Pre-requisite: 33000+33001
This unit introduces students to principles of course design and looks at a number of frameworks for development of language teaching/learning material. The unit will look at the inter-relationships between theory of language, theory of learning, aims of syllabi, the social and personal contexts of student learning. It will also examine a number of different frameworks within which syllabus design is embedded and which determine the ways materials might be developed. Students will also be introduced to issues in language assessment as a way of evaluating the effectiveness of a course. Students will be asked to prepare a "unit of work" based on principles encountered in the course, to teach the unit to a group of learners and to evaluate the success of their unit of work.