CURRENT ISSUES IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING (4 Credits)

Learning Outcomes:

On a successful completion of the course, students would be able to: Discuss and present highlights issues related to teacher training and development, classroom management practices, emerging of technology uses, and language research focusing on learner; Distinguish and examine research procedures related to current issues in foreign language learning discussed in the classroom; Criticize and generalize implications of research findings related to current issues in foreign language learning discussed in the classroom; Demonstrate and present personal mini classroom research on current issues in foreign language learning using personal experiences.

Topics:

1. Highlight issues on Teacher Training and Professional Development;
2. Second Language Acquisition in Pre-Service Teacher Training;
3. Young Learner Learning Styles;
4. Teacher Training and Development;
5. Classroom Discourse in EFL Classroom;
6. Highlights issues on Evidence Based Practice in Classroom Management;
7. Instructional Strategies based on Learner’s Need;
8. Intercultural Communication;
9. CLIL Methodology in Science Project;
10. Current Trends on Syllabus design in Foreign Language Instruction;
11. Design of Academic Writing Course;
12. Highlight Issues on Global Trends in Transnational Education;
13. Web-Based Tool for Self Learning Activities in EAP Classroom;
14. Podcasting as Foreign Language Teaching Tool;
15. Developing Community and Active Participation in a Mix Level Language Class via Self Learning Portfolio;
16. Mobile Assisted in Language Learning: Designing for Your Students;
17. Computer Online Version of English Language Portfolio (ELP);
18. Highlight Issues on Teaching English Language Learners Research: What the Research Does and Does Not Say;
19. The Relationship between Orthograpghy and Morphology;
20. Communication Strategies used by Spanish Learners of English;
21. Corpus-based Comparison between English native and Learner’s Spoken Data;
22. A learner Corpus Investigation of Filipino L2 English Article use: The way Forward for language Teachers;
23. Cross Cultural Analysis of the Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education Policy in Developing Countries;
24. Reflection from Teachers and students on speaking Anxiety in an EFL Classroom;
25. Experiment Study on Language transfer Existence in Pronounciation;
26. Research on Language Learning: How can it respond to classroom Concerns?.