Postgraduate Course: Language and the Learner (EDUA11248)
Course Outline
| School |
Moray House School of Education |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
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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 |
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| Course description |
This course is suitable for international and home students, whether they are already practising teachers or have no prior teaching experience, who have an interest in language and the learning and teaching of language. The course gives students the opportunity to develop further their understanding in the following areas:
- current research on teaching and learning and its impact on pedagogy;
- current approaches to teaching and learning;
- first and second language acquisition;
- changing social and cultural contexts of education;
- multicultural literatures.
The key aim of the course is that participants have the opportunity to develop from an individual perspective their theoretical and practical understanding of language learning and teaching. To achieve this the course emphasises:
- the pupil/student perspective on learning;
- the social and cultural contexts of learning;
- the processes involved in acquiring and learning a first and second - language and the factors which facilitate and inhibit effective language learning;
- multicultural literatures and their uses in the language classroom;
- that elements of teaching and learning cannot be viewed in isolation.
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Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
- |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
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| 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 course students will be able to:
- identify and evaluate critically their current conceptions of language learning and teaching;
- analyse the strengths and limitations of differing representations of language learning and teaching;
- analyse research perspectives on language learning and teaching in practice;
- demonstrate critical awareness of strategies which enhance language learning and of the pupil/student perspective on learning and teaching;
- evaluate critically a range of current theories of first and second language acquisition and learning and demonstrate an understanding of how these might influence first and second language teaching;
- analyse and evaluate multicultural literatures and their uses in the language classroom;
- account for individual differences among learners.
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Assessment Information
There will be two parts to the assessment of this course $ú Part 1 (20%) and Part 2 (80%).
Part 1: 20%: (1000 words)
Students are required to bring together their thoughts, views and experiences as a learner, a teacher, or both, in a 1000 word summary of a reflective journal that they are required to keep during the course. This is worth 20%.
Part 2: 80% (3000 words)
Students will be required to produce an assignment of approximately 3000 words in which they either critically analyse current research perspectives on language acquisition and learning, and language learning and teaching or they connect current research perspectives on first or second language learning and teaching to their own practice. Students will be offered suggested topics/questions for the assignment but will also be able to negotiate with course tutors and identify specific topics or areas of investigation which interest them.
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| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Brona Murphy
Tel: (0131 6)51 6408
Email: brona.murphy@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Catherine Mcdonald
Tel: (0131 6)50 4227
Email: Catherine.McDonald@ed.ac.uk |
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