Upcoming Facilitated MOOCs
The American English E-Teacher program offers Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in addition to its Global Online Courses (GOCs). These are free online courses designed for non-native English language teachers and open to an unlimited number of participants. Facilitated MOOCs run for 5 weeks and are facilitated by an instructor.
Teaching Grammar Communicatively
May 11 – June 15, 2020
Orientation Module Opens May 4, 2020
Enrollment closed on May 22, 2020
About this course:
The Teaching Grammar Communicatively MOOC is provided by World Learning, as part of the American English (AE) E-Teacher Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and administered by FHI 360. In this practice-oriented course, participants will explore how to adapt grammar instruction to meet their students’ needs. They will also focus on integrating grammar instruction with teaching language skills, learn about task-based grammar learning and evaluate different error correction strategies. Participants will discuss different challenges their learners may have with learning grammar, and discover how they can adapt grammar instruction to improve students’ fluency and accuracy. Participants who complete all required activities with a score of 70% or higher will receive a digital badge and certificate of participation.
Accessing the course:
The course will be offered between May 11 – June 15, 2020. Enrollment will open on April 6, 2020. Watch this space for more information about how to enroll starting April 6. Enrollment will close on may 22, 2020, and no new participants may join the course after that date.
Pre-course orientation module:
An optional orientation module will open on May 4, 2020. This short guide will help you get the most out of the online learning environment by providing an introduction to the AE E-Teacher program, MOOCs, using the Canvas Network learning management system, online learning success strategies, and how to find support during the course. We strongly encourage participants to complete this module before beginning the course.
Course materials:
All created content you will see in this course is licensed CC BY 4.0. This means that anything you see that is marked CC BY 4.0 can be reused, revised, remixed, and redistributed by you in your school or community.
Have questions? Please e-mail [email protected].
For information about past facilitated AE E-Teacher MOOCs, please visit this page.