Language Learning And Teaching

Course Code: MMALIE_01

Masters Level Module

This module explores the interface between language learning theory and language teaching practice, and is relevant to language teachers in a variety of contexts around the world. How do classroom learners make new discoveries about language? Do they need to pay attention to grammar, or is meaning sufficient? What is the significance of the social contexts where learners engage with language? Questions like these form the basis of the module, with contemporary language learning theories considered in reference to options available in methodology, curriculum and syllabus design. Specifically, we explore theories based on research into interaction and the negotiation of meaning, cognitive psychology, socio-cultural ideas about learning and how sociolinguistics affects language learner attitudes.

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