This course provides students with a practical introduction to the principles and practices of post- method era language teaching. It stresses the importance of various language teaching contexts and describes the differences among them (second/ foreign/heritage language situations). It then focuses on the practical issues which they may face as teachers, and introduces a wide variety of materials and activities. The program helps students develop lesson planning techniques, and also gives them opportunities to try out these techniques in practice.
By the end of the course the students will:
• be able to distinguish between second, foreign, and heritage language speakers and learners
• become familiar with basic techniques and principles in current language teaching
• be able to evaluate a variety of teaching materials
• evaluate, create and adapt materials for the language classroom
• be able to use a wide range of techniques and materials in classroom teaching
