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InterCom subscribers may be interested in an upcoming MOOC entitled Shaping the Way We Teach English, which is being offered for free by the US Dept. of State and the University of Oregon beginning April 7.

The MOOC is divided up into two 5-week sessions (which can be taken together or separately), and will explore key aspects of communicative language teaching, learning, and assessment.

Listed below are the topics for the first part of the course. See the Coursera.Org website (https://www.coursera.org/course/shaping1landscape) for more information.

Topics for The Landscape of English Language Teaching include:

Week 1: Authentic materials and realia that really motivate learners; project overview, introductions; initial course survey
Week 2: Using pair and group work for collaborative learning to make your class more communicative; Phase 1 lesson plan is due
Week 3: Critical and creative thinking to drive learning; Phase 1 peer and self-evaluations are due
Week 4: Learner feedback and assessment; using formative feedback to evaluate student progress; Phase 2 lesson plan is due
Week 5: Language in context; using content to structure language learning; Phase 2 peer and self-assessments are due; course evaluation