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11, 12 &13Bantu languages and implications for education anddevelopment,Structure of English, World Englishes, English inEducation, the English SyllabusPidgins & Creoles, Kiswahili in development, Kiswahilistructures, idioms and proverbs in KiswahiliArabic civilization, Arabic language structures, Arabicdialects, philology of ArabicDeveloping Pedagogical Content Knowledge forEnglish, Kiswahili, Luganda, Arabic, German, FrenchTraditional v. modern approaches to teaching English,development of English as second language, English assubject and as medium, reading in English, assessingattainment in English14 & 15 LTE Projects - English, Luganda, Kiswahili, German,French, Arabic16 & 17 ExaminationsMaterialsBarkley, E.F., Cross, K.P. & Major, C.H. (2005) Collaborative Learning Techniques, SanFransisco: Jossey BassLadefoged, P. et al. (1971) Languages in Uganda, London: Oxford University Press.International Journal of Educational DevelopmentJournal of Comparative EducationStuart, J., Acheampong, K. & Croft, A. (2009) Key Issues in Teacher Education. A Sourcebookfor Teacher Educators in Developing Countries, Oxford: Macmillan Education.Woods, P. (1989) Working for Teacher Development, Dereham: Peter Francis Publishers.AssessmentThis course will be assessed by coursework, marked out of 40%, and written examination,marked out of 60%. Coursework will consist of short written assignments and practical casebasedwriting activities. The latter will be assessed in part during seminar presentations of TEcurricula or its evaluation for specified contexts based on inquiry.LLE 7103 CLASSROOM CULTURES AND LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY (Elective forMED LLE)Course DescriptionThe course will explore the possible strategies that a teacher can take while handling largelanguage classes in the Ugandan secondary schools. With the advent of Universal SecondarySchools (USE) and privately owned schools, students in a single class seem to have no limit. Thecourse aims at guiding teachers and curriculum designers in probable ways of helping the teacherto be as effective as they would be just like in smaller classes.27