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This is Fernando Trujillo's professional English web site. You can find everything related to his teaching at the Faculty of Education and Humanities.

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The first version of this website was released on February, 17, 2002 and was redesigned in July 2006.
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English Language Teaching and Learning

Introduction: epistemology

Any area of scientific knowledge has an epistemology. Language Learning and Teaching has a long history of study and reflection behind it, and it is important to know it. Read Chapter 1 in Madrid & McLaren (2004) and prepare a glossary of important terms. Make a poster with those terms.

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Theories and methods of teaching and learning languages

The activity of language teaching has been dominated by a number of "methods" and "approaches" which still determine, normally covertly, our daily practice in subtle ways; at the same time, the knowledge of these teaching tendencies can provide us with different resources to teach. Both arguments require from us a historical and critical approach to language teaching theories and methodologies.

This is an introduction to the topic, which will be developed with the following list of references:

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Individual Features

Learning is an individual task performed in a social context. Therefore, it is important to consider the individual features which may influence learning. Check these presentations together with the reading of your textbook:

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The FL Curriculum

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Listening

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Speaking

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Reading

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Writing

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Linguistic Competence

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Sociolinguistic and Pragmatic Competences

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Discourse Competence

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Culture Competences

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Materials and resources for TEFL

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Evaluation

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Classroom Management

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Classroom Research

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