Teaching and Assessing Second Language Skills
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ENGL4406 | English | 4 | N/A | April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK |
- Code
- ENGL4406
- School
- English
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- N/A
- Semesters
- April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK
Summary
This pod deals with developing the necessary expertise and skills to plan, organise and evaluate the teaching process on courses and programmes aimed at second language (L2) learners. While mainly addressing the practicalities of teaching English as a foreign/second language (TESOL), the pod allows students to consider various aspects of the process of language teaching more broadly, providing them with the opportunity to study and contemplate on modern approaches and practices in the area of formal language instruction. By discussing specific aspects and skills related to the development of L2 competence (e.g. reading, listening, speaking, writing, sociolinguistic and pragmatic skills), the pod reviews and analyses the latest teaching methods and techniques that characterise modern thinking in language education, enabling students to develop practical knowledge as a teacher of English as a second/foreign language.
Target Students
Students registered on the School of English online masters scheme.
Assessment
- 100% Participation: Student participation
Assessed by end of designated period
Educational Aims
This module comprises an optional component in the following pathways: Applied English, Applied Linguistics, and Applied Linguistics and ELT. As such, it contributes in its specific aims to the programme-level coverage of these pathways.Learning Outcomes
Compare and contrast a range of techniques and practices used in second language teaching.
Select and defend appropriate assessment tools for one or more L2 skills.
Outline a lesson plan that reflects research-led language pedagogy.
Demonstrate knowledge and skills acquired to the appropriate disciplinary and professional standard.
Assimilate and present subject-specific material in an appropriate format (assessed within the ‘Assessment Portfolio’ 1, 2 or 3).