English Language and Literature and English Language Teaching Hong Kong Baptist University

Overview

The double degree provides in-depth knowledge and understanding of the subject area and, at the same time, prepares students to be professionally qualified English language teachers. This arrangement ensures a close association between the development of subject knowledge and the practice of teaching. Places are available for Primary Teaching and Secondary Teaching.

The English Language and Literature and English Language Teaching programme from Hong Kong Baptist University also gives access to a wide range of career opportunities, both within and outside teaching. It offers an excellent grounding for many career routes which draw on the in- depth study of the subject, and the organisational, interpersonal and professional skills which are the characteristics of a qualified teacher.

Programme Intended Learning Outcomes (PILOs)

Upon completion of the ENG programme, students should be able to attain:

• Effective Scholarship: students should demonstrate a good grasp of linguistic and literary knowledge, with relevant connections to major theories, concepts and schools of thought.

• Academic Literacy: students should be able to analyze critically and creatively diverse texts and arguments, and to compose high-quality essays, projects and presentations employing appropriate rhetorical strategies and up-to-date IT tools.

• English Proficiency: students should be able to communicate effectively and competently in English in local and global contexts, both orally and in written form.

• Research Skills: students should develop the ability to locate, evaluate and synthesise relevant information in literary and language studies from a variety of sources and media. They should also be able to identify a range of diverse explanations, interpretations, and theories in literary and language studies, and to apply these to specific texts

• International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives: students should adopt a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approach to learning so that knowledge and ideas from different disciplines may be combined to yield new insights, to solve problems, to complete projects, and to accomplish different written and oral tasks. Students should also demonstrate cross-cultural awareness and value the importance of linguistic and cultural diversity.

• Teamwork and Employability: students should demonstrate the capacity to work with people, to handle deadlines and responsibilities, to address interpersonal conflicts meaningfully, and to acquire social skills of a calibre that will contribute to their employability and personal growth.