Schackne Short Courses is a page devoted to Schackne Online courses delivered
over the internet. These courses are short courses, or workshops; that
is, they are more developed than a simple syllabus, but not
completely developed semester (14-16 week) courses.

     Teachers can distill a customized syllabus or outline from the material
or expand it into a fully functional one-semester high school,
college, or continuing education course.

     Students can utilize the courses for introductory acquisition or for remediation.
    
Schackne Online hopes you find these short courses useful.

EFL 100 can be accessed at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/yahoo-cls-steveschackne

Web Design 101 can be accessed at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/yahoo-cls-Schackne

Writing 201 can be accessed at
http://www.nicenet.org
[When you get to Nicenet, you either
create a user name and password or
click<Join a Class>...the course key is
Z508Z2W93]

Writing 301 can be accessed at
http://www.nicenet.org
[When you get to Nicenet, you either
create a user name and password or
click<Join a Class>...the course key is
Z5Z047WZ5]

Advanced EFL 201 can be accessed at
http://www.nicenet.org
[When you get to Nicenet, you either
create a user name and password or
click<Join a Class>...the course key is
Z224762A25]

Advanced EFL 211 can be accessed at
http://www.nicenet.org
[When you get to Nicenet, you either
create a user name and password or
click<Join a Class>...the course key is
Z225Z60A54]

Web Design 101--Web Site Design For ESL-EFL Teachers

This course introduces efl-esl teachers to the basics of web design.
It includes the basic elements of web design,
and specific considerations efl-esl teachers must confront when
building a web site. One short chapter is also devoted to
html and visual editors. A glossary and references for further
study are included.

EFL 100--EFL Methodology

This course is designed for working teachers with little or no
formal education in language teaching, and for professional
language teachers who want to brush up on the basics.
The course features sections on background issues,
classroom methodology, management, and planning,
and includes a glossary and resource page.

Writing 201--Paragraph Organization

This course, suitable for intermediate-up esl-efl students
and native writers wanting to brush up on style, addresses
paragraph development. It includes components of
paragraph development--topic sentences, supporting sentences,
coherence and unity--and paragraph styles--narration, process,
description, definition, comparison/contrast, cause/effect. This
short course gives the student the option of doing quite a
bit of offline work.

Writing 301--Essay Organization

This course, for upper intermediate to advanced efl-esl students,
and native writers wanting to brush up on style and
technique, addresses development at the essay level--
introductions, body paragraphs,conclusions are covered,
as is prewriting strategy; an overview of different
types of essay and report development is also offered.

Advanced EFL 201--Research and Presentation

This course, for advanced efl-esl students, offers students
a chance to learn the basics of research methodology, while
polishing higher level language skills. In addition to the
four basic language skills, information gathering, collation,
interpretation, and formal presentation are also addressed.

Advanced EFL 211

This course, for advanced efl-esl students, offers students
a chance to polish higher level language skills through three
separate modules or tasks: one involves research and presentation,
the second focuses on employment, featuring resumes,
cover letters, and interviews, the final module concentrates
on argumentation, how to recognize opinion or point of view,
and how to agree or disagee.

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