| Description
| This course aims to introduce major research issues and current trends in language studies. Possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) applied linguistics: pragmatics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, corpus linguistics and phraseology; (2) foreign language teaching: L2 acquisition/SLA, technology and English education, content-based instruction and multi-/cross-cultural issues in English education; (3)ESP research and teaching: technical writing, English for business/tourism/medicine/technology/management, and innovations in ESP curriculum design; (4) translation studies: theory and practice of translation and interpretation, translation and interpretation teaching, translation and technology, audiovisual translation and news translation; (5) bilingual education and bilingualism: English medium instruction (EMI), content and language integrated learning (CLIL) and bilingual teacher development.
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