姣

Mar 14, 2022

I really appreciate it when I study the course. It provides me with the opportunity to learn foundational principles of language teaching to make good preparations for being a language teacher. Also, the two coaches are so nice. Thank you!

By ROMEL B P A

Nov 17, 2020

This course seemed excellent in every way, the academic part, the resources taught such as videos, and quotes from all the characters named for their valuable studies

Thank you for creating an optimal level of motivation to continue studying