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About the Course

Through a series of engaging metaphors and stories, prospective and current EFL/ESL teachers will identify, summarize, and evaluate 7 basic language learning paradigms. Learners will be presented information on such foundational principles as motivation, risk taking, two different modes of learning, and balancing the teacher profession. Learners are also given an understanding of basic techniques founded on those principles, such as teacher talk, looking “ridiculous” in order to lower the affective filter, and networking. With these foundational principles in mind, ESL/EFL teachers will scrutinize common assumptions about language learning by comparing how they stack up to research-based core principles....
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VM

Apr 9, 2020

Great course! Nice content and great presentation of the material. Useful not only for ESL teachers, but for all language teachers and even for teachers in general. Thank you for creating this course!

MT

Mar 12, 2021

I had fun enrolling on this course and it's very insightful. And Keep the great work, Dr Shane Dixon. I can't wait to complete the rest of the courses so that I get my professional certificate. Thanks

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By Nadezhda E

Mar 25, 2022

Thank you very much! I enjoyed every class on coursera. I will use all techniques I have learned here with pleasure.

By Jolene H

Jan 12, 2022

I thought it was a great class. I enjoyed both instructors and loved the extra materials at the end of each section.

By Fer D

Sep 20, 2021

I think one shouldn't attempt to teach English without having completed this course. Put simple, it's indispensable.

By Kristen C

May 11, 2021

It wasn't difficult, but it was very interesting. I liked this course. I look forward to the next one in the series.

By Michael T

Nov 22, 2020

It was an amazing part of course. Thank you for teach experience. I will continue to learn more and more. Thank you.

By Caitlin L T

Nov 18, 2020

As a new ESL Teacher, this is really helpful for us. Thank you very much for all the information you provided us. :)

By Jaz

Nov 15, 2020

I learned a lot.

Thanks for giving me a chance to gain your invaluable inputs tirelessly.

Keep moving! Lots of love.

By Camila A G T

Mar 25, 2020

Excellent. It is a great opportunity to learn more tools that will serve in individual and professional development.

By Anatolii H

Mar 19, 2020

Thank you. It's was existing and intelligible. Olso I have got many important knowledges that help me know a future.

By ANNA L

Feb 26, 2020

The course was great! It helped me remember many things I had studied before and reflect on many different concepts.

By Learn E w J

Feb 24, 2020

This was an amazing course with an amazing experience. I've taught a lot from it. Thanks a bunch for everything. ^_^

By даврон х

Jan 18, 2020

I have learned much from this course than i had ecpected. I highly recommend every esl teacher to study this course.

By Paige M

Dec 20, 2019

Love this course! Shane is hilarious, I found him corny at the beginning but was soon totally engaged thanks to him.

By Sal T

Nov 17, 2019

Great course the metaphros really shed some light on concepts that otherwise would have been difficult to assimilate

By Котова А В

Jan 4, 2019

I honestly enjoyed every minute of this course! I want to say big thank you to all the professors taking part in it!

By Sulhidin M

Apr 28, 2018

It's a fantastic course. It helped me a lot to improve both my own English and teaching skills. Thank you very much.

By Jule B R

Nov 10, 2016

It has been an exceptionally bright insight into the world of ESL, with clever partecipants, and wonderful teachers.

By Super T

Feb 27, 2024

I loved the course. I was very informative. I like the way they simplified the lessons, and made it easy to learn.

By Oleg M

Nov 19, 2022

This course is wonderful, I really appriciate all the efforts instructors put in. I improved in many aspects after.

By Yeganeh A

Oct 18, 2022

Thanks to Coursera. I have learned a lot to attract my students by improving my skills and prevent burning out. 🌹

By Hanane B

Apr 14, 2022

very interesting content and brilliant teacher thanks for the course and the whole infomation and details we learnt

By Nicolle A

Jun 14, 2021

I have loved this course! It helped me to realise my role and what techniques are the best to use in the classroom.

By Michelle T

Dec 22, 2020

Well prepared discussions at the same time challenging assignments. One of the best online course here in Coursera.

By Louise F

Dec 9, 2020

Taking up this course, I had a great time realizing a lot of things and learning methods for 21st century learners.

By Katherine A L

Oct 29, 2020

I enjoyed very course. Lots of learning and ideas that can be very helpful to my teaching career. Thank you so much