2013-2015 Graduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2013-2015 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MODL 6601 - Foreign Language Teaching Methodology


Prerequisite: Admission into Graduate Certificate in Language Teaching or permission from the instructor. Foreign Language Teaching Methodologies is an introduction to the most prominent approaches to teaching foreign languages at the college level. The course aims to explore a comprehensive set of practices for a proficiency-oriented language pedagogy. To that end, it will discuss the role of the instructor, recent methodological patterns, the incorporation of grammar, communicative skill areas, context, testing, as well as syllabus and curriculum design. The course will also feature a tecnological component via the discussion of the use Internet-based and digital technology for the development of communicative skills and through the inclusion of on-line class meetings.
4 credit hours.