Module EFPM266 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
EFPM266: Principles of Language Learning for TESOL
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
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
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.
ELE – College to provide hyperlink to appropriate pages
Other Learning Resources
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
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. (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.
Cohen, A. D., & Macaro, E. (Eds.). (2007). Language learner strategies: Thirty years of research and practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Cook, V. and Singleton, D. (2014) Key Topics in Second Language Acquisition. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
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.
Gao, X. (2010). Strategic language learning: The roles of agency and context. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters.
Norton, B. (2000). Identity and language learning. Harlow: Longman.
May, S. (2014) The multilingual turn: Implications for SLA, TESOL and Bilingual Education. Abingdon: Routledge.
Papi, M. and Abdollahzadeh, E. (2010). An Observational Examination of L2 Motivational Strategies: The Iranian EFL Context. Language Learning, 61, 1-24.
Richards, J.J. and Schmidt, R. (2010) Dictionary of Language Teaching & Applied Linguistics (4th Ed). Harlow: Longman .
Toth, Zsuzsa (2010) Foreign Language Anxiety and the Advanced Language Learner. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars.
Weber, J.-J. & Horner, K. (2012) Introducing Multilingualism: A social Approach. Abingdon: Routledge.
