Bangladesh University of Business & Technology (BUBT)

COURSE OUTLINE | Program: BA (HONS) in English

ENG 304 - Introduction to English Language Teaching (ELT)
Trimester: Spring 2021

Course Teacher: Kazi Abubakar Siddique (KAS)

Assistant Professor, Department of English; BUBT

Objective
To introduce the basics of English Language Teaching (ELT).
Intended Learning Outcomes
a. This course aims to introduce the basic concepts of language, linguistics, and ELT as one of the subfields of linguistics.
b. Students will be able to understand the theories of learning foreign language.
c. After attending the course students will be familiar with the methods of teaching foreign language.
d. The course will help learners to know about the issues related to curriculum and syllabus design in language.
e. It will prepare them to learn about the nature of language testing.
Methods of Instruction
The teacher will adopt a communicative approach to teaching. Therefore, students will have to actively participate in
all classroom activities while the teacher will facilitate their learning process.

Course Organization
Credit – 3.00
2 ONE HOUR and THIRTY MINUTES lectures in 2-contact days in a week
Contact Hour – 3 Hours

Core Texts
 A Course in Language Teaching - Practice and theory. Penny Ur. Cambridge Teacher Training and
Development, Cambridge: CUP. 1991
 Principles of Language Learning and Teaching. H. Douglas Brown. Pearson Education ESL; 5 edt. 2006
 The Practice of English Language Teaching. Jeremy Harmer. Pearson Longman ELT; 4th edition. 2007
Supplementary and Reference Books
 Longman Dictionary of Applied Linguistics. Jack Richards, John Platt, and Heidi Weber. Longman. 1985
Course Evaluation
Assessment Type Value Assessment Type Value Total Value
Class attendance 5% Presentation or Assignment 10%
Class Test 10% Midterm Examination 30% 100%
Quiz 5% Final Examination 40%
Grade Point Distribution
Numerical Range Letter Grade G. Pt Numerical Range Letter Grade G. Pt
80% and above A+ A Plus 4.00 50% to less than 55% C+ C Plus 2.50
75% to less than 80% A A Regular 3.75 45% to less than 50% C C Regular 2.25
70% to less than 75% A- A Minus 3.50 40% to less than 45% D D Regular 2.00
65% to less than 70% B+ B Plus 3.25 Less than 40% F Fail 0.00
60% to less than 65% B B Regular 3.00 I Incomplete
55% to less than 60% B- B Minus 2.75 R Retake
D e s e r v e b e f o r e D e s i r e
Marks Distribution for Attendance
Percentage of Attendance Marks Percentage of Attendance Marks
71 % - 100 % 5 55 % - 59 % 2
65 % - 70% 4 50 % - 54 % 1
60 % - 64 % 3 49 % 0
 Months Weeks Lectures Topics Remarks

1 Introduction and Outlining the Course

15 April 2021 – 21 April 2021
22 April 2021 – 28 April 2021
29 April 2021 – 05 May 2021
06 May 2021 – 09 May 2021
1 2 Language: Concepts, Features, Forms, and Function
3 Learning And Teaching : Learning Theories
2 4 Learning And Teaching : Learning Theories Quiz-1
5 Teaching and Learning: Approach, Method, and Techniques
3 6 Language Teaching Method - GTM
7 GTM – Criticism, Strengths, and Weakness
4 8 Language Teaching Method - ALM

10 May 2021 – 15 May 2021 Holiday (Lailatul Qadr and Eid-ul-Fitr)

9 ALM– Criticism, Strengths, and Weakness
16 May 2021 – 22 May 2021 5 10 Roles and Characteristics of a Good Language Learner Class Test-1
11 Roles and Characteristics of a Good Language Learner
23 May 2021 – 02 May 2021 6 12 Review

03 June 2021 : Preparatory leave for midterm examination

04 June 2021 – 11 June 2021 MID-TERM EXAMINATION

13 Roles and Characteristics of a Good Language Teacher

13 June 2021 – 18 June 2021 7 14 Language Teaching Method - CLT

15 CLT – Criticism, Strengths, and Weakness

19 June 2021 – 24 June 2021 8 16 CLT – Criticism, Strengths, and Weakness Quiz-2

17 Syllabus & Curriculum - Definition & Differences

25 June 2021 – 30 June 2021 9 18 Syllabus & Curriculum - Definition & Differences

19 Language Testing – Concept, Purpose, and Types of Testing

01 July 2021 – 06 July 2021 10 20 Language Testing – Concept, Purpose, and Types of Testing

21 Language Material : Definition, Types, and Development

07 July 2021 – 12 July 2021 11 22 Language Material : Definition, Types, and Development

23 Teaching the Language Skills Class Test-2

13 July 2021 – 19 July 2021 12 24 Teaching the Language Skills

20 July – 25 July 2021 Holiday (Eid-ul-Azha)

25 Presentation / Review
26 July 2021 – 30 July 2021 13 26 Presentation / Review

31 July 2021 : Preparatory leave for final examination

01 August 2021 – 08 August 2021
S e m e s t e r F i n a l E x a m i n a t i o n
16 August 2021
R e s u l t P u b l i c a t i o n

Best of Luck!