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Postgraduate Course: Evaluation and Design of TESOL Materials (EDUA11031)

Course Outline
School Moray House School of Education College College of Humanities and Social Science
Course type Standard Availability Available to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken) SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits 20
Home subject area Education Other subject area None
Course website None
Course description This module covers the techniques and principles for evaluating materials. It trains students to adapt materials in a variety of ways and to devise texts and tasks to supplement published materials, in the light of current research in evaluation and design of TESOL materials. It examines ways of involving learners in materials evaluation and design.
Entry Requirements
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Tesol Methodology (EDUC11001) AND Key Concepts in Language Studies (EDUC11010) AND The Tesol Curriculum (EDUC11011) AND Tesol and the Learner (EDUC11012)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites None
Prospectus website http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/visiting-exchange/courses
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1) WebCT enabled:  No Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
No Classes have been defined for this Course
First Class First class information not currently available
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module, students will have demonstrated an:
1. Understanding of a variety of techniques for evaluating materials;
2. Understanding of the principles from which these techniques derive;
3. Ability to evaluate teaching/learning materials;
4. Ability to analyse tasks and the components of which they are composed;
5. Ability to adapt materials in a variety of ways;
6. Ability to select and devise texts and tasks to supplement published materials;
7. Understanding of key issues in the layout of text-based materials;
8. Ability to involve learners in materials evaluation and design;
9. Ability to evaluate current research issues in evaluation and design of TESOL materials.
Assessment Information
There are two parts to the assessment. The students:
a) make a proposal for materials adaptation/design
b) evaluate these materials.

They submit:
- their materials, or a representative section of them;
- the materials evaluation that they carried out;
- a rationale for the materials design and the evaluation;
- a statement of what they have learnt by carrying out these tasks;
- a statement of how the materials and design relate to current research issues in evaluation and design of TESOL materials.

The assignment is 5,000 words in length.
Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information
Special Arrangements
Not entered
Contacts
Course organiser Mrs Yvonne Foley
Tel:
Email: yvonne.foley@ed.ac.uk
Course secretary Mrs Moira Ross
Tel: (0131 6)51 6206
Email: moirar@education.ed.ac.uk
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