Pre-requisite: 33000+33001+33002
Students as they undertake units in the Master of Applied Linguistics relate what they study to their experiences and in the process of doing so become interested in particular aspects of the teaching and learning of second languages in contexts with which they are familiar. An Independent Study Unit in TSL will give such students an opportunity to pursue directed study in an area of their own choice. Students will negotiate with the co-ordinator of the Master of Applied Linguistics the area within the field of second language teaching that will be the object of the independent study. Details of the study will be negotiated with the student and a lecturer assigned to supervise the study. Since it is a 500 level unit, students will have to demonstrate rigour with which they have approached this study.