course specification for Teaching Adults English
Teaching Adults English Adults worldwide are studying English. They have unique and individual needs and they need your help! Learn to teach adults with confidence and creativity! Course Overview: Adults are voluntary learners with unique needs and individual learning requirements. Adult learners demand to learn quickly and effectively. They pay for their lessons and choose to be in the classroom, as opposed to children who have to be there. This course explains the unique aspects of teaching adults English. Over the years there have been many methods of teaching Adults English, each of these methods claiming to be the "authority" on what adult learners need to learn. The Communicative Approach encompasses all modes and methods of language use. All skills are addressed - reading, writing, listening, and speaking, with the primary focus on usage. Course Content: Course Requirements: A group of Japanese adult students at a United Kingdom University were each asked to rank their motivations for learning English.
The function of language is to give people the power to communicate thoughts, needs, and feelings; to receive important information; to comprehend instructions; and to ask and answer questions. Adults need to learn to use English and to communicate clearly.
Here are the results:
1. To be able to communicate with people in an international language, both at home in
Japan and while traveling in other countries.
2. To be able to read a wide range of English language sources for study purposes abroad
and in Japan.
3. To have a better chance of employment, status, and financial reward in the job market.
4. To be able to read and listen to English language media for information and pleasure.
5. To find out more about the people, places, politics etc. of English speaking cultures.
6. To take up a particular career i.e. for English language teaching or working in an
international company.
