230287 Introduction to English Language Teaching Methodology (S) (WiSe 2005/2006)

Of the three courses in Profile Module 8 this should be taken first, as it functions as an introduction to the module. The other two courses in the module assume knowledge from this course and build upon that knowledge.

The course offers an historical survey of methods of teaching English as a foreign language from 1950 to the present day and emphasises the linguistic and didactic premises underlying the various methods. The course will conclude by demonstrating the hybrid nature of much current English language teaching and show how the various methods reviewed have influenced textbook design to the present day.

Students will be asked to keep their own personal diary of the course.

Students will neeed to buy the course book:

J. C. Richards and T. S. Rodgers. Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching. Second edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.