Language Awareness and Practice in TESOL module (ED51074)

You will learn about the current debate around the English language. You will develop an awareness of the key language components and skills of English. These include reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

You will learn about pedagogical strategies. You will also develop competence to plan and deliver lessons around English language skills.

This will allow you an opportunity to critically reflect on your practice. It will also help you develop employable skills to teach English.

As you are introduced to the English language and the pedagogy to teach the language, we also recognise and try to develop your awareness of the fact that language learning/teaching goals are unique.

Different people have different priorities across societies. These priorities are individual, local, as well as global.

We encourage you to take these factors into consideration. That way you are not just replicating and reproducing pedagogical models. You will instead contextualise them in your own TESOL contexts.

What you will learn

In this module, you will:

• learn how to teach language skills in an integrated manner
• have opportunities to apply this learning to practice by engaging with peers and developing lesson plans
• be given an opportunity to do a micro-teaching that will enhance your confidence to teach English in a TESOL context
• focus on the questions of agency in the pedagogical context
• reflect on how you can make a difference in your own teaching context. This will be to empower your students and help them achieve their learning goals and enhance their life chances

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

• understand the English language structures and meanings
• understand the teaching and learning strategies in TESOL
• link awareness of language patterns to the practical design of learning in TESOL.
• engage in critical reflection and discussion about TESOL strategies and classroom practice
• synthesise learning from the module and to apply it to TESOL practice

Assignments / assessment

• 4,000 word essay (100%)

This module does not have a final exam.

Teaching methods / timetable

Full time on-campus

Each semester will consist of 10 weeks of teaching which are all timetabled and the learning and teaching will consist of the following:

• in-person lectures
• online learning materials (such as watching, reading, or writing activities for you to try at your own pace)
• online discussion forums
• reading and completing associated tasks
• writing and working towards your final assessment
• peer-to-peer learning opportunities

For full-time students, lectures will last approx. 2.5 hours, some sessions are split over 2 days. You will be expected to attend all lectures which are held between Monday -Friday.

Online

The module is divided into 12 units and is delivered online over 17 weeks. The learning and teaching will consist of the following:

• live online sessions to include content-based discussions and opportunity for module-related academic questions
• discussion boards
• asynchronous module materials to work through at your own pace

Self-driven study time will include:

• reading and completing associated tasks
• engaging with a wide wide range of online materials to support self-study
• writing and working towards your final assessment
• peer-to-peer learning opportunities