| CODE | ELP5004 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Applied Linguistics for TESOL | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Centre for Academic Literacies and English Communication Skills | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Students taking this study-unit will engage critically with current key debates in applied linguistics. They will apply the necessary tools for language analysis to describe learners’ receptive and productive skills in authentic language learning contexts. This study-unit will encourage students to adopt a specific approach to applied linguistics that helps them focus on learner autonomy in a complex and diverse language learning setting typical of TESOL classrooms. This study-unit will also provide students with practice in applying linguistics frameworks to a variety of texts in the language learning classroom. Students will not only be encouraged to engage in critical evaluation of the different (and sometimes contrasting) frameworks, but the study-unit will also encourage them to adopt a powerful analytical tool while facilitating task-oriented approaches to language learning and teaching. Study-Unit Aims: - To introduce students to current issues in applied linguistics; - To enhance students’ theoretical models of linguistic analysis; - To enable students to use linguistic descriptive tools to analyse learners' spoken and written performance; - To further develop students’ skills in using corpora to investigate learner language; - To facilitate the discernment of strengths and weakness in learners’ language use; and - To assist students in creating linguistic-based approaches in TESOL through a focus on variety of spoken and written texts. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Identify key concepts in applied linguistics; - Distinguish between strengths and weaknesses in learners’ spoken and written performance; - Determine different points of entry to a text to facilitate learners' engagement with texts; - Describe strengths and weaknesses of linguistic frameworks. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Analyse texts using descriptive linguistic tools and frameworks; - Use corpora to analyse learner language; - Build a learner corpus and draw conclusions from text search results; - Design corpus-based classroom tasks; - Create different language tasks based on the data collected from learner corpora; - Apply a new understanding of patterns of language usage identified across different learner corpora to revise their own patterns of language usage; - Apply key concepts in applied linguistics to TESOL; - Engage in independent study. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Paltridge, B & Phakiti, A. (2018). Research Methods in Applied Linguistics. Bloomsbury Academic. - O'Keeffe, A., & McCarthy, M. (Eds.). (2010). The Routledge handbook of corpus linguistics. Routledge. - Schmitt, N. & Rodgers, M. P. H. (2020). An Introduction to Applied Linguistics. Routledge. - Simpson, J. (Ed.). (2011). The Routledge handbook of applied linguistics. Routledge. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Seminar | ||||||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Sarah Grech Odette Vassallo Daniel Xerri |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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