ELT810 Personal and Professional Development

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Course Goal / Objective

The aim of this course is to provide students with current methods and strategies for personal and professional development and that it is a continuing process.

Course Content

Methods and strategies for personal and professional development are presented and discussed with students.

Course Precondition

No pre-requisite

Resources

Brown, H. D. (1987). Principles of language learning and teaching. San Francisco:Prentice Hall. Hedge, T. (2007). Teaching and learning in the language classroom.Oxford: OUP. Schunk, D. H. (2012). Leraning Theories: An educational perspective. Boston: Pearson . Taylor, G. R. (2002). Using Human learning strategies in the classroom. London: The Scarecrow press. Bawden, D. (2008). Origins and concepts of digital literacy. Digital literacies: Concepts, policies and practices, 30(2008), 17-32. Jensen, P. M. (2003). Learning ESL in a Community of Practice. Aalborg Universitet. Norton, B. (2001). Non-participation, imagined communities and the language classroom. In M. P. Breen (Ed.), Learner contributions to language learning: New Directions in Research (pp. 159 - 171). Essex, England: Pearson Education Paavola, S., Lipponen, L. & Hakkarainen, K. (2002) Epistemological foundations for CSCL: a comparison of three models of innovative knowledge communities, in: G. Stahl (Ed.) Computer-supported collaborative learning: foundations for a CSCL community. Proceedings of the Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning 2002 Conference (Mahwah, NJ, Lawrence Erlbaum). Wenger, E. (1998). Communities of practice: Learning, meaning, and identity. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge, University Press. Watkins, C. (2005). Classrooms as learning communities: A review of research. London Review of Education, 3(1), 47-64. Li, R., Liu, H., Chen, Y., & Yao, M. (2022). Teacher engagement and self-efficacy: The mediating role of continuing professional Development and moderating role of teaching experience. Current psychology. [HTML] Stewart, M. (2021). Understanding learning: Theories and critique. University teaching in focus. researchgate.net Lee, I. & Yuan, R. E. (2021). Understanding L2 writing teacher expertise. Journal of Second Language Writing. Wallace, H. (2021). Planning in professional learning teams: Building trust, common language and deeper understanding of pedagogy. The Australian Educational Researcher. [HTML]

Notes

Allwright, D. & Bailey, K.M. (1994). Focus on the language classroom. CUP. Arabski, J.& Wojtaszek, A. (2011). Individual learner differences in SLA. Toronto: Multilingual Matters. Dörnyei, Z. (2005). The psychology of the language learner: Individual differences in second language acquisition. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Ellis, R.(n.d.). Understanding second language acquisition.Oxford University Press. Littlewood, W. (1986). Foreign and second Language learning: language acquisition research and its implications fort he classroom. Cambridge University Pres. McLaughlin, B. (1989). Theories of Second Language learning. London: Edward Arnold. Nunan, D. (1989). Understanding language Classrooms: A guide for teacher –initiated action. Cambridge: Prentice Hall. Nunan, D. (1994). The learner centred curriculum. Cambridge University Pres. Richards, Jack,C., Platt, John,& Platt, Heidi. (1992). Longman dictionary of language teaching Applied Linguistics. England: Longman Group. Wenden, A.,& Rubin, J. (1987). Learner Strategies in Language Learning. Toronto: Prentice Hall. Students' presentations, related videos and articles

Course Learning Outcomes

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Week Plan

Assessment (Exam) Methods and Criteria

Student Workload - ECTS