239940 Introduction to English Language Teaching Methodology (weiterführende Schulen) (S) (SoSe 2013)

The course offers an historical survey of methods of teaching English as a foreign language and of major contemporary approaches, emphasising the linguistic and didactic premises underlying the various methods. The course will demonstrate the hybrid nature of much current English language teaching and show how the various methods reviewed have influenced teaching and textbooks to the present day.

Requirements for participation, required level

This is an introductory course and should, preferably, be one of the first PM8 (old BA) or PM1 (new BA) seminars you take. It is specifically aimed at those planning to teach at secondary level This seminar is intended for those intending to teach at secondary school level: Hauptschule, Realschule, Sekundarschule, Gymnasium or Gesamtschule.

Bibliography

Please make sure you have the basic reading for the course, which is:
Richards, J.C., & Rodgers, J.S. (2001). Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching. Second edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Further reading will include:

Lennon, P. (2008). "Learner Autonomy and Teaching Methodology" in: Gramley, S. & Gramley, V. (eds.) Bielefeld Introduction to Applied Linguistics. Bielefeld: Aisthesis Verlag, pp. 39-50.

Lewis, Michael (2000). Teaching Collocation - Further Developments in the Lexical Approach. Boston: Thomson Heinle.

Skorge, P.N. (2008). Visual information in language learning and teaching. In S. Gramley & V. Gramley (Ed.). Bielefeld introduction to applied linguistics. A Course Book. Bielefeld: Aisthesis Verlag.

There will also be selected readings from:

VanPatten, B. (ed.) (2004). Processing Instruction: Theory, Research, and Commentary. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Cameron, L. (2001). Teaching languages to young learners. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Cook, V. (ed.) (2002). Portraits of the L2 User. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.

An extensive list of sources for background reading for your presentations, papers and general interest can be found on StudIP. Please also spend some time browsing through the books in the Semesterapparat for this seminar.