TUTOR TRAINING COURSE

The goal of this Moodle tutor training course is to train motivated students with a high level of English to effectively tutor ESL to peers who want to improve their skills.  It can be used for autonomous or teacher-directed tutor training. With the STEP Method, it is not necessary to be completely bilingual or an expert grammarian to become a constructive tutor.

The course consists of an overview unit and the following 12 units, which can be completed in approximately four-hours.
  • Unit 1:  Tutoring a Five-Step Lesson 
  • Unit 2:  Tutoring Reading
  • Unit 3:  Tutoring Techniques to Help Tutees Use and Understand English 
  • Unit 4:  Correcting Oral Errors 
  • Unit 5:  Tutoring Grammar
  • Unit 6:  Tutoring Verb Tenses
  • Unit 7:  Tutoring the Simple Present Tense
  • Unit 8:  Tutoring Question Formation
  • Unit 9:  Tutoring Speaking
  • Unit 10: Tutoring Writing 
  • Unit 11: Preparing a Lesson
  • Unit 12: Tutoring Review

The units are similar in length with the exception of “Unit 7:  Tutoring the Simple Present Tense,” which provides a model of a five-step lesson and demonstrates how a tutor can help a tutee discover grammar rules on their own.  

Each unit consists of objectives, an introduction, a pre-activity (a question to activate prior knowledge), an activity (usually a video based on an authentic tutoring scenario) and a post-activity quiz. 

By the end of the Moodle tutor training course, the trained tutor should be able to: 
  1. Tutor speaking, reading, writing and grammar lessons. 
  2. Apply corrective feedback. 
  3. Employ effective tutoring techniques, which will enable tutees to:
    • use and understand English 
    • apply reading strategies 
    • practice target structures in controlled and authentic situations 
    • gain confidence in their own abilities in English 
    • use basic grammatical terminology 
    • become familiar with the five-step lessons on the STEP website. 

Options to Access the Moodle Course

Autonomous Tutor Training

Use the following credentials to explore or take the course autonomously

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STEP at Cégep de Lanaudière à L’Assomption

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STEP Tutor Training Moodle Course

If you are a teacher at another institution and want to explore the course, you can use the tutor username  and password above. To follow your student’s progress, you will need to import the zip file into your Moodle system. 

To help you install this course, download the import procedure or ask the technician responsible for Moodle in your institution.

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