ELT601 CURRENT ISSUES IN ENG.LANG.TEACH.
| Course Code: | 8200601 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | English Language Teaching |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. NURDAN GÜRBÜZ |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course aims at familiarising students in the following areas:
- The political and intellectual roots of ELT
- Social, economic and cultural influences on ELT
- The impact of current theories and research findings on classroom practices
- Current perspectives on teaching and learning English
- The Impact of technology and digitalisation on learning and teaching languages
- The role of AI in TESOL
Course Content
Concerns of the language teaching profession worldwide as currently being discussed and debated in professional literature. The political and intellectual roots of ELT, social, economic and cultural influences on ELT, the debate over communicative language teaching, and the relation of current theory and research to actual classroom practice.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to understand
- the political and intellectual roots of ELT
- social, economic and cultural influences on ELT
- The debate over communicative language teaching
- The impact of current theories and research findings on classroom practices
- Current perspectives on teaching the four skills and grammar
- evaluate what they read on ELT world literature more critically
- analyze their teaching context in connection with the existing theories and approaches in applied linguistics
- approach their language teaching practices more realistically
- find solutions for their ELT related problems
Students will also
- evaluate what they read on ELT world literature more critically
- analyze their teaching context in connection with the existing theories and approaches in applied linguistics
- approach their language teaching practices more realistically
- find solutions for their ELT related problems
- write research papers of publishable quality to have their voice as young scholars in international literature
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | demonstrate awareness of theoretical and applied knowledge about contemporary approaches, methods and techniques and use this awareness effectively in practice for various educational settings. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | synthesize, critically assess, and improve theoretical and practical findings on contemporary research. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | evaluate the existing instructional procedures, methods and techniques and make suggestions to improve new ones. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | carry out studies with a scientific point of view in order to meet the educational needs in national and international contexts with the aim of making contributions to the field. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | demonstrate the necessary skills to conduct independent research with scientific research methods and share research findings at academic meetings or other settings both orally and in written form. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | evaluate national and international instructional materials, exams and programs and design new ones. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | analyze innovative theories, applications and tools, and conduct research to suggest new ones. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | investigate the cultural differences and similarities that can be found in countries where English is spoken as native, second and foreign language, and use this knowledge to improve national English learning and teaching practices. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | analyze the theories and applications about the acquisition of English language as a second and foreign language and applied linguistics, and use this knowledge in relation to English language teaching and learning. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution