Teaching English as a Foreign Language

Prerequisites

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this module.

Programme

Programme

Contact hours

One two-hour lecture and one hour-long seminar per week.

Teaching programme

The module covers:

• The political controversies arising from English as a world language, including language death, linguistic imperialism
• World Englishes: which model(s) of English are/should be taught?
• The history of TEFL from 1880 to present
• Models of language learning
• Theories of language acquisition
• Sociocultural considerations in the EFL classroom
• Psychological approaches to language learning

Teaching materials

The following is a sample reading list:

• Brown, H. D. (2006). Principles of Language Learning and Teaching. 5th ed. New York: Longman.
• Crystal, D. (2003). English as a Global Language. 2nd ed. Cambridge: CUP.
• Dörnyei, Z. (2002). Motivational Strategies in the Language Classroom. Cambridge: CUP.
• Harmer, J. (2007). The Practice of English Language Teaching. 4th ed. Harlow: Pearson Longman.
• Jenkins, J. (2003). World Englishes: a resource book for students. London: Routledge.
• Phillipson, R. (1992). Linguistic Imperialism. Oxford: OUP.
• Richards, J. C. & T. S. Rodgers (2001) Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching. 2nd ed. Cambridge: CUP.
• Scrivener, J. (2005) Learning Teaching. Oxford: Macmillan Heinemann.
• Wardhaugh, R. (2006) An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. 5th ed. Malden, MA; London: Blackwell

Assessment and feedback

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on formative work

• Formative exercises to be assigned during the teaching period.
• Feedback will be provided within two weeks of submission.

Summative assessment and feedback

• Closed examination in Summer Term Weeks 5-7
• Mark on University scale available by the end of the summer term. Sight of examination scripts by appointment by the end of the summer term.