English As A Global Language - Question / Answer

Assessment Task 2 - Designing a ‘best possible’ language learning program for your (intended) context.

Description of Task:

• Part 1 (500 words) names the program and outlines:
o your purpose(s) in designing the best possible program for your (intended) context and also makes explicit how your purpose relates to:
▪ the context (country; institution) in which you are planning to teach the program
▪ the learners who will be taking the program, their backgrounds and motivations/purposes and needs
▪ the levels of the learners in relation to
• (a) syllabus-based learner levels and
• (b) research-based descriptions of learner levels

• The scope and nature of the contact (the number and distribution of the hours and describes the extent of face-to-face and/or technology mediated learning),
  
• Available teaching/learning facilities and resources in the context
  
• Previous history of approaches to language teaching in the context
  
• Prevailing assessment processes in the context and
  
• Teachers’ backgrounds in relation to the target language
  
• How your program is innovative in light of the relationship between what you consider desirable (best possible) and the prevailing processes and conditions in your chosen context.