Preparing for the Applied Linguistics Exam 2019
Exam Materials
For all units/thematic areas covered in the course you should carefully study the Powerpoint
presentations and for each unit the following:
Unit: Title
1: Introduction to Applied Linguistics
2: Theories of language and types of syllabi
3: Theories of language learning and teaching
practices
5: Approaches and methods in language
teaching I: An overview
6: Approaches and methods in language
teaching II: The Communicative approach
7: Approaches and methods in language
teaching: The good language learner and Task
based language teaching
9: Council of Europe work in modern foreign
language learning
articles
 Applied linguists define applied
linguistics
 Reader Unit 1
 Curriculum and syllabus
 Johnson chapter 3: Some views of
language and language learning
 A brief guide to theories of
learning
 Critical review of language learning
theories
 Methods in language teaching
 Johnson chapter 9: Language
teaching a brisk walk through
recent times
 Richards 2006 CLT today
 Reader Unit 4 Foreign language
Knowledge and course planning
 Littlewood – task based approach
 Johnson chapter 8: Good language
learners and what they do
 Using the CEFR: Principles of good
practice