This course is based on principles and applications of Computer Assisted Language Teaching (CALT), which will allow aspiring language practitioners to promote learner awareness for teaching English as a second language. Students will learn about educational technology, CALL and its importance in the teaching of ESL. The use of technology in promoting language acquisition and development will be emphasized and the course will present aspiring language practitioners with the socio-cultural perspective on the use of new technologies and tools based on new technologies to improve the teaching of ESL.
Course Catalogue
Course Code: ENG 536
Course Name:
Technology and Learner Autonomy
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Course Code: ENG 537
Course Name:
Teaching Listening and Speaking
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course is based on principles of teaching listening and speaking language skills. It is intended to examine how listening and speaking activities can be designed to encourage language learning and teaching. Students will be equipped with theoretical knowledge and techniques concerning these two language skills. The course provides information for helping learners at all levels of proficiency development in listening and speaking fluency.
Course Code: ENG 538
Course Name:
World Englishes
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course will introduce students to varieties of Englishes in their cultural, global, linguistic and social contexts. The course will provide students with an updated presentation of the conditions and functions of major varieties of English across the world. They will also learn about the social and political implications of the use of such varieties. In addition, the course will describe world Englishes as a field of applied research in relation to Bangladesh and other Asian contexts. Lastly, a major component of the course would highlight the role of global Englishes in language and literacy education.
Course Code: ENG 539
Course Name:
Advanced Sociolinguistics
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Eng 539 (Advanced Sociolinguistics) aims to introduce students to advanced terms and theories underlying sociolinguistics research, including the cutting-edge trans-perspectives in language theories and practices. It will also provide them with a general understanding of fieldwork techniques used within the field. The course specifically deals with regional and social variations in language as well as variations in language caused by age, gender and social class. It also explores the historical, political, social, and cultural factors and ideologies that contribute to language shift, death and endangerment of languages. In addition, the course examines the intricate relationship among culture, communication, context, power, identity, and non- verbal elements of prejudice and discrimination in intercultural encounters.
Course Code: ENG 540
Course Name:
Materials Design & Evaluation
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course is designed to enhance practicing teachers’, future teachers’ and language education activists’ expertise in material development. The overall goal of this course is to introduce and reinforce theoretical and practical procedure of material development. This course aims to make the participants aware about whether or not learning is happening as teachers use material.
Course Code: ENG 542
Course Name:
Contexts and Strategies for English Language Teaching
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course is designed to introduce students with theory, research and practice in English for various contexts. Students will be equipped with basic understanding of English for Specific Purposes (ESP), English for Academic Purposes (EAP), and English for business. A discussion of language learning in special needs contexts will also be included. Students will learn the practical applications of course design in the form of materials, methodology and syllabus for the needs of teaching and learning. In addition, this course uses contemporary research literature to guide discussion and critical thinking about challenges English Teachers face in classroom instruction. Discussion will include references to all age and proficiency levels.
Course Code: ENG 543
Course Name:
Statistics for Educational Research
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
In this course, students will receive an overview of basic statistical functions for using quantitative methods for inquiry in the social, applied linguistics and education field. Students will be exposed to the fundamental concepts and procedures of descriptive and inferential statistics. Students will develop competence in reading and understanding statistics topics from sources such as texts, dissertations, journals, or technical reports.
Course Code: ENG 544
Course Name:
Discourse Analysis and Pragmatics
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course will introduce students with written and spoken texts with reference to different aspects of discourse and conversation analysis. It will include the following: cohesion and coherence, deixis, theory of politeness, cooperative principle, relevance, speech act theory, conversation analysis, critical discourse analysis, etc.
Course Code: ENG 545
Course Name:
Comparative Linguistics
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course introduces students to language change. It considers how and why languages change and the role of language contact. It also presents different theories and methodologies useful for historical and comparative linguistic investigation. Through a series of guided assignments, students will investigate a number of related existing languages from a non-Indo-European language family and reconstruct significant elements of the phonology, morphology, and lexicon of the proto-language. Students will learn the techniques of reconstruction, data collection, and data analysis in this course.
Course Code: ENG 546
Course Name:
Classroom Practicum and Classroom Management
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
The goals of this practicum are to prepare students with the competencies necessary for a positive teaching career, provide hands-on experience with lesson planning and instructional practices, and to prepare students for doing assessment and evaluation and classroom management. It is to build on prior coursework in methodology, first and second-language acquisition, linguistics and cross-cultural communication. This course includes observations at an assigned field placement, two detailed lesson plans with materials, a statement of teaching philosophy, a letter of introduction to be distributed to the candidates' classes during their student teaching, one recorded micro teaching demonstration, and a presentation and research paper.