Kasdi Merbah University
Faculty of Arts and Languages
Department of Letters and English Language
Course Progression Sheet
‫بطاقة مــــتابعة إنــــجاز البـــرامج‬
Academic Year: 2014/2015
Semester: Two
Instructor: Dr CHAOUKI
Module : Applied Linguistics
Level : First year/Master
I. Topics Achieved ‫ المواضيـــــع المنجــــــزة‬/ ‫(المـــحاور‬30%)
1- Language learning
2- Language teaching (MT, SLA, FL, etc)
3- Applied linguistics and Language learning : Introduction
4- Applied Linguistics and Language Learning Teaching
*Learning theories (Aims & Objectives)
*Classical Conditioning/Recalling (Plato)
*Insight Theory (Kohler)
*Behaviourism (Pavlov/ Skinner)
*Problem solving Theory (J. Dewey)
*Biological Theory (J.Piaget)
*Cognitivism (The mystery of the ‘black box’)
*Constructivism
5- Language Teaching approaches & methods
*TG, Direct method, Audiolingualism
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*CLT
6- First Language Acquisition:
The study of child language : Innate and environmental learning
*Nativists
*Environmentalists
*The nature of the learning process:
*The interactive approach
7-Second Language acquisition (SLA): the systematic study of how people acquire a language other
than their mother tongue inside or outside the classroom
*Stages in SLA (Silent phase, ready-made phase, etc.)
*SLA forms (Stimulus-response,Chaining, Multiple discrimination, Concept learning, Principle
learning) (Gagné 1965)
*Differences between MT and SL acquisition
*The nature and aims of SLA
*Social and psychological aspects in SLA
*Trends in SLA (Nativists and environmentalists)
*Describing SLA (collecting-describing-explaining)
*Factors helping to acquire SL (psychological, social occupational)
*Assessing SLA (formal vs socially-appropriate standards)
*Error analysis: To help learners to learn
*Nature of errors (formal, pragmatic, etc.)
*Analysing errors (Identifying, Describing, Explaining, Evaluating errors)
8- Applied Linguistics and Language use
*Use vs Usage
*Using Language for communication
*Developing learners’ communicative competence (linguistic, discourse, sociolinguistic,
pragmatic and strategic
competence)
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II. Evaluation (formative/ summative) ‫ التحصيلي‬/ ‫التقويم التــكويني‬
N° Mode of evaluation
%
Summative Assessment
Not achieved
Not achieved
III. Difficulties (if any) ‫الصعوبـــــــات‬
NONE
IV. Suggestions ‫اإلقتراحـــــــات‬
NONE
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Kasdi Merbah University
Faculty of Arts and Languages
Department of Letters and English Language
Course Progression Sheet
‫بطاقة مــــتابعة إنــــجاز البـــرامج‬
Academic Year: 2014/2015
Semester: One
Instructor: CHAOUKI
Module : Applied Linguistics
Level : Second year/Master
Topics Achieved ‫ المواضيـــــع المنجــــــزة‬/ ‫(المـــحاور‬30
1-Applied Linguistics & Discourse analysis
2-Applied Linguistics & language use (use vs usage)
3-Language skills: skills within CLT
4-Listening
5- Reading
II. Evaluation (formative/ summative) ‫ التحصيلي‬/ ‫التقويم التــكويني‬
N° Mode of evaluation
%
Summative Assessment
Not achieved
Not achieved
III. Difficulties (if any) ‫الصعوبـــــــات‬
NONE
IV. Suggestions ‫اإلقتراحـــــــات‬
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NONE
Kasdi Merbah University
Faculty of Arts and Languages
Department of Letters and English Language
Course Progression Sheet
‫بطاقة مــــتابعة إنــــجاز البـــرامج‬
Academic Year: 2014/2015
Semester: One
Instructor: CHAOUKI
Module : ESP
Level : First year/Master
Topics Achieved ‫ المواضيـــــع المنجــــــزة‬/ ‫(المـــحاور‬30%)
I.Definitions: ESP as a sub-branch of ELT (Srevens, Hutchinson & Waters, etc)
2-Characteristics of ESP : absolute and variable characteristics (Strevens & Robinson)
3-Origins of ESP ‘New World’ new demands, Modern linguistics, Learner-centredness
4- The emergence of ESP : Register analysis
5- Discourse analysis
II. Evaluation (formative/ summative) ‫ التحصيلي‬/ ‫التقويم التــكويني‬
N° Mode of evaluation
%
Summative Assessment
Not achieved
Not achieved
III. Difficulties (if any) ‫الصعوبـــــــات‬
NONE
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IV. Suggestions ‫اإلقتراحـــــــات‬
NONE
Kasdi Merbah University
Faculty of Arts and Languages
Department of Letters and English Language
Course Progression Sheet
‫بطاقة مــــتابعة إنــــجاز البـــرامج‬
Academic Year: 2014/2015
Semester: One
Instructor: CHAOUKI
Module : Discourse analysis
Level : Second year/Master
Topics Achieved ‫ المواضيـــــع المنجــــــزة‬/ ‫(المـــحاور‬30%)
I. Developing language skills: a discourse analysis perspective
2- The ethnography of speaking
3-The speech community
4- Conversational analysis
5- Norms and interaction
II. Evaluation (formative/ summative) ‫ التحصيلي‬/ ‫التقويم التــكويني‬
N° Mode of evaluation
%
Summative Assessment
Not achieved
Not achieved
III. Difficulties (if any) ‫الصعوبـــــــات‬
6
NONE
IV. Suggestions ‫اإلقتراحـــــــات‬
NONE
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