English Language Teaching Master's Program (without Thesis) (M.A., 1 - 1.5 Years)

This course is designed to introduce the theory and practice of teaching English as a second/foreign language and to provide an analysis and discussion of the major approaches, methods and techniques used in English language teaching in their historical context. The course focuses on the awareness of student needs, classroom strategies and the use of technical aids to study. It also examines the relation of the language teacher to teaching in the primary, secondary and tertiary education, curriculum construction, teaching methods, and the design and application of effective instruction.

This course aims at surveying some basic issues in second language acquisition (SLA) in both formal and informal settings. Topics include comparisons and contrasts between first and second, child and adult language acquisition, factors affecting second language acquisition such as age, cognitive development, personality traits, socio-affective variables, the qualitative and quantitative aspects of research in second language acquisition.

This course aims at familiarizing candidates with major theoretical issues and practical concerns in research studies focusing on types of research including their planning, implementation, analysis and reporting stages as typically conducted in studying foreign/ second language learning and teaching. The course deals with research design, writing research questions, forming hypotheses, developing data collection instruments, methods of research design, with necessary basic statistics, the form and style of research reports. Candidates are required to carry out a sample research study and prepare a research report.

This coure provides a solid foundation in linguistics through a comprehensive survey of the basic issues involved in the study of language. Core topics range over the scope of general linguistics as a science, theoretical and methodological considerations used in the description and analysis of languages, different schools, branches and orientations in modern linguistics.