Course : Applied Linguistics to Foreign Language Teaching and Learning
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1. An Introduction to Applied Linguistics
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2. Approaches and Methods in Foreign Language Teaching
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3. The Object of Knowledge in Foreign Language Courses
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4. Foreign Language Knowledge and Course Planning
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5. Foreign Language Curriculum and Syllabus Design
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7. Focus on Learning and the Language Learner
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8. Recent Developments in Foreign Language Teaching Pedagogy
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6. View of Language Acquisition and Learning in Foreign Language Didactics
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1. An Introduction to Applied Linguistics
3. The Object of Knowledge in Foreign Language Courses
This unit focuses on theories of language and how they affect language syllabus design and language teaching practices. More specifically, the main principles of the structuralist/formalist trend and the functionalist trend are discussed as well as their impact on the design of language syllabi and foreign language pedagogy more generally.
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Further Readings
Reader and Workbook
Ellis, R. (1997). SLA and language pedagogy: An educational perspective. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 19(1), 69-92.
Johnson, K. (2002). Language as skill. ELT Journal, 56(2), 190-191.