Module EFPM292 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
EFPM292: Bilingual and Multilingual Perspectives on Language Learning and Teaching
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 introduction to politics of language, with a focus on language acquisition planning
- An introduction to personal and societal multilingualism and its implications for education
- An introduction to bilingual methods of teaching and learning
- An introduction to multilingual methods of teaching and learning
- An introduction to bi-/multilingual approaches curricula, materials and activities
- Designing a classroom activity, based on bi-/multilingual approaches
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 |
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16 | 134 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Activities | 16 | 8 x 2 hour seminars and tutorials |
Guided independent study | 24 | Directed reading: seminar preparation/review |
Guided independent study | 40 | Directed reading: further exploration of chosen topics |
Guided independent study | 10 | Formative assignment preparation |
Guided independent study | 60 | Summative assignment preparation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Other Learning Resources
Journals
Int. Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (LIBRARY DOES NOT SUBSCRIBE TO THIS)
Language Education
Modern Language Journal
TESOL quarterly
Multilingual
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.
Politics of language
Hélot, Christine &Ó Laoire, Muiris (2011) Language Policy for the Multilingual Classroom: Pedagogy of the Possible. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
Ricento, Thomas (2006) An introduction to language policy : theory and method. Malden, MA. ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub.
Bilingual/immersion education
Baker, Colin & García, Ofelia (2007) Bilingual education : an introductory reader. Clevedon : Multilingual Matters.
Coyle, Do (2010) CLIL: content and language integrated learning. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
Dalton-Puffer, Christiane (2007) Discourse in content and language integrated learning (CLIL) classrooms. Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co.
Lindholm-Leary, Kathryn J. (2001) Dual language education. Clevedon : Multilingual Matters.
Tedick, Diane J. et al (2011). Immersion Education: Practices, Policies, Possibilities. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
Multilingual education
Coelho, Elizabeth (2004) Adding English: A guide to teaching in multilingual classes. Toronto: Pippin Publishing Corporation. (Non in library yet)
Conteh, Jean, Meier, Gabriela (eds) (forthcoming) The Multilingual Turn in Languages Education Opportunities and Challenges. Clevedon : Multilingual Matters.
Cook, Vivian J. (1995). Multi-competence and the learning of many languages. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 8(2), p. 93-98.
García, Ofelia et al. (2009) Imagining multilingual schools : languages in education and glocalization. Hyderabad : Orient BlackSwan.
Garcia, Ofelia (2009). Emergent bilinguals and TESOL: What’s in a name? TESOL Quarterly, 43(2), p. 322-326.
Hélot Christine, De Mejía, Anne-Marie (2008) Forging Multilingual Spaces: Integrating Perspectives on Majority and Minority Bilingual Education (Bilingual Education and Bilingualism). Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
May, Stephen (2013) The multilingual turn implications for SLA, TESOL and bilingual education. New York: Routledge.
Taylor, S. (2009). Paving the way to a more multilingual TESOL. TESOL Quarterly, 43 (2), p. 309-313.
Practical application
Coelho, Elizabeth. (1998) Teaching and learning in multicultural schools : an integrated approach. Clevedon : Multilingual Matters, 1998.
Debono, Joe (n.d.) Language of the month. Retrieved on 19.12.2013 from http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/activitiesbooklet.pdf
Bernaus, Mercè, Furlong, Áine, Jonckheere, Sofie & Kervran, Martine (2011) Plurilingualism and pluriculturalism in content-based teaching: A training kit
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