Outline ?

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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY ?

SUMMER SEMESTER 2006

EDUC 467-4

CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION IN TEACHING

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE ?

(E01.00)

Alma Krilic. MEd ?

email: hialma@telus.net ?

Phone: TBD

Thursday 5:30-9:20 PM

WMC 2503

PREREQUISITE:

60 credit hours plus a linguistics course.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course discusses current themes and approaches in the field of second language education, such as

development of language skills, cultural awareness, the dialectic relation between language and culture,

assessment, etc. We will explore the theory, research and practice of teaching English as a second

language to both children and adults, and examine principles of learning a foreign language. We will

also reflect on our practices as language teachers in light of theories and discuss curriculum theory in the

second language classroom.

EVALUATION:

Presentation 15%

Response to a chapter/article

15%

Reflection paper 20%

Final essay

50%

REQUIRED READINGS:

Celce-Murcia, M. & Olshtain, E. (2000). Discourse and context in language teaching: A guide for

language teachers. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521648378

Meeks, L. L. & Austin, C. J. (2003). Literacy in the second language classroom. Boston: Pearson

Education, Inc. ISBN

0-205-35254-5

Additional articles will be distributed in class.

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