Aims and Fit of Module

This module is intended for students who are interested in the possibility of pursuing a career in teaching EFL, or indeed of trying it out for a few years, and aims to provide students with an introduction to the principles and practice of teaching English as a Foreign Language. The module focuses on three interrelated areas:

Who we teach: the language learner and the language learning process;

How we teach: language teaching methodology;

What we teach: the language itself.

This module provides an introduction to any course leading to the professional certificate in teaching English as a foreign language or Master’s degrees in English education, linguistics and applied linguistics.

Learning outcomes

On completing this module students will be able to:

     A. understand and reflect critically upon the various theories of language teaching and    learning underlying current practice in teaching English as a foreign language, for example, by drawing on their own experiences as language learners to interrogate these theories;

    B. apply these theories in the investigation of classroom-related issues and problems, for example, through the evaluation of a set of teaching materials in the light of recent theories of language, language teaching and language learning;

   C. construct a cogent written argument in the form of a written assignment, based upon a range of reference sources and discussing the findings from a piece of individual analysis or research, for example, an empirical case study of a language learner.

Method of teaching and learning

The teaching sessions are divided into two components (Lectures and Tutorials/workshops).


Lectures


Tutorials/ workshops