Postgraduate Module Descriptor

EFPM266: Principles of Language Learning for TESOL

This module descriptor refers to the 2020/1 academic year.

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:

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

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

Interaction and language processing (the Interactionist perspective)

Sociocultural theory and mediated learning (socio-cognitive perspective)

Multilingualism and language learning

Language learning strategies and learning styles

Language learning motivation and anxiety

Identity and second language learning

Language learning as participation and socialization

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.

ELE – College to provide hyperlink to appropriate pages

Journals (examples):

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

Multilingua

TESOL Quarterly