This course will provide an overview of approaches to foreign language
teaching and the theory and research underlying current trends. F573
has three primary objectives:

1.To acquaint students with theory, issues, and research in foreign
language teaching.
2.To show ways of using that research to achieve more effective
classroom teaching and testing;
3.To develop students' skills in evaluating teaching performance
their own and others') and instructional materials.

Course texts will include Lee and Van Patten (1995)Making
Communicative Language Teaching Happen and Lightbrown and Spada
1993) How Languages Are Learned, as well as additional
readings. Class meetings will be devoted to discussion, short
presentations, and demonstrations by students and instructor. A
variety of assignments, short projects, and a final examination will
be required. This course is required of Associate Instructors in
French and is open to all interested students.