Ling 1014 – Current Methodologies in Language Teaching – Course schedule – Athens 2013
Date
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Topic
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Making CLT Happen
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Preparation before Class
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Class Presentations
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Saturday
9 March
|
Approaches
and Methods
|
Tutor Presentations
1. Introduction to course and VanPatten
& Benati
2. Richards & Rogers ch 14 –
overview of theory of language: Audiolingualism / CLT
3. Celce-Murcia - review of approaches
(ch1)
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Saturday
23 March
|
Principles
and Practice of CLT
|
Decide on topic of essay
|
Tutor Presentations
1. Celce-Murcia - design principles for
communicative curriculum (ch2)
2.
Karava - teachers’ attitudes to the communicative approach in Greece
3.
Lightbown & Spada
intro - attitudes to aspects of learning and
classroom practice
4. Lightbown & Spada ch2 in Candlin
& Mercer - characteristics of a
good learner
5. Characteristics and Principles of CLT
6. Communicative Tasks
|
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Saturday 13
April
|
SLA and the
Role of Input
|
Outline of essay topic
Key Terms in SLA
pages 9 -57
|
Student Presentations
Each student presents outline of essay
topic
Key Terms in SLA p 9 -57
Tutor Presentation
Input in SLA
|
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Sunday 14
April
|
Input in the
Classroom
|
Richards & Renandya chapters 14, 15, 16, 25.
|
Student Presentations
Richards & Renandya chapters 14, 15, 16, 25.
Tutor Presentation
Input in the Classroom
|
|
Saturday 18
May
|
Making Communicative Language Teaching Happen
Individual meetings to discuss first draft of essays |
Chapters
1 & 2 |
First draft of essay |
Student Presentations
MCLTH chapters 1 & 2
Tutor Presentations
Introduction to SLA and Real World
Teaching
Key
developments
Communicative
Tasks
|
Sunday 26
May
|
Input
Interaction
Feedback
|
Chapters
6, 7 & 8 |
Tutor Presentations
Key Issues in Grammar Teaching Input Processing Theory Interaction and Feedback Interaction Hypothesis |
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Saturday 1
June
|
Output
Individual meetings to discuss final draft of essays |
Tutor Presentations
Speaking Reading Listening Writing Concluding remarks |
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