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Undergraduate Handbook 2005-2006 (archived)

Module LANG2151: ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

Department: Language Centre

LANG2151: ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

Type Level Credits Availability Module Cap Location
Open 2 20 Available in 2005/2006 None. Durham

Pre-requisites

  • Language and Learning (EDUC1281) or any one Level 1 module in Linguistics.

Corequisites

  • None.

Excluded Combinations

  • None.

Aims

  • To provide a principled English Language Teaching methodology as the basis for decision making about materials selection and classroom practice.

Content

  • 1.
  • Methodology, syllabus design, language teaching methods, theories of communicative competence and communicative language teaching.
  • 2.
  • Teaching in the skill areas (reading, writing, speaking, listening), teaching different levels (beginners, advanced), the use of authentic materials (music and song, newspapers), literature in language teaching.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge
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Subject-specific Skills
Key Skills

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

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Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

ActivityNumberFrequencyDurationTotal HoursAttendance Monitored
Lectures 40 2 per week (Terms 1 and 2) 1 hour 40
Workshops 5 1 week course (Term 3) 3 hours 15
Preparation and Reading 145
Total 200

Summative Assessment

ComponentComponent WeightingElementLength/DurationElement WeightingResit Opportunity
Composition 100% Assignment 1 2500 words 50%
Assignment 2 2500 words 50%

Formative Assessment

1 800 word assignment

Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University.