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APPLS 304RLanguage Teaching Methodology

Units
0.50
Faculty
Arts
Subject
Applied Language Studies

Not in the current Undergraduate Calendar. Shown as it appeared in 2025–26.

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 1 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course offers a foundation for developing competence as a professional language instructor. In classes exploring theories of language instruction, students discover the strengths and weaknesses of traditional and popular methodologies and integrated approaches applied to such areas as communicative competence and general language skill development.

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

None listed.

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  • I took this course as a sort of side passion of mine as I am interested in teaching abroad but have not taken any previous APPLS courses beforehand. At the start, the class was a little intimidating for me as it was a small class were many of the students new each other and had some previous background knowledge and experience in the language teaching field. However, after a few classes the nervousness I had was lessened by the way that the course was managed made me feel confident and comfortable with the content and my classmates.
    The course consisted of 2 discussion posts, a 6 hour observation session of a language teaching class, a presentation, a midterm, and an end of term essay.…

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Fall 2017

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