English Teaching Methodology
Master's Programme in English Studies: Professional Applications & Intercultural Communication
Academic staff
Course code:
70482108
Type:
Compulsory – Teaching and Research Itinerary (Module 2)
Approach to education
Blended-learning (25%)
Term
Second
Classroom
Humanities Building II, classroom 12
Teaching period
9 January – 26 February 2025
Teaching times
Wednesdays 18.45 – 21.00
Thursdays 18.45 – 21.00
Teaching guide
Description
The contents proposed in this course, both declarative and procedural, contribute to the training of future English language teachers so that they can solve and handle teaching-learning situations successfully. This course aims to provide students with the necessary tools to apply theoretical knowledge and practical training to handle teaching-learning situations; to develop skills to plan and implement teaching didactic units; and to access updated sources of information on the regulation of the foreign language (FL) curriculum within the Spanish context
The course is divided into four thematic blocks:
Block I – Introduction to EFL learning/acquisition processes. Traditional approaches in FLT
‣ A brief history of language teaching– background
‣ Theoretical orientations to L2 approaches and methods
‣ Traditional approaches and methodologies in FLT
Block II – Recent approaches to ELT
‣ The post-communicative period: Eclecticism
‣ Recent and current approaches to ELT
Block III – Methodology for oral and written comprehension and production in L2
‣ Communicative competence
‣ Linguistic skills
‣ Oral communicative competence
‣ Written communicative competence
‣ Integrated skills
Block IV – Legislation applied to L2 language teaching and elaboration of didactic units
‣ Legislation applied to L2 teaching and learning in Secondary Education
‣ Steps to design a didactic unit
English Teaching Methodology
