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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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MT

Mar 12, 2021

I had fun enrolling on this course and it's very insightful. And Keep the great work, Dr Shane Dixon. I can't wait to complete the rest of the courses so that I get my professional certificate. Thanks

VM

Apr 9, 2020

Great course! Nice content and great presentation of the material. Useful not only for ESL teachers, but for all language teachers and even for teachers in general. Thank you for creating this course!

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By Ngân Á

Aug 4, 2021

Thank you, Coursera Team! Thanks for your simple and meaningful Foundation Teaching Principles, I've learnt a lot of useful skills and techniques to apply to my teaching methods.

By Tasneem T

Mar 31, 2021

So simple yet so educational. As an aspiring teacher, I feel like I am a better tutor today than I was before I took this course. Thanks to all the instructors who were involved!

By Francisco R L

Mar 23, 2021

The course was so much fun! The teachers know exactly what they are doing and how they do it. The information was presented very clearly and in an interesting way. Great content!

By Rohcell Q S

Nov 9, 2020

What a great way to learn how to teach while actually experiencing it! Thank you, more power to the school & entire staff. I will surely take glance to other courses you offered.

By Saja F

Jul 24, 2020

An outstanding course structure that enables you with all the fused materials, presentations and information to learn and plan effectively as well to improve your academic level.

By Wedded 2 W

Mar 12, 2020

The kind course is very informative and entertaining. At some point I forget that I am learning and it feels like I am watching an interesting docuseries. That is how good it is.

By Laura N F R

Mar 14, 2019

es muy buen curso tiene cosas muy interesantes para aprender y para ayudar a ser mejores maestros buscando facilidades para enseñar el lenguaje y de la misma forma mas didactico.

By Cristina M

Nov 12, 2024

I am thrilled with this course. It provided me with very important insights on how to teach a language and on teaching in general. I am excited to continue with the next course!

By Hasnaoui M

Oct 14, 2023

A very inspiring learning journey for language teaching. I admire this learning process very much .Thanks to all contributors:teachers, stuff and programers..very good indeed !!

By Sundus A

Aug 2, 2022

I learned a lot from the stage I completed and it was very useful and fun as well and I think that I will make great cognitive progress as I progress through the course stages .

By Kateryna Z

Oct 12, 2021

Excellent course that helped me get the main idea of teaching and learning principles. Looking forward to the next level of Certification. Thanks for the opportunity to pass it.

By Ovezmyrat A

Sep 1, 2021

That was amazing. It was truly an incredible experience for me. I will finish the next courses and progress step by step towards my dream job as a teacher. Thanks for everything

By Jesiree S

Aug 19, 2020

I really like the way the instructors teach, deliver and discuss the lessons, it helped me learn while having fun listening and taking notes of the discussion. Thank you. Kudos!

By Loujin

Jun 13, 2020

It's been areally graet journey during this course!

I really liked the using of a metaphor in each week,

I just hope to avoid a written material so we can print it out and study.

By Hend M

May 7, 2020

Thank you so much for this course. I enjoyed it a lot. It was one of my dreams to take TESOL course and I found it here. The teachers are amazing. Thanks for your great efforts.

By Ahmad A F

Apr 22, 2017

Wonderful and amazing course provided by ASU. I highly recommend this for any teacher of ESL or TEFL or CELTA. What a beautiful MOOC. Well done. Great content. Amazing teachers!

By Raj K

Apr 6, 2022

I have learnt a lot of things so far and I am exited to take more courses in this field. I am grateful to both Coursera and ASU for giving me an oppotunity to take this course.

By ANURADHA B

Aug 9, 2021

Amazing ,innovative and inspiring. enriching as well as igniting a teacher's mind to make teaching and learning more meaningful. To add cherry on the cake ,immensely enjoyable.

By Maria T O

Dec 18, 2020

I found the principles and techniques easy to follow and it made me realize the importance of some aspects in teaching that I tend to disregard or not pay attention. Thank you.

By ailane j

Nov 22, 2020

It was a fun and enjoyable experience learning the Foundational Principles of teaching with you. I'll definitely enroll in the succeeding courses. Thanks for the opportunity!

By Chatchakris C

Jun 10, 2020

I love it. It generates a lot of research topic idea and presented well. Organization of lesson summary in each lesson is excellent. Can't wait to study the next course by ASU.

By John K S

Aug 4, 2018

My wife has been a school teacher for almost 20 years. She wishes her university program had covered burnout, just one of the interesting foundation principles in this course.

By Mawlwin H

Sep 27, 2021

The lectures are so short and sweet because of the lecturer's good explanations and metaphoric uses. It makes leraners more interested and inspired to engage in the lecutres.

By Ирина Е

Nov 23, 2020

It was interesting to know the basic of teaching the foreign language. The lecturer was amazing and pleasant to hear! Everything was clear to me. Thanks a lot for this course!

By Kalandarov S

Aug 16, 2020

this is really incredible course I was delighted to join and learn so much methods techniques for teaching English. and I'm going to continue all these courses till the end.