ELED 629 ISSUES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE

EDUCATION

Course outline
 Unit 1: Perspectives and Shifts on ELT

• The Methodological shifts in ELT

• Nepalese perspective on ELT
• Regional perspective on ELT
• International perspectives on ELT
 Unit 2: Current ELT Practices
• Current theories and practices in ELT: CLIL, CBLT,
PBL, TBLT
• Contextualization of foreign language teaching
• Literature for language development
• Critical pedagogy
• Language testing practices and issues
• Differentiated instruction for special needs
learners
• Learner autonomy
 Unit 3: Socio-cultural, Economic and
National Policy Impacts on ELT
• Change in socio-cultural trends and their
impacts on ELT
• Impact of Economic factors on ELT
• Appropriate methodology
• Legislation/Act, rules and regulations
regarding ELT
• Impact of National Policy on ELT
 Unit 4: ELT and Technology
• Radio English
• Computer Assisted language teaching
• Use of Internet in Language Teaching
• Mobile language learning
• Blended Learning
• Integrating technology into task-based language
teaching
• Use of technology for teaching language skills and
aspects
• Digital divide
• Flipped classroom
 Unit 5: Current Issues in ELT
• Teachers’ role and learners’ role
• Native vs. Non-native teacher
• Bilingualism and multilingualism
• Critical language awareness
• Global language, Lingua-franca and local language
• Literature in the language classrooms
• ELT and ideology
• Classroom management
•  Learner engagement
• Teaching large classes in difficult circumstances
 Unit 6: Research in ELT
• Research issues in English language
learning/teaching
• Teaching and researching reading and writing
• Application of ELT research to teaching
 References
• Burns, A. & J C Richards (2012). The Cambridge guide to pedagogy and practice
in second language teaching. CUP
• Gao, X. (2019). Second language handbook of English language teaching.
Springer.
• Graddol ,D. (2006) English Next. British council.
• Graddol, D.(2010) English Next India. British council.
• Hall, G. (2016). The Routledge hand book of English language teaching.
Routledge
• Harmer, J. (2015) The practice of English language teaching.
• Kumarvadivelu, B. (2006). Understanding language teaching: from method to
post method. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
• Larsen-Freeman, D. & M. Anderson (2016). Techniques and principles in
language teaching. OUP
• Richards, J C & T.S. Rodgers (2016). Approaches and methods in language
teaching. CUP
• Richards, J.C. & W.A. Renadya (2010).Methodology in language teaching. CUP
Assignments:
• Presentation on a given topic (Feb 21- March 14)
• A paper based on the presentation ( March 21)
• Research article review and its presentation (March 21-
April 11)
• Book Review and its presentation ( April 18- May 2)
End Semester examination:
• An article of 3000 words on any issue related to English
language teaching and its presentation/written
examination – (June third week)