Module overview
This module will introduce you to key issues, concepts and methods in teaching English as a second/foreign language.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- evaluate a current programme and say whether it meets certain criteria
- plan a language programme based on sound pedagogical principles and on an analysis of students’ needs
- describe how the learner’s and teacher's approach to the language class affects the learning outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- some of the fundamental principles, issues and activities involved in the teaching of a foreign language, with particular reference to English.
- communicative language teaching
- principles of syllabus design, needs analysis and classroom organisation
- the role of the teacher and the learners
- the content of language teaching and how it can be organised
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- plan and organise your own learning schedule
Syllabus
In this module, you will learn about key issues, concepts and methods involved in teaching English as a second/foreign language. Topics to be covered will range from the broader aspects of the place of English as a world language through more specific teaching issues of the roles of the teacher and learner in the language classroom, the nature of communicative competence and its relationship to communicative language teaching, and programme design and the needs of language students. The module’s indicative content will include
- communicative language teaching;
- classroom management and roles;
- teaching grammar and vocabulary;
- teaching listening and reading skills;
- teaching writing and speaking skills;
- managing error, correction and giving feedback.
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Teaching methods include
seminars;
workshops.
Learning activities include
individual study;
preparing presentations and discussions in small groups.
Type | Hours |
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Independent Study | 126 |
Teaching | 24 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Graddol, D (1997). The future of English?. London: British Council.
Crystal, D. (1997). English as a global language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Harmer, J. (2001). The practice of English language teaching. Harlow: Longman.
Carter, R. & D. Nunan (2001). The Cambridge guide to teaching English to speakers of other languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Harmer, J. (1998). How to teach English. Harlow: Longman.
Assessment
Assessment strategy
Assessments designed to provide informal, on-module feedback and the discussion of the written assignment (in advance and after completion).
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Reflective report | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Reflective report | 100% |
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.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Reflective report | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External