Developing Approaches to Language Teaching

Module overview

This module builds on your knowledge of language teaching methodologies developed in LING6022. It will focus on current issues in language teaching methodologies and address more specialised areas taking both a synchronic and diachronic which will complement those explored in LING 6022. It will address the implementation and adaptation of methodologies, with particular emphasis on developing your knowledge of the theoretical framework for CLT. You will build on translating theoretical approaches to language learning into practical activities through practical innovation and observation of lesson videos. We will focus on the learner (including learning processes), the classroom environment and practical implementations of language teaching.

Linked modules

LING6022

Aims and Objectives

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

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

Knowledge of reflective practice and its role in professional development.
Awareness of new trends (such as technology) in the design of teaching materials.
The ability to make links between theory and practice, teaching and pedagogic principles.
A critical understanding of principles in language teaching methodologies, theories of language and theories of language learning.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

How to write a detailed lesson plan and supporting justification for your pedagogical choices, using appropriate literature to explain your decisions.
Support language learning through the design of appropriate pedagogic resources.
The ability to make links between theory and practice, teaching and pedagogic principles.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

How to express, support (using researched literature) and position your views through a written assignment.
Use information technology appropriately when presenting your work and in your teaching.
Identify and use a wide range of reference resources, printed and electronic.
Communicate language teaching, applied linguistic and educational work in a variety of written formats.
Develop and maintain a personal bibliography.

Learning and Teaching

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching methods include: - Seminars with content and opportunities for discussion in groups. Learning activities include: - Individual study. - Preparing for discussions in groups. - Reflecting on others' classroom practices. - Developing and discussing practical classroom materials. Innovative or special features of this module: - Weekly practical tasks feed into sessions. - Observation of lesson videos to evaluate language teaching practices and to develop reflection on practice techniques. - Evaluation of materials for communicative language teaching.

Study time
Type	Hours
Wider reading or practice	36
Preparation for scheduled sessions	46
Follow-up work	14
Completion of assessment task	30
Seminar	24
Total study time	150

Resources & Reading list

Internet Resources

Variety of publicly accessible teaching videos via YouTube or Teachers TV.

Textbooks

J Scrivener (2011). Learning Teaching: The Essential Guide to English Language Teaching. Macmillan.

P Ur (2012). A Course in Language Teaching : Practice and Theory. Cambridge University Press.

Knapp, K & Seidlhofer, B (Eds) (2009). Handbook of Foreign Language Communication and Learning. Mouton de Gruyter.

G Hall (2011). Exploring English Language Teaching: Language In Action. Routledge.

J Richards & T Rodgers (2001). Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching. Cambridge University Press.

Carter R. & Nunan D. (Eds.) (2001). Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Cambridge University Press..

J Harmer (2007). The Practice of English Language Teaching. Pearson Longman.

K Johnson (2001). An Introduction to Foreign Language Learning and Teaching. Pearson Education Ltd.

Kumaravadivelu, B. (2004). Understanding Language Teaching: From Method to Postmethod. Routledge.

Assessment

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Analysis and report

Assessment Type: Formative
Feedback:
Final Assessment: No
Group Work: No

Summative

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

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Essay	100%

Referral

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

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Essay	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.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Essay	100%

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External