| Country Armenia
City Yerevan
Host Institution Russian-Armenian Slavonic University
Project Description
The EL Fellow will teach Communicative English and a theoretical course on teaching methods of communicative English and academic writing or any other course within applied linguistics to pre-service and some in-service teachers of Russian-Armenian Slavonic University. The goals are to introduce modern English teaching methodology to a traditional classroom and transfer the skills to in-service teachers of the department; contribute to the development of a democratic citizen by improving teaching of English and thus availing new information resources to the young audiences; and help establish American Studies curricula. The EL Fellow is expected to expose pre-service and in-service English teachers to new methods of TEFL. As a result of the project the host institution expects to see more aggressive usage of new methodology in TEFL at the host institution and more teachers of that institution changing their traditional approach to teaching English to a more interactive student-centered one. The EL Fellow will work closely with pre-service students during their practicum classes in order to identify the problem areas and make recommendations for improvement. Interest towards American English will be increased by introducing some basics of teaching English through American Studies. The EL Fellow will prepare two different courses for in-service and pre-service teachers: (a) Methods of Teaching Communicative English; and (b) Academic Writing for undergraduates. Another course on American Culture and Civilization will be a useful contribution to the English program. The EL Fellow will deliver workshops for teachers on the subjects of interest to teachers (targeting needs areas). The host institution expects that the EL Fellow will teach communicative English to 3rd and 4th year students of English Department; teach academic writing to 3rd year students of English Department; teach a course on American Studies to 3rd year students of English department; help develop course guides utilizing American Studies for teaching English; and train young in-service teachers of the department on new methodologies.
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