Analysis and reflection on aspects of classroom practice, including teacher and learner roles, the use of teaching materials and language teaching technology. The course will draw on the collective knowledge and experience of the class. The principles and practice of language testing and assessment and of language teaching program evaluation. The course includes practical work in the construction of tests and other assessment instruments and in the design of evaluation tools. HPW2 Critical survey of different approaches to language teaching syllabus design.
Students apply theoretical ideas by developing a syllabus for a language teaching context.
Issues to be considered include definitions of bilingualism, bilingual competence, code switching, identity and bilingualism, and language policy and bilingualism. Issues and debates will be discussed, along with the theoretical frameworks behind some major programs. An introduction to Systemic Functional Grammar. Examines the ideational, interpersonal and textual functions of language. Attention is paid not only to the clause, groups and phrases, and clause-complexes, but also to grammatical metaphor and information structure.