Module EDUS1671: MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES 1

Department: Education [Queen's Campus, Stockton]

EDUS1671: MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES 1

Tied To

• X100: Primary Education (see Undergraduate Handbook 2007-2008 for details)

Pre-requisites

Corequisites

Excluded Combinations

Aims

• To develop students' understanding and knowledge of a modern foreign language, with particular reference to speaking and listening.
• To develop strategies for delivering modern foreign languages within the primary classroom, with particular emphasis on speaking and listening.
• To develop students' understanding of key concepts related to the teaching of modern foreign languages, with particular emphasis on speaking and listening.

Content

• Building an appropriate bank of vocabulary (classroom and topic vocabulary) for a variety of contexts.
• Target language and its uses in the classroom.
• Pronunciation.
• Role of ICT in learning foreign languages.
• Listening techniques.
• Strategies for planning and developing teaching episodes.
• Contact with native speakers.
• Issues related to language and cultural awareness.
• History/background concerning the teaching/learning of a modern foreign language in the primary school.

Learning Outcomes

• Students should be able to demonstrate: appropriate oral proficiency in a modern foreign language.
• an appropriate aural competence in a modern foreign language.
• an understanding of key issues which have shaped the teaching of modern foreign languages.

• a basic competence in planning and teaching modern foreign languages in the primary school.
• 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 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.