The module focuses on topics which have been the subject of recent discussion and research in the field of foreign and second language teaching. These include:
- a historical review of language teaching methods and approaches
- content vs process syllabus design in language teaching
- humanism in language teaching
- Communicative Language Teaching and Task Based Learning
- areas of applied linguistics particularly relevant to teaching of productive skills, especially sociolinguistics and pragmatics
- areas of applied linguistics particularly relevant to the teaching of receptive skills, especially psycholinguistics
You will be expected to read, understand and engage critically with the research presented on these topics.
The module focuses on key areas in Applied Linguistics relating to Second Language Acquisition (SLA), and explores them from the perspective of both language learners and teachers. These include:
- 'the good language learner'
- a historical overview of theories of SLA (key insights from applied linguistic research)
- recent applied linguistic developments in the theorisation of SLA as a dynamic complex system and social process
- implications of first language acquisition for SLA
- variability and individual differences in SLA (gender, age, aptitude, motivation, attitudes and beliefs, cognitive styles, strategies, autonomy and self-regulation)
- the role of grammar, vocabulary and phonology instruction in second language learning
- trends in applied linguistic research into SLA including the broadening of the field, greater exploitation of computerised samples of language, the growing stature of classroom-based investigation
You will be expected to read, understand and engage critically with the research presented on these topics.
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