{"id":24134,"date":"2021-10-20T09:23:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T08:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chi.ac.uk\/?page_id=24134"},"modified":"2021-10-20T09:25:21","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T08:25:21","slug":"personal-language-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chi.ac.uk\/study\/international\/international-short-programme-unit-ispu\/personal-language-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Language Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Personal Language Development<\/h1>\r\n

We aim to improve participants’ speaking and listening skills in English, to increase their fluency and confidence in using English spontaneously and to provide participants with the experience of using English in a native speaker environment.\u00a0 The development of language skills in different social contexts will be emphasised.<\/p>\r\n

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The programme will also focus on English cultural understanding, based on task-based cultural investigation in the community.<\/p>\r\n

The programme will give participants an opportunity to become acquainted with life in Britain and to explore the cultural traditions of an English-speaking society.\u00a0 This will be supported by a programme of educational study visits to places of social and historic interest as well as a programme of activities in the evening.<\/p>\r\n

Programme Design<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Professional Components<\/strong><\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Developing Communicative Skills<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Aspects of Culture<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Personal Language Development – Interactional Skills<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Investigations into Cultural Aspects of Language<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

Programme Content<\/h4>\r\n

The programme will involve a series of linguistic activities and practical mini-tasks intended to raise awareness of the social aspects of language and to encourage participants to reflect on their use of English.\u00a0 These activities will provide opportunities for participants to carry out original investigations into current language use and encourage them to analyse it and make judgements about its appropriacy and acceptability.<\/p>\r\n

Some tasks will involve participants working outside the classroom and in direct contact with the local community.\u00a0 Investigation and interviews will be the vehicles for the focused language development to take place.\u00a0 Participants will also be encouraged to keep an experiential journal in English, which they can review with their tutor.\u00a0 The journal will be a forum to extend their language use and to develop participants’ observational and reflective competence.<\/p>\r\n

We will introduce various aspects of British culture to enhance participants’ of the UK and potentially for creating authentic teaching materials as a valuable resource to support their teaching of English in their home context.\u00a0 Our programme will enable participants to conduct focussed investigation into an aspect of contemporary British culture.<\/p>\r\n

Participants will choose an area for investigation and undertake ethnographic research. \u00a0They will be given support to prepare interviews and questionnaires and to contact suitable interviewees.\u00a0 The research findings will be explored in class and participants will prepare and give a presentation in the classroom.<\/p>\r\n

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Programme Aims<\/h4>\r\n

This programme aims to:<\/p>\r\n