Program Plan ELT
 


Total requirements:

                              

For students with 4 year BA in English    = 42 credits

Core courses             :                 6

18 credits

Elective courses       :                  6

18 credits

Dissertation

6 credits

 

For students with 3 year Hons in English           = 48 credits

Core courses             :                 8

24 credits

Elective courses       :                  6

18 credits

Dissertation

6 credits

 

For students with BA/BSc/BCom or equivalent in any discipline or BA (Pass Course) with substantial teaching experience=66 credits

Core courses             :                 10

30 credits

Elective courses       :                  10

30 credits

Dissertation

6 credits

 

COURSES OFFERED

A. CORE COURSES   

Course

Title

Credits

ENG 501

Fundamentals of Linguistics*

3

ENG 503

Approaches and Methods of Language Teaching

3

ENG 507

Research Methods in English Language Teaching*

3

ENG 512

Current Issues in Language Teaching and Testing

3

ENG 514

Social Dynamics of Language Use

3

ENG 517

Practice Teaching*

3

ENG 535

Language Acquisition Theories for EFL/ESL Contexts

3

ENG 540

Fundamentals of ELT

3

ENG 541

Readings in ELT

3

ENG 542

Second Language Reading and Writing Pedagogy*

3

ENG 543

Teaching Speaking and Listening Skills*

3

ENG 544

Participatory Action Research

3

                    

* Compulsory for all

 

B. ELECTIVES:

Students have to take at least 2 (two) courses from each module

 

Course

Title

Credits

Module One

ENG 515

Designing Language Course, Materials and Tests

3

ENG 524

Special Studies

3

ENG 555

Information Technology for Language Teaching

3

ENG 556

Principles & Practice: Issues in Communicative Language Teaching

3

ENG 557

Teaching English Literature to Students of Other Languages

3

ENG 558

Literature in Language Teaching

3

ENG 559

Teaching Young Learners

3

Module Two

ENG 545

Professional Communication

3

ENG 516

English for the Media

3

ENG 565

ELT Policies and Planning

3

ENG 567

Study and Research Skills

3

ENG 568

Languages for Specific Purposes

3

ENG 569

English for Academic Purposes

3

ENG 575

Teacher Education

3

ENG 576

Management and Evaluation of Innovation

3

Module Three

ENG 502

Linguistic Theories

3

ENG 580

Psychology of Language Learning

3

ENG 581

Theories of Grammar and Grammar Teaching

3

ENG 582

Phonetics for English Language Teaching

3

ENG 511

English as a World Language

3

ENG 550

History of ELT: Bangladesh Perspective

3

ENG 504

Critical Discourse Analysis

3

ENG 505

Translation Studies: Theories and Practices

3

ENG 525

The Language of Advertising

3

ENG 590

Language, Power and Identity

3

ENG 591

ELT in a Post Colonial World

 

3

 

C. A dissertation in any one of the following major areas:

ENG 599: Dissertation

1.       Linguistics

2.       ELT/Applied Linguistics