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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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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!

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

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By Jadeian W

Mar 7, 2022

This course is very interactive . It uses the i+1 approach (something I learned from this course). I recommend others take this course!

By MOHAMD S W

Apr 9, 2021

I have benefited a lot from this course. Thank you very much. Now I'm excited to be a teacher of this beautiful and wonderful language.

By Ceren S G E

Dec 6, 2020

I am very happy I took this course. It helped me think about my teaching techniques and how I can get better at it. Very useful course.

By Song H

Jul 27, 2020

Amazing course. Very useful for a college English teacher like me. It just gives me answers to my confusion in teaching over the years.

By KRITI P

Jun 2, 2020

I have sucessfully completed this course and found it really helpful.

All thanks to COURSERA for giving me this platform to do my best.!

By Mustafa A

Sep 6, 2018

I loved the course. Dr Shane is very expressive. The tips and metaphors used in this course helped me a lot in my real life and career.

By Ana P R

Feb 6, 2018

The instructions, lectures, and videos are all very clear. This is a helpful course for language teachers. I would highly recommend it.

By Ezekiel J M R

Nov 10, 2017

I've really enjoyed this course. Everything was simple, but it was exactly what I needed. Thank you so much, Dr. Nixon and Ms. Haraway!

By Deleted A

Jun 15, 2017

ngaging, very well presented, modelled good teaching and made me keen to learn more - a great foundation for TESOL studies - great job!

By Soran M K

May 15, 2016

The course, and all other courses in the TESOL certificate project, is really helpful for those who are in peruse of a teaching career.

By RODEL B O

Jun 23, 2024

It is really a great opportunity to be given such this. I wholeheartedly thanks the Coursera and the Arizona State University for this

By JULIE-ANN S D J

Sep 14, 2023

Foundational Principles is compact and very imformative. I enjoyed the course and the intructors are really good. Thank you Coursera.

By Rui L

Oct 29, 2021

The course is fascinating and interesting. The teachers in the course provide some useful teaching techniques by stories and metaphor.

By Hadiyeh H

Dec 12, 2020

I love this course and they way the teachers teach in this course !

Thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to learn this way..

By sabire a

Jul 28, 2020

I liked the course of TESOL, I should complete 7 more levels then I will take my 150 credits certificate. My motivation is better now.

By Joseph C

May 31, 2020

Wonderful foundation to TESOL! I thoroughly enjoyed all the contents provided. This course was entertaining, engaging, and insightful.

By Nicholas C

Jul 19, 2019

I felt this was a great introduction to the principles of good language learning. I found the videos to be very helpful and engaging.

By Kalbiyeva R

Feb 21, 2019

I'm glad that I'm taking this course, and I hope the course will help me a lot to develop my teaching method. I am enjoying the course

By Anna-Tabita

Apr 12, 2018

Instructors made this course very enjoyable, simplifying the complicated into easy digested and easy to remember. This course motivate

By mahal p

Jul 16, 2017

I had a really awesome experience taking this course. Lesson contents and videos are all excellent and has been very helpful to me! :)

By Jason M S

May 29, 2017

I really enjoyed this course and learned a lot on ways to be a good teacher. I can't wait to start the next course. Go Sun Devils!!!

By Dani S

May 2, 2017

Great course so far. The videos are great and the amount of time needed to go through the course is perfect for working professionals.

By Said Z

Dec 8, 2016

It is all an excellent job and excellent combination between instructors, course, and Coursera platform. Well done. And good luck all.

By Sarah L

Nov 4, 2024

Great info, nicely addressed some concerns of mine. Coursera however is not an easy platform to find your way around but ASU is good.

By Phan T L

Nov 10, 2023

Thankyou for your contribution. I am very glad to find out about this course. This helped me very much in my English Teaching career.