English and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

An introduction to the analysis of narrative forms and genres, focussing primarily on pre-20th Century, 20th and 21st Century texts.

This module is an introduction to the essential principles of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), with a focus on the language learner’s experiences of studying a foreign language at beginner level.

This module introduces key skills for university study, progressing to research, writing and project development. You will learn skills of close reading and textual analysis, practiced on a range of cultural forms and focused on representations of Manchester as a diverse, international city. You will then develop your own independent project and put into practice the analytical skills developed.

This module introduces students to the study of sound in linguistics. It explores key concepts in phonetics and phonology, and provides students with the analytic skills required to begin to identify, label, and analyse speech sounds.

The module introduces students to the field of modern linguistics. It will demonstrate new ways of studying language by highlighting the supremacy of Syntax in sentence-generation. In seminars students will explore different approaches to the study of language, underpinned by the theories taught in this module.

This module concentrates on the profile of a language learner, with a focus on learners’ backgrounds, variables, motivation, and needs analysis.

This module is a follow-up to the module of "Teaching English in Global Context 1". It will provide learners with a critical introduction into current approaches to TESOL & second language teaching in the context of current understandings of second language acquisition. Specifically, it focuses on critical issues surrounding the teaching of English as an international language (EIL).

This module is an introduction to current approaches to TESOL & second language teaching in the context of current understandings of second language acquisition. Specifically, it focuses on the theories and practice of task-based language teaching (TBLT), a recently reformulated framework of communicative language teaching (CLT) in relation to previous second language teaching approaches.

The module focuses on English language teaching materials and lesson design, Frameworks for the development of materials design and recommendations for classroom teaching are informed by current practice and research.

The module focuses mainly on the historical approaches to English Language Teaching, as well as a critique of their accompanying techniques.

A module that is about reading in context, focussing on the relationship between aesthetic form, thematic content and historical context in a diverse range of texts and genres from the 19th to early 20th centuries. 

A module that is about reading in context. You will initially focus on a diverse range of texts and genres from the 1940s to the 1970s, considering the relationships between aesthetic form, thematic content and historical context. Focus will then move onto the relationships between aesthetic form, thematic content and historical context in a diverse range of texts and genres from the late 20th and early 21st centuries. 

This module is a critical examination of problems, issues, arguments and discussions in Language Learning and Teaching in the context of both the classroom and the wider world, such as the role of the native speaker, linguistic imperialism and other topics from critical applied linguistics. 

The overall aim of the module is to expand students’ awareness and understanding of language education, and especially to develop their ability to think critically about the purposes and appropriate practices of teaching English in different international settings.

This module is designed to raise awareness about language and social justice, drawing on a range of educational, professional, and national policies. It critically engages with the role of language in creating social inequalities and in creating privileges and disadvantages for language users.

This module examines theoretical issues in Second Language (L2) Teaching. Specifically, second language teaching methodologies such as Grammar Translation, Audio-Lingual Method, Communicative Language Teaching (CLT), Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) and other methodologies (eg focus on form and focus on forms) will be critically discussed from a number of perspectives (eg second language acquisition perspective and pedagogical perspective). The module will include structured input and activities designed to develop the ability to think critically about current L2 teaching approaches.