Overview

Students will learn about topics such as the following:

• Teaching grammar
• Spelling and phonetics
• Reading skills and reading comprehension
• Microteaching
• Teaching literature
• Teaching English in EAL and EFL classrooms
• Bi-Multilingual/Heritage education
• Teaching English to pupils with developmental disorders or disabilities
• Research methods in applied linguistics

Students will learn about topics such as the following:

• Teaching grammar
• Spelling and phonetics
• Reading skills and reading comprehension
• Microteaching
• Teaching literature
• Teaching English in EAL and EFL classrooms
• Bi-Multilingual/Heritage education
• Teaching English to pupils with developmental disorders or disabilities
• Research methods in applied linguistics

Assessment Strategy

-Threshold - D Student has achieved the minimum acceptable standard of understanding and/or knowledge in all the learning outcomes. Student can demonstrate a minimum level of understanding of the basic concepts and be able to apply them to data with some degree of accuracy.

-Good - B: Student has achieved a better-than-average standard of understanding and/or knowledge in all learning outcomes, and has a clear and accurate understanding of concepts; ability to apply concepts to data critically and thoughtfully; evidence of wide reading and clear and accurate reference to source materials; free from misunderstanding and errors of content; free from irrelevant material.

-Excellent - A: Student has achieved a thorough standard of understanding and/or knowledge in all learning outcomes; or student has demonstrated an exceptional level of achievement in one or more learning outcomes together with a good overall standard: student has achieved a thorough understanding of the subject, both in terms of content and theory; student is able to apply concepts clearly and accurately; substantial evidence of critical and original thought and analysis; clear, logical argument; high level of communicative competence; free from irrelevant material and errors of spelling and punctuation; evidence of extensive reading beyond basic texts and clear and accurate references to source material.

Learning Outcomes

• Students will be able to demonstrate a developing familiarity with and an ability to use appropriately the specialist terminology associated with the subject.

• Students will show a developing understanding of some of the major issues in research on English language teaching.

• Students will show a developing understanding of the practical aspects of teaching the English language in the classroom in an informed manner on approaches to this subject.

• Students will show a developing understanding of theoretical aspects of teaching English in primary and secondary schools as well as teaching English as an additional/second or foreign language.