| CODE | ACA1016 | ||||||
| TITLE | Teaching Languages & Literacy to Adults | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Arts, Open Communities and Adult Education | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit exposes students to effective pedagogies of teaching and learning languages and literacy in adult-learning and lifelong learning contexts. Students will engage with updated language and literacy learning strategies through a hands-on and critical approach. The study-unit also exposes students to effective digital resources used in language and literacy teaching and learning, particularly in adult-learning and lifelong learning contexts. Study-Unit Aims: This study-unit aims to: - update students with effective teaching and learning strategies used with adults learning languages and literacy; - help students become familiar with language and literacy digital resources, particularly those that suit best adult learning and lifelong learning contexts; and - raise awareness on the resources that are required to be effective during language and literacy lessons, particularly in adult learning and lifelong learning contexts. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Restate main tenets of principal theories, paradigms and pedagogies concerning language and literacy teaching and learning, particularly those relevant to adult learning and lifelong learning; and - List teaching and learning resources (including digital resources) that would be conducive to effective teaching and learning in a given adult / lifelong learning context. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Critically analyze the relevance of select theories, paradigms and pedagogies in a given adult language and literacy teaching and learning context; - Critically assess the deployment of given resources (including digital resources) in a given adult language and literacy teaching and learning context; and - Develop basic but effective teaching and learning resources for a a given adult language and/or literacy teaching and learning context. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Bigelow, M., & Vinogradov, P. (2011). Teaching Adult Second Language Learners Who Are Emergent Readers. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 31, 120-136. - Colliander, H., Ahn, S., & Andersson, P. (2018). Actions and Conceptions: Exploring Initial Literacy Teaching Practice for Adults. Journal of Language, Identity & Education, 1-14. - Guzzetti, B.J., & Foley, L.M. (2014). Literacy Agents Online: E-Discussion Forums for Advancing Adults' Literacy Practices. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 57(6), 472-482. - Naismith, B. (2017). Integrating Corpus Tools on Intensive CELTA Courses. ELT Journal, 71(3), 273-283. Supplementary Readings: - Bird, S. (2005). Language Learning Edutainment: Mixing Motives in Digital Resources. Regional Language Centre Journal, 36(3), 311-339. - Moncada Linares, S. & Díaz Romero, A.C. (2016). Developing a Multidimensional Checklist for Evaluating Language-Learning Websites Coherent with the Communicative Approach: A Path for the Knowing-How-To-Do Enhancement. Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Skills and Lifelong Learning, 12, 057-093. - Petrová G., & Kozárová, N. (2017). Teaching foreign language to adults from the aspects of psychodidactic conception of education. Journal of Language and Cultural Education, 5(2), 103-113. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Maria M. Brown (Co-ord.) Maria Cutajar Phyllisienne Gauci Joseph Vancell |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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