Focus: Select a particular feature of the English language of any kind – phonological, grammatical (morphological or syntactic), lexical, discourse-based, orthographic, pragmatic, sociolinguistic – and involving any skill or combination of skills – listening, speaking, reading, or writing – that is likely to involve some measure of difficulty for learners from non-English-speaking background.
Goal. Discuss any particular linguistic and/or pedagogical issues relevant to acquiring this feature by learners you are targeting. The discussion must relate to one or two theoretical concepts/issues/
approaches covered by readings/coursework. Discuss how the accounts provided by the theoretical concept(s) help us understand the difficulties of acquiring the target language feature. Finally, propose strategies for addressing the learning difficulties for the targeted learner group in and/or outside the classroom.
