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Language as a medium for teaching and learning
Are you interested in English language education? This unit examines the use...
Are you interested in English language education? This unit examines the use of language as a cultural tool which allows humans to become involved in a two-way process of constant change. The unit will help those within the teaching environment to relate theoretical discussion to professional practice.
After studying this unit you should be able to:
- develop your understanding of the process of teaching and learning in classrooms, and the role of language in that process;
- appreciate how a sociocultural approach can be used to make critical, constructive analyses of classroom interaction in a variety of second language learning contexts;
- use this knowledge to reflect on second language learning processes in the classrooms you know.
- Duration: 5 hours
- Published on: Tuesday 26th April 2011
- Level: Masters
- Posted under: Educational Practice
Language as a medium for teaching and learning
Introduction

This unit introduces ideas which are likely to be of interest to a range of professionals interested in English language education, and is accessible to those who have not yet undertaken masters level study but might be interested in doing so in the future. It includes a variety of activities which help learners to relate theoretical discussion to professional practice.
This material is from our archive and is an adapted extract from Language as a medium for teaching and learning (E841) which is no longer taught by The Open University. If you want to study formally with us, you may wish to explore other courses we offer in this subject area [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] .
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This is an extract from an Open University course which is no longer available to new students. If you found this interesting you could explore more free Educational Practice course units or view the range of currently available OU Educational Practice courses.
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