Philosophy of Language Education

This course provides students with an introduction to the theoretical and practical issues of philosophy of language education. It is mainly intended to facilitate students who are keen on exploring and developing the nature of philosophy serving as the basis of the study of language education viewed from the issue of epistemology, axiology, and ontology.  The course confers a basic framework in approaches and techniques for philosophy of language education. Enhancing an ability to critically and comprehensively analyse the issue of the philosophy, language education, and philosophy of language education  become a primary focus of this course. This course introduces basic philosophical foundations in general philosophy and philosophy of language education covering basic principles of the philosophy of language as they relate to how language is taught and learned. This course also provides students with some understanding that the relationship between philosophy and language education is a complex system which connects to other systems: social, political, and cultural issues. Topics commonly covered will be dealt with the framework of English education and teacher professionalism. Students taking this course are introduced to the fact that language is a characteristic of human beings and expected to investigate certain philosophical problems and activities in language teaching and learning. Lecture activities are carried out through group presentations, discussions, and workshops on cases of philosophy of language education.