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Postgraduate Course: Theory and practice of second language learning (EDUA11203)

Course Outline
SchoolMoray House School of Education and Sport CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThe course will provide participants with an overview of second language pedagogy, past and present. On completion of the course, participants will be able to critically evaluate approaches and methods of teaching second/other languages.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs Students are required to purchase the core texts marked in bold.
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2020/21, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
Course Start Date 11/01/2021
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 10, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 16, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2, Formative Assessment Hours 2, Summative Assessment Hours 200, Revision Session Hours 2, Other Study Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 0 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Participants will be required to write an essay of approximately 4000 words comparing the different approaches to Second Language pedagogy met in this course. Participants will be required to reflect critically on the relative merits of each approach in the light of Second Language Acquisition theory and relate this to their own experience of language learning.
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. gain a clear overview of research methodologies used in research in language
  2. consider the challenges inherent in embedding research perspectives on learning and teaching in language in practice
  3. be critically aware of strategies which enhance learning
  4. be critically aware of different perspectives of language in use
  5. be critically aware of different perspectives of language in use
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information Lecture and Workshop
Tuesdays
2.00pm-5.00pm
Group 1: TL 10
Group 2: CH 3.4
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMr Michael Lynch
Tel: (0131 6)51 6422
Email: Michael.Lynch@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Moira Ross
Tel: (0131 6)51 6206
Email: Moira.G.Ross@ed.ac.uk
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