By the end of the course students will be able to understand
- the political and intellectual roots of ELT
- social, economic and cultural influences on ELT
- The debate over communicative language teaching
- The impact of current theories and research findings on classroom practices
- Current perspectives on teaching the four skills and grammar
- evaluate what they read on ELT world literature more critically
- analyze their teaching context in connection with the existing theories and approaches in applied linguistics
- approach their language teaching practices more realistically
- -find solutions for their ELT related problems
Students will also
- evaluate what they read on ELT world literature more critically
- analyze their teaching context in connection with the existing theories and approaches in applied linguistics
- approach their language teaching practices more realistically
- find solutions for their ELT related problems