This programme will provide participants with a background to current issues in English language teaching methodology and seek to improve participants鈥� knowledge and professional skills in practical pedagogy.
Programme Design
- English Teaching Methodologies
- English as a Medium Instruction Teaching
- Teaching English Grammar and Vocabulary
- Managing Teaching Activities
- Conducting Classroom-Based Research
- Aspects of Culture
- Developing Communicative Skills
- English Language Skills for Professional Communication Purposes.
Programme Content
We will examine current issues in English language teaching and learning and their theoretical underpinnings and consider the implementation of teaching methodologies in the English language classroom.听 We will focus on skills development, exploring how the processes of writing can be developed in students, ways of developing students鈥� academic reading skills, their listening and speaking skills and the development of both fluency and accuracy.
Current approaches in the field of teaching English vocabulary and new research in the field of teaching grammar will be explored.听 The practical implications for classroom teaching of all these areas will be considered.
The programme will enable the participants to develop the skills to conduct their own classroom-based research and involve them in evaluating their current practices as a basis for change and development.听 In addition, the course seeks to develop participants鈥� personal language competence.
Aspects of contemporary English in its socio-cultural context will be examined. 听We will also concentrate on the development of English language skills in professional contexts. 听We will explore the interaction that occurs between research in the classroom, innovation in education and the improvement of teaching and learning processes in the Conducting Classroom-Based Research component.
Finally, competency to teach effectively at university level in an EMI context calls for the ability to formulate and explain complex concepts at a high level of abstraction.
We will explore pedagogical principles, recent educational research, the language demands and the implications for EMI curriculum design.
Programme Aims
This programme aims to:
- Examine aspects of contemporary ELT teaching methodology relevant at tertiary level
- Develop critical awareness and a conceptual framework of the theoretical underpinning of pedagogic approaches
- Consider the use of information technology (IT) in education
- Explore issues concerning English as the Medium of Instruction (EMI) Teaching in Higher Education
- Focus on developing students鈥� oral communicative competence and listening skills within contemporary higher education
- Increase participants鈥� confidence in both their personal and professional use of English.
Learning Resource Centre
A range of resources to support you
Our Learning Resources Centre is听a whole building dedicated specifically to learning resources, where far from the traditional materials of a library, participants will find resources from and to be used in schools, for every subject and curricular level.
Approaches to Learning
Study in a supportive learning environment
We will use active learning methods involving practical activities, problem-solving strategies, reflection and developing critical thinking strategies.听 Our programme will examine examples of good pedagogic practice both in the UK and elsewhere.
Contact Us
Francisco J Melara Gutierrez
University of 黑洞社区, Bognor Regis Campus, Upper Bognor Road, Bognor Regis. West Sussex, PO21 1HR, UK
Tel: +44 1243793527
Email:听F.MelaraGutierrez@chi.ac.uk
