Postgraduate Module Descriptor

EFPM266: Principles of Language Learning for TESOL

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

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

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

Learning and Teaching

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

Online Resources

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

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

Other Learning Resources

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)

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

Atkinson, D., (2011) Alternative approaches to second language acquisition. Abingdon: Routledge.

Block, D. (2003). The social turn in second language acquisition. Washington: Georgetown University Press.

Block, D. (2007). Second language identities. London: Continuum.

Breen, M. P. (2001). Learner contributions to language learning. Harlow: Longman.

Dörnyei, Z. (2011). Teaching and researching motivation (2^nd Ed). Harlow: Longman.

Dörnyei, Z. (2009). The psychology of second language acquisition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Ellis, R. (2008). Second language acquisition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Cohen, A. D., & Macaro, E. (Eds.). (2007). Language learner strategies: Thirty years of research and practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Norton, B. (2000). Identity and language learning. Harlow: Longman.

Gao, X. (2010). Strategic language learning: The roles of agency and context. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters.

Weber, J.-J. & Horner, K. (2012) Introducing Multilingualism: A social Approach. Abingdon: Routledge.