College of Social Sciences and International Studies

Bilingual and Multilingual Perspectives on Language Learning and Teaching
Module EFPM292 for 2019/0

Postgraduate Module Descriptor

EFPM292: Bilingual and Multilingual Perspectives on Language Learning and Teaching

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

This module aims to enable you to

Critically explore and evaluate politics of language in a specific educational setting and its relevance to bi-/multilingualism in education.
Reflect on personal and societal bi-/multilingualism in a specific educational setting and its relevance to language education.
Explore and develop a critical understanding of the scope of bi-/multilingual approaches to language learning and teaching, and the relevant emergent theoretical framework.
Develop awareness and understanding of possible bi-/multilingual educational approaches and methods, and evaluate their feasibility in a specific educational setting.
Critically evaluate and design practical ways of applying multilingual approaches in a classroom.
Explore an issue emerging from experience or a context you are familiar with, working collaboratively, examine and present a critical review of this through the lens of bi-/multilingual perspectives.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
This module's assessment will evaluate your achievement of the ILOs listed here - you will see reference to these ILO numbers in the details of the assessment for this module.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to:
Module-Specific Skills	1. demonstrate a critical understanding of key ideas relating to politics of language, specifically language acquisition planning and how this relates to bi-/multilingualism in education; 2. demonstrate awareness of different approaches to learning and teaching that and evaluate one or more in relation to a specific context; 3. design a brief classroom activity that draws on/uses language repertoires of learners in a specific context;
Discipline-Specific Skills	4. demonstrate a critical understanding of personal and societal multilingualism and its role in language education; 5. demonstrate a critical understanding of the benefits and challenges regarding bi-/multilingual approaches to learning; 6. critically evaluate theories related to bi/multilingual learning and identify gaps in research more generally, and identify research needs in a specific context;
Personal and Key Skills	7. engage in independent study and group/pair work and presentations; 8. locate and review relevant academic literature; 9. demonstrate the ability to critically reflect on personal knowledge experience and/or knowledge of a specific educational setting in the view of relevant literature in both independent and collaborative work; and 10. translate educational theories into classroom activities relevant to a specific context.