Second Language Teaching

The course is aimed at analyzing the processes involved in the teaching of a second/foreign language, and in particular the main teaching methods according to a linguistic, humanistic, and a communicative approach, 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 pedagogy (method, approach, procedure according to a linguistic, humanistic, and a communicative approach); description of an L2 and the communication processes involved (language ability, communicative competence, communicative language activity, context of language use); the planning and implementation of an L2 teaching sequence (needs analysis, language aims, language levels, learning outcomes, approach, method, syllabus, procedure, technique, task, testing, assessment).
By the end of the course, students will be able to analyze (with the support of questions): - L2 learning contexts, language teaching materials according to the implementation of linguistic, humanistic and communicative methods, tools for the identification of L2 language needs, second language tasks and techniques, types and formats of L2 tests and evaluation methods.