Module Catalogue 2024/25

Pre Requisite Comment

None

Co Requisite Comment

None

Aims

This module introduces students to the key concepts, basic principles and approaches in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL). It introduces the latest development in teaching and learning in the classroom. Students will gain knowledge and understanding through a combination of pre-session tasks, lectures, seminars, observations, peer teaching and collaborative learning. Topics covered in this module include principles and techniques of teaching the four language skills, teaching vocabulary and grammar, lesson planning, and use of authentic materials. At the end of the module students will be able to plan and deliver a TESOL lesson to peers.

Outline Of Syllabus

1.       Review of English language teaching methods: key concepts & principles
2.       Communicative competence and English language teaching
3.       Lesson planning
4.       Speaking
5.       Listening
6.       Grammar
7.       Reading
8.       Writing
9.       Vocabulary
10.       Planning for assessment tasks
11.       Peer teaching assessment
12.       Drop-in session

Intended Knowledge Outcomes

• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of key principles of different teaching approaches
• Understand potential factors which may enhance or hinder the development of language skills, learning of grammar or vocabulary
• Have an in-depth understanding of at least one area in TESOL
• Demonstrate that they can assimilate and critically appraise the information and own learning experience
• Identify targets for further professional development

Intended Skill Outcomes

• Can use recent ideas about TESOL approaches and practice to design language learning activities and deliver a TESOL lesson to peers
• Can critically reflect on one’s professional practice
• Can apply these ideas to critically interpret and analyse a foreign or second language learning context

Teaching Rationale And Relationship

Online materials and lectures provide an introduction to the weekly content, establish a basic level of understanding of the topic, offer an opportunity for further exploration, discussion, and personal reflection, through small group activities, and signal areas for individual further study and essential and further reading

Students will then put what they have learnt into practice, through weekly micro-teaching practicals, which is also preparation for the peer teaching assessment.

Structured Guided Learning activities provide students with weekly opportunities to consolidate learning through guided tasks linked to the weekly topic.

Independent study will enable wider reading, further personal self-reflection and assignment preparation.

Assessment Rationale And Relationship

The skills outcomes (e.g., ability to put theory into teaching practice) will mainly be assessed through the peer teaching. The knowledge outcomes (e.g., critical understanding of relevant teaching theory) will mainly be assessed in the end of module essay.

General Notes

Original Handbook text:
This module aims to introduce you to key theories, approaches and techniques in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL), and to the latest developments in this area, with the aim of helping you develop your basic language teaching skills. It will raise your awareness of issues in teaching and learning English in the classroom, and introduce you to a range of resources, materials and techniques. The advantages and challenges presented by different approaches and techniques will be discussed with implications for the roles of the teacher and the learner. To enable you to apply what you have learned in this module, you will be asked to plan and give a lesson to your peers and also write it up with its rationale and a critical evaluation. Learning journals are introduced to help you reflect on your own learning and professional development.