Language Teaching Methodologies

• • Principles of language teaching
  • SLA theories underpinning language teaching & corrective feedback
  • Historical overview of language teaching methods
  • Communicative language teaching (CLT)
  • Task-based language teaching (TBLT)
  • Content-based instruction & CLIL
  • Lesson planning standards and materials evaluation
  • Classroom assessment techniques (CATs) and applications
  • Reading & Writing
  • Listening & Speaking
  • Grammar & vocabulary
  • Technology-enhanced instruction & funds of knowledge

Equivalent subjects

You cannot enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• CUR-EDML501C-Language Teaching Methodologies

Special requirements

No special requirements

This subject presents a critical survey of language teaching approaches and methods both historically and currently. The theoretical underpinnings and methodological principles of second/foreign and additional language teaching are discussed and evaluated. Students in the subject demonstrate their understanding of the philosophies and principles behind how we learn language by designing a plan for a subject of work which integrates content knowledge, contextual fit and language skills.

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• Report (40%)
• Unit Plan (60%)