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
7. Focus on Learning and the Language Learner
This unit continues to focus on language learning presenting research on good language learners. More specifically, individual learner variables (affective, personality and cognitive) which have been found to influence success in language learning are discussed. Special attention is given to learner strategies and learner autonomy and how they can be developed in the foreign language classroom.
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Further Readings
Cotterall, S. (2000). Promoting learner autonomy through the curriculum: Principles for designing language courses. ELT journal, 54(2), 109-117.
Garton, S. (2002). Learner initiative in the language classroom. ELT journal,56(1), 47-56.
Guariento, W., & Morley, J. (2001). Text and task authenticity in the EFL classroom. ELT journal, 55(4), 347-353.