Critical Appraisal of Language Teaching Methodologies

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Evaluate language teaching materials in terms of pedagogic principles and their underlying theoretical rationale;
• Assess the value of a range of methodological approaches to particular contexts;
• Reflectively reassess your individual experience in language teaching and learning.
• Select and evaluate relevant academic publications and discuss them critically; Analyse and critically assess language teaching in relation to language learning;
• Formulate problems and issues in language education, which most directly suit your professional and academic milieu;

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• major language teaching approaches and methods, especially those within the communicative approach
• Analysis and evaluation of course-books
• Links between theory and practice, teaching and pedagogic principles
• issues of planning in language teaching and implementation (different forms of curricula, syllabus and their relation to course material and assessment)

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Communicate about language teaching and learning in a range of formats and registers, spoken and written, for a range of audiences;
• Monitor your own progress and evaluate your understanding of key concepts;
• Use information technology where appropriate.
• Identify, select and use a wide range of professional/ authentic materials from different sources;
• Develop and maintain module notes and bibliography;
• Access theoretical and research materials and assess relative strengths and weaknesses;

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.