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Comprehensive guide to all facts of the program |

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Language Learning Approaches |

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Student Learning and Teaching Techniques |

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Components of the Course |

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Assessment |

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Sample Timetables |

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Rules of Games |

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Classroom and Home Language |

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CEC Incentive Program |
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The Teacher's Manual is a comprehensive document with overarching statements about the Choral English College English Program, its philosophy, and its approach to the teaching of English. It also details each component of the overall English course including:
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The Manual has definitive statements about assessment, appropriate classroom language for use with
students and some of the teaching and learning approaches used in the components of the Choral English College English Program listed above. These approaches include Communicative Language Teaching (CLT), Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), Phonics, Total Physical Response (TPR) and Choral Speaking.
The Manual is intended for use by the individual teacher and complements the teacher training program available to Choral English College personnel.
The Choral English College has developed high-quality English language programs for elementary-school-aged Korean students. The program is based upon the latest English as a Second Language (ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) acquisition research, and methodologies, and employs a variety of innovative and effective approaches including:
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The Choral English College program aims to develop students' abilities to:
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The Choral English College has developed the English program with the following assumptions in mind:
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The role of teaching is to facilitate learning. |
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Language is most effectively acquired when learners are actively involved in using language as a means to communicate and achieve desired ends. |
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Activities that promote real communication promote learning. |
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Using English to carry out meaningful tasks promotes learning. |
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Meaningful language use supports the learning process. |
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All language students should be actively involved in using English throughout each lesson. |
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Speaking, listening, reading, and writing are best learned using an integrated approach. |
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Materials and resources used in lessons should be authentic and drawn from the real world. |
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Language learning is greatly promoted by interaction with native speakers. |
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Language proficiency enriches communities intellectually, educationally, and culturally. |
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Language proficiency contributes to economic, diplomatic, strategic, scientific, and technological development, and improves social cohesion, communication, and understanding in an ever-shrinking world. |
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The Choral English College's approach to teaching English as a foreign language is uniquely distinctive. It creates opportunities for students to use the English language and culture in meaningful and purposeful ways, in a secure and motivational learning environment.
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The Manual contains the following information:
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Preface
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Introduction |
Language Learning Approaches |
Introduction |
Communicative Language Teaching |
Computer Assisted Language Learning |
Total Physical Response |
Choral Speaking |
English Writing and Grammar Program |
Sounds-Letters-Words! |
Student Learning and Teaching Techniques |
Student Learning |
Teaching Techniques |
Components of the Course |
Core English Program |
Module Table |
Core English Program |
Overview and Functions |
Lesson Plans |
Characters |
Sounds-Letters-Words! |
Phonemes and Graphemes |
Choral Speaking |
Total Physical Response |
English Writing and Grammar Program |
CD-ROM |
Assessment |
General |
Exit Tests |
Entry Tests |
Sample Timetables |
Rules of Games Used in the Core English Program |
Classroom and Home Language |
CEC Incentive Program |
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