Module EDUS3421: MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES 3

Department: EDUCATION [Queen's Campus, Stockton]

EDUS3421: MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES 3

Prerequisites

• None.

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• To build upon MFL 1 and 2 to deepen and extend students' understanding and knowledge of a modern foreign language, with particular reference to speaking, listening, reading and writing within the context of the primary classroom.
• To develop a knowledge of the research literature on primary and early secondary children's understanding of modern foreign languages.
• To develop an understanding of the role of the subject co-ordinator within the primary school.

Content

• European languages portfolio.
• QCA schemes of work.
• MFL learning resource for the whole primary school.
• Issues related to continuity and progression between KS1/2 and KS2/3.
• Cross-curricular activities.
• Planning foreign visits.

Learning Outcomes

• Students should be able to demonstrate: an informed and critical awareness of research in MFL education.
• an understanding of the way in which theory informs practice.
• a critical understanding of the theoretical justification for a range of practical initiatives in primary MFL extending beyond the classroom.
• a critical understanding of cross-curricular issues.

• Students should be able to demonstrate an ability to:
• plan an appropriate assessment policy for MFL.
• plan, design and deliver presentations that will help others to develop their understanding of the teaching and learning of MFL in the primary school.
• communicate appropriately with a school in Germany or Spain.
• think critically and independently;
• analyse, synthesise and evaluate primary and/or secondary data;
• critically analyse literature on a variety of contemporary education issues;
• construct and sustain a reasoned argument.
• observe, record and relate educational practice to theory in primary schools and classrooms;

• communicate ideas, principles and theories effectively in a variety of ways;
• work effectively, both independently and as part of a team, on given tasks and activities;
• use Information and Communications Technology in a variety of ways;
• manage time and work to deadlines.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Teaching methods will include lectures, seminars and workshops.
• These mechanisms allow for the different learning outcomes to be addressed.
• Lectures will focus on specific issues, seminars allow for in-depth discussion of relevant ideas and workshops will facilitate language development.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Tutorial presentations, workshop participation.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University