ERIC Number: ED641211
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 108
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ISBN: 979-8-3811-8410-5
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Development of Online Curriculum for Eight-Week Program: The Art of Teaching English to EFL Students from Russia
Ekaterina Tabenkina
ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, Alliant International University
The present project is a research-based and practice-tested online synchronous curriculum for English language learners with the Russian language mother tongue. The curriculum's theoretical component is grounded in Vygotsky's, Leont'ev', and Engestrom's "Cultural Historical Activity Theory" as well as in scholarly papers on the influence of non-educational and educational and linguistic factors on the English language teaching in Russia. As for the practical component, the designer examined the roots of the most common mistakes by the English language learners from Russia and purposed the curriculum objectives at eliminating the main errors in reading, writing, speaking and grammar skills and at mastering the pronunciation of the most difficult combinations of consonants for the Russian language speakers. The curriculum was designed for an eight-week program with a frequency of three hours teaching per week and with a total of 48 hours of instruction. The students in the program are recommended at the B-2 - Upper-Intermediate - level of the English language proficiency. All lessons materials were developed to be taught in a PowerPoint presentation format via Zoom or other e-teaching platforms. However, the universal design of the curriculum allows EL instructors to modify the curriculum for face-to-face teaching formats depending on the availability of a computer and materials thereof. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Teaching Methods, Language Proficiency, Instructional Design, Error Analysis (Language), Grammar, Language Skills, Pronunciation, Mastery Learning, Phonemes, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design, Videoconferencing, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Access to Computers, Instructional Materials, Russian, Native Language
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
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