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SPAN
671

Princ of Foreign Lang Tchg

Hours

3.0 Credit, 3 Lecture, 0 Lab

Semester

Fall
Basic theories and principles of language learning and teaching. History, current research, practices, trends, and issues.

Understand and evaluate research

Understand and evaluate both quantitative and qualitative research in foreign language education, and explain theoretical and practical differences between the two.

Summarize theories and historical trends

Summarize major theories, historical trends, and methodologies in language acquisition and learning.

Discuss teaching and assessment

Discuss current thinking on how best to teach and assess language and culture.

Write a literature review

Write a review of the literature on a topic related to second language acquisition or teaching.