EGH332 Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Aims/Description: This final-year module is designed to provide you with a thorough grounding on the key theoretical and practical aspects of teaching English as a second or foreign language. It reviews the historical developments, methodological approaches and principles underlying contemporary TESOL practices. It also explores and assesses what we know about teaching the grammar and vocabulary of English as a foreign or second language, the processes involved in language production and reception in a second language and the implications for teaching and assessing the four language skills (i.e., reading, listening, writing and speaking). Finally, it discusses context and learner differences that influence and determine the teaching of a second language. The module aims to help you uncover your individual beliefs about language teaching and guide you to critically explore a variety of language teaching techniques. It also encourages you to critically reflect on the complex and diverse nature of language teaching, as well as to design lesson plans for specific educational situations that involve research-informed choices. On completion of this course, you should be able to understand, identify and evaluate the various TESOL methodologies and techniques, and select and apply the most appropriate ones for different learning contexts, including the design of lesson plans and activities to teach and undertake research on the various language features and skills.

Staff Contact: GONZLEZ-FERNNDEZ BEATRIZ

Teaching Methods: Seminars, Independent Study

Assessment: Classroom testing, Project/ portfolio

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