EML504 Language & language development

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Module 1 Understanding approaches to language teaching	Section 1  Introduction		Language  Grammar  Multiliteracies
	Section 2  Theories of language	Topic 1 Skinner's theory: Language as verbal behaviour	Structural linguistics and behaviourism   Behaviourism, language pedagogy and beyond
		Topic 2 Chomsky's theory: Psycholinguistics	The Language Acquisition Device (LAD)   Linguistic universals   Grammaticality   Generative-transformational grammar   Competence and performance   Psycholinguistics - influences on language pedagogy
		Topic 3 Sociolinguistics	Accent and dialect   Communicative competence
		Topic 4  Language  as  Social interaction	Vygotsky's theory       Writing       The Zone of Proximal Development   Situated practice   Speech act theory
		Topic 5 Language and culture	Culture and thought - The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis    Mentalese  versus social semiotics
		Topic 6  Halliday's social semiotic theory	Towards critical literacies   Discourses and language variations   Discourses in adult-child interactions   Language and literacy teaching
Module 2 Teaching  and  learning in TESOL  communities	Section 1 Schools  and  communities	Topic 1  A language and  mulitliteracy pedagogy	Readings
	Section 2  The language  teacher:  roles  and  responsibilities	Topic 1 Roles and responsibilities  within the school	Restrictions - appointment   Agent for change - negotiator, planner, adviser   Resource development   Researcher
		Topic 2  Roles and responsibilities  within the classroom	Language expert   Assessor of students' proficiency and needs   Designer of a sociocultural pedagogy   Co-teacher   Curriculum planner   Assessment, evaluation and reporting   Action researcher - links with community