This module is not currently running in 2024 to 2025.
This module will give an overview of the theories and good practice that underpin TESOL. It will show how these have developed and shaped current trends in TESOL pedagogy. Recent and up-to-date research into language learning and teaching will be reviewed, evaluated and assessed for its implications for classroom practice. Current thought on the teaching of the elements and skills of language will be reviewed and assessed, and applied to a variety of contexts in which TESOL takes place. Participants will be able to observe and evaluate TESOL teaching and develop their own practical teaching skills through peer group teaching, teaching small groups and or/one-to-one teaching under the supervision of experienced practitioners.
Total Contact Hours: 20
Total Private Study Hours: 130
Total Study Hours: 150
Compulsory for MA Applied Linguistics for TESOL
Main assessment methods
• Lesson Plan 1 & Presentation (15 minutes) – 40%
• Lesson Plan 2 & Presentation (20 minutes) – 60%
Reassessment methods
• 100% Coursework (2,500 words)
Indicative Reading List
Edge, J. and Garton, S. (2009). From Experience to Knowledge in ELT, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Hall, G. (2011). Exploring English Language Teaching: Language in Action, London: Routledge.
Larsen-Freeman, D. and Anderson, M. (2011). Techniques and Principles in Language Learning, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Scrivener, J. (2011). Learning Teaching, Oxford: Macmillan.
Scrivener, J. (2012). Classroom Management Techniques, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Spiro, J. (2013). Changing Methodologies in TESOL, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
The intended subject specific learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
1 Demonstrate professional and confident practical classroom skills that will be underpinned by pedagogic principles and linguistic knowledge;
2 Demonstrate assimilation and development of the principles of effective classroom practice;
3 Evaluate language learning and teaching in the light of research, good practice and current trends and apply this to a teaching context;
4 Critically review a range of language learning approaches, methods, and techniques and assess their efficacy in specific contexts;
5 Use appropriate approaches, methods, and techniques for specific teaching and learning contexts.
The intended generic learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
1 Communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively;
2 Evaluate complex ideas and apply them to practical situations;
3 Manage and organise groups;
4 Identify problems and possible solutions;
5 Show initiative and independence in planning, preparation and execution in practical situations.
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