In the Department of English we offer core subjects as well as electives. Our focus is on equipping students to deal with the realities of language education in multilingual classrooms in South Africa, as well as dealing with the challenges of teaching overseas.
 

Core Modules: (ENGF 121 & ENGF 221)
In these modules we focus on teaching language across the curriculum in the content classroom, thus establishing content and language-integrated learning. These modules are also closely linked to the in-service training we provide to teachers in our research project.
 

Electives: (ENGE 111/122; ENGE 212/221; ENGE 311/321)
Content is selected to provide the teacher with all the required in-depth knowledge regarding the content of English as a subject while simultaneously providing the opportunity for acquisition of methodological and pedagogical skills.
Teachers of English should have knowledge of
• how language works
• how we learn to use it
• the ways in which contemporary critical and cultural theories of text and textual study clarify these processes.
 

Didactics: (ENGD 212; ENGD 322; ENGD 411/421; ENGD 511/521
More than ever before, teachers of English must deliver a complex and dynamic curriculum to students from different socio-economic, linguistic and cultural backgrounds. Furthermore, society is increasingly technologically and media-oriented. Multiple forms of literacy demand a broad theoretical knowledge of language and literacy acquisition and teaching. The NCS (Grade R through to grade12) forms the basis for the preparation of English teachers, who must equip their students to meet the challenges of this changing world.