Language II: English Content and Pedagogy
Language II (English) tests English competence and the pedagogy of teaching English as a second language. Expect comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, phonology and methods such as communicative language teaching (CLT), task-based learning and phonics.
Core concepts
- Communicative competence: grammatical, sociolinguistic, discourse and strategic competence.
- LSRW integration: pre-reading, while-reading and post-reading; process writing through planning, drafting, revising and editing.
- Grammar: tense and aspect, articles, prepositions, subject-verb agreement, reported speech and conditionals; teach form, meaning and use together.
- Error analysis: interlingual errors come from L1 transfer; intralingual errors from overgeneralisation.
- Assessment: discrete-item tests check form; performance tasks check fluency; rubrics support writing and speaking.
Worked example
Sentence: 'She go to school every day.' The error is omission of third-person singular -s. Reasoning: 'She' is third-person singular, present simple, so the verb must agree. The teacher contrasts I go/you go/he goes, uses a substitution table, then a communicative interview task. Do not only repeat the rule; elicit the pattern and give focused practice.
Traps
Do not confuse 'its' (possessive) with 'it's' (it is), or 'less' with uncountable nouns and 'fewer' with countables. Do not overcorrect spoken fluency. Do not set comprehension questions that can be answered without reading the passage.