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Background index: in-service training

background
Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives Chomsky: TGG, LAD and UG first and second language acquisition
history and development of ELT how learning happens humanism in ELT
input language evolution language interference and facilitation
language, thought and culture learning styles and culture methodology refined and unpacked
motivation mythologies in ELT research in the classroom
roots of English syllabus design teacher-induced error
testing, assessment and evaluation theories of second-language acquisition types of languages
understanding error varieties of English zone of proximal development
a glossary of methodology and background theory a mini-course in comparing languages  



The in-service training topics

background discourse functions general reference
lexis methodology modality and mood pronunciation
skills syntax: phrases, clauses, sentences teaching and materials testing and assessment
verbs and tenses Business English English for Academic Purposes a list of lists
a 10-unit language analysis course learn to /træn.ˈskraɪb/ index of courses on this site glossaries on this site
Other links:
the teacher training index the TKT course the CELTA section initial training plus the Delta section teacher development for teacher trainers
about language this is an index of guides concerned much more generally with language (and English in particular).