This course is a very practical course that focuses on teaching strategies for the classroom. It provides hands-on experience working with innovative technologies to develop teachers’ skills in the use of new tools when preparing and delivering the curriculum. It provides strategies for getting the most out of prescribed texts and textbooks, creating new texts based on learner needs, and transforming resource-poor teaching environments. It provides practical techniques for a range of elements that may include error correction, the promotion of fluency, and the integration of language and academic content from across the curriculum.
The course presents some of the current issues related to the use of digital technology in education across three levels. The first considers the potential impact digital technology could have systemically within formal education. Secondly, we will broaden our understanding of literacy in 21st-century education, and reflect upon the values that we want to underpin the use of technology in teaching English language. Finally, we will review and discuss the wider impact and risks of digital technology upon the cognitive development, emotional and social life of a learner, focusing particularly upon young learners.
- Lecturer: Nikhat Shameem