Postgraduate Module Descriptor

EFPM266: Principles of Language Learning for TESOL

This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.

Week 1 - An overview of key debates and issues in second language learning theory

Week 2 - A short history of second language learning theory mentalist versus behavioural perspectives

Week 3 - Interaction and language processing (the Interactionist perspective)

Week 4 - Sociocultural theory and mediated learning (socio-cognitive perspective)

Week 5 - Language learning strategies and learning styles

Week 6 - Language learning motivation and anxiety

Week 7 - Identity and second language learning

Week 8 - Language learning as participation and socialization

Week 9 - Multilingualism and language learning

Week 10 - Conclusion: recap, Q+A, assignment briefing, discussion of essay topics

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
50	250	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Learning and teaching activities	30	lectures, seminars and tutorials
Learning and teaching activities	20	pre-session tasks
guided independent study	80	assignment preparation
guided independent study	170	directed/self-directed reading

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

Web CT resource platform including powerpoints, research papers and interactive tasks.

Journals:

English Language Teaching (ELT) Journal

Int. Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism*

Language and Education

Language and Intercultural Communication

Language Learning

Language, Identity, and Education

Modern English Teacher (MET)

Modern Language Journal

TESOL Quarterly

* available from Gaby’s office (contact Gaby)