This course deals with review of contemporary research and approaches applied to material development and instructional design for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) instruction. The content of the course will be presented through various ways: presentations given by the instructor, in-class and online discussions, student presentations, and individual and group assignments. These methods will stimulate students to think about issues discussed in the research and also develop materials and instruction for teaching EFL. In addition to the textbooks, we will also use some online resources as learning materials. We will be using an online system called EngSite. Lesson plans and instructional materials produced by students for the in-class presentations will be uploaded into the online environment for others to access.

Course Goals:

This course enables you as students to:

1.  become knowledgeable of contemporary research in ESL teaching and learning.

2.  realize successful second language learning depends on multiple factors, such as cultural, emotional, and cognitive factors.

3.  apply different approaches in developing ESL instruction.

4.  become familiarize with the use of different technologies with ESL material development and instructional design.