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Part 2 of an upcoming MOOC entitled “Shaping the Way We Teach English” is being offered for free by the US Department of State and the University of Oregon beginning May 12.

This is the second course in a series, but it’s not necessary to have done the first to take this one. They’re complementary. This course explores key aspects of communicative language teaching, learning, assessment and teacher reflection (below).

You can sign up for “Paths to Success in English Language Teaching” on the Coursera website (you’ll have to create an account to do so.) Here’s the URL: https://www.coursera.org/course/shaping2paths

Topics and assignments include:

Week 1: Integrating skills and using tasks to motivate learners; project overview, introductions

Week 2: Alternative assessment that shows what learners can do with language; lesson plan phase 1 is due

Week 3: Incorporating individual learning differences in instruction; peer and self-evaluations are due

Week 4: Ideas for effective classroom management; final lesson plan is due

Week 5: Improving practice with reflective teaching; final peer and self-evaluations are due

MOOC on English Language Teaching Methods beginning May 12.  28 Apr 2014.