This minor will not be offered from cohort 2023-24 onwards, existing cohort may still complete the minor provided the student have completed the required courses and the exit requirement.
These Minors focus on the teaching of the English language in primary schools (Primary Strand) and the practical issues and strategies involved. They enable students to have an understanding of how English is taught and help learners develop meta-knowledge and meta-cognition of the second language learning processes and strategies, which can be useful to their own English language learning.
These Minors are only offered to undergraduate students in their 3rd year of study or beyond
Exit requirement:
IELTS 6.5 (with no sub-score lower than 6.0) or equivalent
Structure of Minors:
Students opting to take either of the primary or secondary strands have to take 3 core courses and choose 2 elective courses from a list of 9. No double counting is permitted. The core and elective courses are listed below.
| Domain | Course Code/Course Outline | Course Title |
|---|---|---|
| Core | ENG2256 | Primary ELT Methods I |
| ENG3259 | Primary ELT Curriculum (no longer offered in 2018/19) | |
| ENG3261 | Primary ELT Methods II | |
| ENG4419 (ENG3460 - course code changed from 2019/20 and onwards) | #Second Language Acquisition and Curriculum Design: Theory and Practice (offered from 2018/19 onwards) | |
| Electives (Choose any 2 courses) | ENG2254 | Children’s Literature in the ESL Classroom (changed course title and no longer offered from 2020/21 and onwards) |
| ENG2402 | Children’s Literature in the ESL/EFL Classroom (offered from 2020/21 onwards) | |
| ENG3265 | Exploring Written Genres (no longer offered in 2019/20) | |
ENG3281 (changed course code from 2021/22 and onwards) | Integrating Information Technology in the ESL Classroom (changed course code from 2021/22 and no longer offered from 2021/22 and onwards) | |
| ENG3323 | Teaching Grammar and Vocabulary | |
| ENG3399 | Teaching Pronunciation (pre-requisite: ENG1326) | |
| ENG3416 | Written Genres and the Genre Approach to ELT (offered from 2019/20 onwards) | |
| ENG3435 | Integrating Information Technology in the ESL/EFL Classroom | |
| ENG4280 | Language Assessment | |
ENG4283 (changed course code from 2021/22 and onwards) | *Drama in the ESL Classroom (pre-requisite: ENG2333, ENG3274 or LIT3049) (changed course title and no longer offered from 2021/22 and onwards) | |
| ENG4285 | Content-based Language Teaching (pre-requisite: ENG3261 or ENG3262) | |
| ENG4342 | Theories of Language Learning: Cognition and Context | |
| ENG4436 | *Drama in the ESL/EFL Classroom (pre-requisite: ENG2333, ENG3274 or LIT3049) |
* Students who haven’t taken the pre-requisite course yet should submit their applications for exemption to the course lecturer directly by email. After getting the approval, students have to contact their programme office to register the course manually.
# ENG3406 is a Common Core for the two strands. Based on the policy that no double counting is permitted, students wishing to take Double Minors in both strands are required to take a total of 5 elective courses from the lists, in addition to the required Core courses (i.e. a total of 5 Core courses from both strands) to make up a total of 10 courses.