Course Description
The course is designed to examine the nature of each of the four language skills from a discourse perspective (review of traditional methods and approaches in language teaching); to introduce students to the current teaching methods and approaches (genre based, task based, and content based, project based learning, discovery learning, problem based learning); to develop links between what teachers and learners do in class and what applied linguistic research tells us about how second language acquisition takes place; to develop an understanding of interactional competence and the means to develop it among L2 learners; and to develop a reflective approach to teaching through classroom observations.
Program Objectives (PO)
- Make use of IT to communicate the concept of ELT methods and the generating possible techniques as well as to develop it based on the latest theory.
- Master the concept of various kinds of ELT methods and techniques so as to be able to recognize, compare and analyze them.
- Creating which method should be appropriately referred to be implemented for teaching a certain language skill or component.
- Be responsible for making a written summary on the concept just discussed as a reflection of the understanding a concept.