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نقد و برسی مسایل آموزش زبان

In the Name of God

Critical Review of English language teaching issues

A PhD course syllabus,

Instructor: Z.G.Shooshtari

Fall,1399

I.Objective: the course is designed to introduce and discuss the key issues and current approaches and practices   involved in second language teaching drawing on the current theory, research and practice in order to develop an understanding of language teaching profession. To achieve this goal, the following themes are to be presented during the course sessions:

II.Topics

.The changing face of TESOL

.the description and assessment of language teaching methods

. perspectives on the emerging postmethod pedagogy

 . Reflective pedagogy

 . Integrating language skills instruction

 . Class-centered Teaching

 . learner-centered Teaching:  Learner autonomy and learner-directed learning

 . Competence and Performance in language teaching

 . meaningful L2 practice in foreign language classroom

 . Critical Pedagogy and English Language learning

III.Materials

 . Allwright,R.L. (2003).Exploratory practice: Rethinking practitioner research in language teaching. language teaching reseach,7,113-141.

 . Akbari,Ramin.(2008).Postmethod discourse and practice. TESOL Quartely,42(4).641-652.

 . Burns,Anne.,&Richards,Jack C.(Eds).(2012). Pedagogy and Practice in Second language teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge university press.

 . DeKeyser,RobertM.(Ed.)(2007). practice in second language: Perspective from Applied Linguistics and Cognitive Psychology. Cambridge: Cambridge university press.

 . Krashen,Stephen. (2008). language education: past, present and Future. RELC Journal,39(2),178-187.

 . Kumaravadivelu,B.(2006).Understanding Language teaching. New JersyLawrence Erlbaum

 . Kumaravadivelu,B.(2003).Beyond methods: Macrostrategies for language teaching .New Haven,CT:Yale university Press.

 . Richards,Jack c.,(2015) .Key Issues in Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

 .Richards,Jack,C.(  2009). Changing face of TESOL. TESOL 2009 Convention- Plenary Speech

IV. Evaluation

 . Regular attendance

 . Active class participation

 .  Two oral article presentation

 . final examination