Educational guide Faculty of Arts |
english |
Bachelor's Degree in English Studies (2009) |
Subjects |
ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE |
Contents |
IDENTIFYING DATA | 2019_20 |
Subject | ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE | Code | 12274210 | |||||
Study programme |
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Cycle | 1st | |||||
Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
6 | Optional |
Competences | Learning outcomes | Contents |
Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
Topic | Sub-topic |
UNIT 1.- INTRODUCTION | 1.1 Popular beliefs about Language Acquisition 1.2 Key issues in Second Language Acquisition |
UNIT 2.- INDIVIDUAL LEARNER DIFFERENCES | 2.1. Definition, brief history and taxonomy of individual differences 2.2. Age of acquisition. 2.3. Aptitude and intelligence. Definitions, components and tests. 2.4. Personality 2.5. Motivation and attitudes 2.6. Learner preferences and beliefs. Learning styles |
UNIT 3.- THE ROLE OF INPUT | 3.1. Input, intake, output and interaction 3.2. Input in language acquisition theories 3.3. Foreigner talk, Teacher talk and Interlanguage talk |
UNIT 4.-TYPES OF LEARNING CONTEXTS | 4.1. Naturalistic context vs. classroom context 4.2. Form-focused instruction and meaning-focused instruction 4.3. Task-based instruction 4.4. CLIL |
UNIT 5.- THE ENGLISH CLASSROOM | 5.1. Lesson planning 5.2. Teaching the language 5.3. L1 use |
UNIT 6.- DEVELOPMENTS IN TEACHING APPROACHES | 6.1. What is a teaching method? 6.2. Teaching methodologies 6.2.1. Grammar-Translation Approach 6.2.2. Audiolingual method 6.2.3. Natural Approach 6.2.6 Total Physical Response |