Understanding Language: Learning and Teaching offered by University of Southampton
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Understanding Language: Learning and Teaching at University of Southampton Overview
Duration | 4 weeks |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Go to Website |
Course Level | UG Certificate |
Understanding Language: Learning and Teaching at University of Southampton Highlights
- Earn a certification after completion
- Learn from expert faculty
Understanding Language: Learning and Teaching at University of Southampton Course details
- Graduates with an interest in the development of languages and language teaching. It will give you a taste of postgraduate study in the field of English language teaching
- Reflect on the nature of language acquisition, and your personal place in that spectrum
- Identify ideas around the notion of ‘meaning’ in second language acquisition, and how we convey/appreciate meaning
- Explore aspects of what is hard and what is easy in second language acquisition
- Discuss the nature and diversity of language learning classrooms and how this might impact on the teaching and learning of languages
- Develop an awareness of some current approaches to language teaching in the classroom
- What is language? How do we learn meaning in a new language? What is easy and hard about learning another language? And what is the best way to teach other languages?
- This free online course suggests some answers to these questions. It has been developed by the University of Southampton and the British Council, and draws on their work together producing a joint online MA in English Language Teaching
Understanding Language: Learning and Teaching at University of Southampton Curriculum
The nature of language and language learning including discussion of what is hard and easy in second language acquisition
Language teaching in the classroom including consideration of classrooms as communities of practice and theories about effective classroom pedagogy
Consideration of two case studies in current teaching practice: task-based language teaching (TBLT) and content and language integrated learning (CLIL)
Technology in language learning and teaching and the changing role of teacher and learner
Online versus face-to-face language learning
The use of English as a global language or lingua franca
The historical spread of English and implications for language policy and teaching
Definitions of English as a lingua franca (ELF), the scale of ELF use and its pros and cons
Exploration of the work of Global Englishes researchers and invitation to join in with a research project
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