METHODOLOGY FOR THE CLASSES Restaraunt English Program Our American English program is a multilevel, four skills series

specially designed for adults who want to use American English both accurately and fluently. All ILTs programs consist of six levels that correspond to the European Framework for Languages. We apply a methodology that combines the best of traditional teaching methods with more recent approaches to make learning English stimulating, motivating, and effective. What we combine? A traditional approach: Grammar The grammatical systems of English are presented, practiced, tested, and explained. Vocabulary acquisition is an important element of every unit. There are pre-communicative activities to provide practice. These are intended to help the students get confidence to express themselves from the lowest level up. A current approach: Students are guided to grasp the grammar rules through active practice. The exercises presented encourage them to adopt a certain responsibility for their learning. Real-life situations are rehearsed in the classroom, with role plays and realistic activities. The language is seen as a whole. Learners acquire new language items by seeing them and using them in communicative activities. A communicative approach is mainly used to encourage the students to express their ideas through the new language structures, context-learned vocabulary. Learning Objectives: Develop high levels of fluency and accuracy. Enlarge the vocabulary with a general and professional purpose. Use the language skills more efficiently when in everyday and work situations. Instill good learning strategies and habits. Material That Matches Our methodology: Our 240-class six level program utilizes the American Headway series, and Market Leader textbooks.

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Grammar & Language Review show that language structures can be acquired through carefully graded exposure to practice and realistic situations. Over the levels, the depth of language analysis gradually increases. It is our belief that an understanding of the grammar of English is one of the key enabling skills for the language learners. However, we do not include grammar classes. The students learn it through speaking. Vocabulary New words are introduce in lexical sets and learned in context, systems of vocabulary help students perceive patterns in the language, and collocations make the vocabulary practical and usable. Everyday English & Useful Language This section includes: survivals skills, functions, language for special occasions and professional situations. Skills Work (Reading, Listening, Writing & Speaking) The activities are carefully selected to the level of the students. The ideal task should be realistic within the students linguistic abilities and should challenge and interest them. We have chosen theses materials after profound methodological assessment. We have found that they are which best match our methodology: E R E C T. E Explore Our teachers present each of the activities and encourage the students to take active part in it. R Recognize The students ask questions about words, expressions, topics or instructions that do not understand. E Execute The students are invited to do the activity. C- Complete Active group session will help to find answers, discuss about them and self-correction. T Terminate Teacher will give further explanation and conclude with a wrapping-up activity. Time Management In Class: Modules contain between 2 and 4 units or topics depending on the level. We have divided the study of any given unit or topic into three class activities that combine listening and speaking, reading and speaking, and writing and speaking. Clear guidelines on these activities are given to our teachers, and students in the Class Scope and Sequence. Listening and Speaking: Introduction: Our teachers present the listening activity through a conversation and encourage the students to take active part in it. The teacher presents words, expressions, topics or instructions that he considers to be new to the students.

Comprehension: The teacher plays the audio material or video and invites students to do the activity. Active group session will help to find answers, discuss about them and selfcorrection. Opinions: The teacher will encourage students to make comments, opinions, or recommendations about the dialogue. Personalization: The teacher gives further explanation and concludes with a wrapping-up activity encouraging students to speak about their own personal experience regarding the topic that was discussed in class. Reading and Speaking: Our teachers present the reading activity and encourage the students to take active part in it. The teacher encourages our students to ask questions about words, expressions, topics or instructions that do not understand. The teacher gives reasonable time to our students to read the material and invites students to do the activity. Active group session will help to find answers, discuss about them and self-correction. Teacher will give further explanation and conclude with a wrapping-up activity encouraging students to speak about their own personal experience regarding the topic that was discussed in class. Writing and Speaking: This is the only mandatory homework that must be assigned to the students. It consists of two tasks: an essay and a presentation. Students must write an essay at home to present a solution to the situation that was given in the topic of the essay or case study. The essay must have a minimum of three paragraphs: paragraph and a conclusion. an introduction, a supporting

To evaluate essays our teachers must underline the mistakes that students have made indicating the type of mistake by writing the following code: GR = grammar mistake SP = spelling mistake CH = coherence mistake WU = word usage WO = word order PT = punctuation MW = missing word X= the word does not belong there

Students must correct their mistakes on their own, once corrections are made our teachers will explain the solution to the writing problems students had. Clear directions must be given to all students about this task. A presentation of a minimum of three minutes and a maximum of 10 minutes must be given by every student explaining the solution written in the essay. Evaluation and Grading Process: Every three classes there will be a Case Study which constitutes the unit evaluation; it will mainly evaluate writing and speaking. It evaluates: Speaking: pronunciation, intonation, fluency, grammar, accuracy, coherence, vocabulary. Listening and reading: comprehension, prediction, and picture assimilation Writing: Coherence, accuracy, vocabulary, spelling, syntaxes, grammar and punctuation. At the end of each module every student will have a minimum of four grades to calculate the final one. The teacher issues a final grade based on each students performance.

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