Module EFPM280 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
EFPM280: Developing Practical Knowledge for TESOL Teaching
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Aims
- To provide students with a thorough understanding of the relationship between theoretical perspectives and different TESOL classroom practices.
- To provide an introduction to key concepts associated with the practice of foreign or second language teaching.
- To familiarize students with the core competencies associated with successful practice in TESOL classrooms from both a theoretical and practical perspective.
- To develop students’ capacity to successfully apply conceptual and practical knowledge about foreign or second language practice to the realities of their own current and/or future teaching contexts.
- To develop students’ capacity to reflect critically on their own teaching as well as their peers’.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the key aspects of classroom practice including the organisation of activities, classroom management, and classroom interaction; 2. Demonstrate a critical application of these skills and knowledge in the preparation and teaching of a language class; 3. Demonstrate the ability to successfully apply conceptual and practical knowledge and skills to teaching activities in the TESOL classroom in a rigorous and systematic way; 4. Reflect critically upon observed teaching and microteaching in relation to key principles covered in the module; |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 5. Demonstrate the knowledge, understanding and skills for students required in order to analyse TESOL policy, theory and practice; 6. Demonstrate the ability to analyse data for teaching purposes; 7. Evaluate complex TESOL issues drawing on national and international perspectives; 8. To provide students with knowledge and skills needed to apply theory to practice in TESOL; |
Personal and Key Skills | 9. Engage in independent study and group/pair work, including the microteaching and evaluation of peers' teaching and their own; 10. Digest, select and organise material to produce, to a deadline, a coherent, thoughtful and creative analysis of theory to particular professional and socio-cultural situations; 11. Undertake a critical analysis of the teaching skills, knowledge and techniques developed in the module through personal reflection. |
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.
Bailey, K., A. Curtis & D. Nunan 2001. Pursuing Professional Development: the self as source. Boston: Heinle & Heinle.
Johnson, K. 2001. An Introduction to Foreign Language Teaching and Learning. Harlow: Pearson Education.
Johnson, K. E. 1995. Understanding Communication in Second Language Classroom. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Johnson, K. E. 1999. Understanding Language Teaching: Reasoing in action. Boston: Heinle & Heinle.
Kelly, G. 2000 How to Teach Pronunciation. Harlow: Longman.
Larsen-Freeman, D. 2000. Techniques and Principles in Languaege Teaching (2nd Edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Nunan, D (ed). 2003. Practical English Language Teaching. New York: McGRaw-Hill.
Omaggio H. A. 2001. Teaching language in context. New York: Heinle.
Scrivener, J. 2003. Teaching Grammar. Oxford: Oxford Univeristy Press.
Thornbury, S. 1997. About Language: Tasks for Teachers of English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Thornbury, S. 1999. How to Teach Grammar. Harlow: Longman. Thornbury, S. 2001. Uncovering Grammar. Oxford: Heinemann. Thornbury, S. 2002. How to Teach Vocabulary. Harlow: Longman. Thornbury, S. 2005. How to Teach Speaking. Harlow: Longman
Ur. P. 1996. A Course in Language Teaching: Practice and Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Woodward, T. 2001. Planning Lessons and Courses. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.