How have the designers dealt with the topic in terms of selecting and simplifying its description for learners? ‘
Assignment Content
The assignment will include:
- A clear statement of your selected language topic. Examples might be:
- The ‘present perfect’
- Modal verbs
- Conditionals
- The article system
- Connecting words
- Nominalisation
- Quantifiers such as some/ any
Explain in the introduction why you have chosen this topic and how it might be relevant to you as a teacher and/ or learner.
- An overview of the whole language topic, referring to the literature (e.g. Crystal, Swan, McCarthy) on the issue. Identify similarities and differences in the way that different authors handle the area.
- Some commentary describing how this language issue has been presented to learners in student-facing materials. These should include contemporary textbooks (Headway, Cutting Edge) and/or grammar practice books (e.g. Murphy’s English Language in Use ). Ideally, you will also be able to refer to local materials. Comment on how the issues surrounding this topic have been selected and simplified for presentation to learners.
- Where possible, critically evaluate the designers’ decisions in terms of how they have presented the language to learners.
