FGI 225Y
Teaching and Learning
a Second/Foreign Language

(Offered in English)

 Description

In this course, students will learn how language teaching methods have evolved since the 1960s. Different teaching approaches (behaviourist, audio-visual, communicative, cognitive and humanistic) will be examined with special emphasis on the teaching of the four skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking) and culture, on the roles of the teacher and the learner in the classroom. This course will be taught in English and is open to students in other disciplines. Students enrolled in this course who submit all written work in Italian may petition the Department for credit towards a Specialist or Major in Italian. [26L, 26T]

Prerequisite: For students doing the work in English, 4.0 credits. For those doing the work in French and/or Italian: FRE 180Y and/or ITA 200Y or equivalent or Permission of Department

Required textbooks

• P. M. Lightbown and Nina Spada, How Languages are Learned (Revised Edition).
• A. Mollica (Ed.), Teaching and Learning Languages.