Program Overview

TESOL Supervised Teaching Experience

Course Description

The TESOL Supervised Teaching Experience is an online course that offers opportunities for professional development through guided teaching practice in English Language Teaching (ELT).

Course Details

• Course Code: EDUC X 425.06
• Availability: Typically available in Spring
• Course Focus: The course focuses on supervision of students in linking theoretical knowledge in applied linguistics to effective pedagogies for teaching new speakers of English/emergent bilinguals in an authentic teaching environment.

Learning Outcomes

• Learn how to build your teaching philosophy
• Analyze a lesson plan and implementation for improvement
• Practice writing a diversity statement that demonstrates how your cultural perspectives and methods impact your teaching of diverse students
• Demonstrate a grammar activity
• Discover how to incorporate instructional technologies in designing and implementing lesson plans

About This Course

Content builds upon courses in the TESOL certificate with a focus on self and peer observation, teacher professional development in ELT, improving teaching practice, and fostering sociocultural and racial awareness in language teaching. Students will apply what they already know from the field of TESOL to the guided teaching practice in this course.

Prerequisites

• Students who wish to take this course must have completed a TESOL methods course at UCLA Extension or elsewhere.
• Professional-level English language proficiency is required in the following areas:
  • Listening and note-taking
  • Reading comprehension and vocabulary
  • Written expression and oral presentation