Chapter 3 setting goals

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•Setting Goals for Your Course Chapter 3 SETTING GOALS FOR YOUR COURSE Preview A course is generally more effective when built around a limited, specific set of goals. Most high-priority goals should focus on skills—what students will learn to do with the language. One goal should be to encourage students to engage in independent language study, fostering responsibility for their own learning. Snow, D., & Campbell, M. (2017). More than a native speaker, third edition: An introduction to teaching English abroad. TESOL Press. Created from wwu on 2022-06-20 18:11:01. Copyright © 2017. TESOL Press. All rights reserved. •Course Examples and Goal Clarity Imagine you have a teaching job at a university where students have studied English from primary through secondary school. You are assigned to teach three courses: Level I General English: A required course for first-year students covering reading, writing, speaking, listening, grammar, vocabulary, and Western culture, with supplementary materials. After this, students move to the next textbook in the series. English Conversation: An elective for second-year students, with no required textbook, allowing you to...