Trends and New Directions in ELT

COURSE DETAILS

This course will cover some or all of the following aspects:

·         Review of methods and approaches in ELT

·         Learning and learner-centred teaching

·         Content and language integration

·         The changing status of English

·         The role of lexis in language teaching

·         The role of tasks in language teaching

·         Dogme and resource-light teaching

·         Special educational needs in ELT

·         Teaching in the post-methods era

·         Context-based approaches

·         Technology in and out of the classroom

·         Blended learning in ELT

·         Affect in language teaching and learning

·         The changing role of the teacher

·         Critical pedagogy in ELT

·         Assessment in the 21st century

This course will extend the participant’s understanding and critical awareness of:

·         Trends in language teaching and the context of recent and present developments in methodology

·         How to relate developments in classroom practice and language learning

·         How to survey recent developments in methodology and analyse language for teaching

·         The role of foreign languages in education and development of critical pedagogy in the 21st century

·         How globalization and the internet have impacted on language teaching materials and methodology

·         The potential of technology in language learning and teaching inside and outside the classroom

·         The changing role and status of English as a global language, and its implications for classroom teaching

·         How to re-examine their own teaching and assess the extent to which it is influenced by the above factors

WHO SHOULD APPLY

This course is aimed at ELT professionals who are interested in:

·         Gaining an awareness of the past, current, and potential future trends and developments in language teaching and learning, and their implications inside and outside the classroom

·         Critically evaluating recent developments in approaches to teaching and learning languages, and the impact of external factors on ELT methodologies and materials

Participants should have a minimum language level corresponding to B2 on the Common European Framework.

COURSE DATES

04 – 15 August 2014