Didactic Methodologies and Technologies

The course is aimed at analyzing the processes involved in the acquisition and teaching of a second/foreign language, the main teaching methods according to different perspectives (linguistic, humanistic, communicative), and the practical aspects related to the planning and implementation of a teaching sequence (needs analysis, syllabus design, task implementation, testing and evaluation).

By the end of the course, students will demonstrate a clear understanding of the constructs related to: second language acquisition processes (input, interlanguage, error analysis); second language pedagogy (approach, method, procedure according to different teaching perspectives - linguistic, humanistic, communicative); description of an L2 and the communication processes involved (language ability, communicative competence, communicative language activity, context of language use); planning and implementation of an L2 teaching sequence (needs analysis, language aims, language levels, learning outcomes, syllabus, technique, task, corrective feedback, testing, assessment).
By the end of the course, students will be able to analyze (with the support of questions): - L2 learning contexts - examples of teaching materials which implement different types of methods of L2 teaching - tools for the identification of L2 needs analysis; L2 teaching techniques and tasks; types of corrective feedback and L2 tests and evaluation methods.