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Zamira Hodo, Msc

Code
ELL 202
Name
Applied Linguistics
Semester
4
Lecture hours
4.00
Seminar hours
0.00
Laborator hours
0.00
Credits
4.00
ECTS
5.00
Description

The course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to reflect and further develop their understanding of both theoretical and practical considerations in the field of language learning and teaching. It encourages students to develop a broad theoretical base reflecting current cutting edge research within Applied Linguistics and related disciplines. Additionally, this course makes links between the different disciplines which contribute to our knowledge of language learning and issues related to language pedagogy.

Objectives

This course is meant to: - give students an overview of the history and development of applied linguistics - acquaint students with the interdisciplinary nature of the discipline, - encourage students (through tutor-marked assignments) to demonstrate your knowledge of the principles taught - introduce students to the levels and scope of applied description - introduce students to language teaching, testing and standardization etc.

Java
Tema
1
Overview of applied linguistics and basic concepts
2
English language teaching history
3
Grammar and vocabulary and Language Teaching.
4
Language and language use: discourse analysis
5
Language and language use: pragmatics and corpus linguistics
6
First language acquisition
7
Second language acquisition
8
Midterm Exam
9
Focus on the language learner: styles, strategies and motivation
10
Language skills: listening
11
Language skills: reading
12
Language skills: writing
13
Language skills: speaking and pronunciation
14
language skills and assessment
15
students' presentations
16
Final Exam
1
Students should give a summary of the history of applied linguistics,
2
Students should discuss some of the theories and principles of applied linguistics
3
Students should describe contrastive analysis, error analysis and other analytical procedures in applied linguistics
Quantity Percentage Total percent
Midterms
1 30% 30%
Quizzes
0 0% 0%
Projects
0 0% 0%
Term projects
1 30% 30%
Laboratories
0 0% 0%
Class participation
0 0% 0%
Total term evaluation percent
60%
Final exam percent
40%
Total percent
100%
Quantity Duration (hours) Total (hours)
Course duration (including exam weeks)
16 4 64
Off class study hours
14 3 42
Duties
1 5 5
Midterms
1 7 7
Final exam
1 7 7
Other
0 0 0
Total workLoad
125
Total workload / 25 (hours)
5.00
ECTS
5.00