Basic Principles of TESOL for the Fulbright ETA

Emily EllisSeptember 9th, 2014

Common Acronyms

• ESL- English as a Second Language• TESL- Teaching English as a Second Language• TEFL- Teaching English as a Foreign Language • TESOL- Teaching English to Speakers of Other

Languages• SLA- Second Language Acquisition• EMI- English Mediated Instruction (also

Content-Based Instruction)

TEFL- Role of Native Language

Positive Transfer of Knowledge

• Similarities in syntax and grammar

• Voy a ir al restaurante.I’m going to go to the restaurant.

• Similarities in lexicon– Cognates – Borrowed words – Identical Collocations

Negative Interference • Differences in syntax and

grammar

• Differences in lexicon– False cognates– Collocation differences– Idiomatic expressions

La diferencia entre A y BThe difference between A and B

It I have. (??) The students are smarts. (??)

The woman is embarrassed, and will give to light soon. (??)

Language Competence

Receptive • Reading• Listening

Productive • Writing• Speaking

Culture & Vocabulary

CREATE Effective Lessons

• Effective language lessons are…• Communicative• Reflective• Emergent • Ascending• Targeted• Evaluative

Quick Activities

• Info- gap• Question Strips• Circle in Circle• Seat Swap• Find Someone Who…• Picture Associations• Taboo / Catch Phrase• Guess Who/ What I am• “Tertulias”

Error Correction

Free Internet Resources

• Schoology• Kahoot• ESL Lab• Scholastic Magazine • ESL Café • Ted Talks• Movie Segments• OWL at Purdue

Thank you!

• emily.ellis@unx.uci.edu