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Programme and Module Handbook

Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2011-2012 (archived)

Module EDUS2681: MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES 2

Department: Education [Queen's Campus, Stockton]

EDUS2681: MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES 2

Type Tied Level 2 Credits 20 Availability Available in 2011/12 Module Cap None. Location Queen's Campus Stockton
Tied to X101

Prerequisites

  • None.

Corequisites

  • None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • None.

Aims

  • To develop students' understanding and knowledge of a modern foreign language, with particular reference to reading and writing.
  • To further develop strategies for delivering modern foreign languages within the primary classroom, with particular emphasis on reading and writing.
  • To develop awareness of the value of different kinds of modern foreign teaching resources.

Content

  • Relevant grammatical structures.
  • Exploring a range of relevant media for personal development of MFL competence.
  • Exploring a range of relevant media for the teaching of MFL.
  • The use of display in teaching and learning MFL.
  • Links between sound and spelling.
  • Role of ICT in teaching and learning MFL.
  • Exploring current issues in teaching of MFL.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:
  • a modern foreign language - French
  • links between sound and spelling in a modern foreign language
  • knowledge of media for personal development of MFL competence and the teaching of MFL
  • current issues in teaching of MFL
Subject-specific Skills:
  • appropriate written proficiency in a modern foreign language
  • appropriate understanding of a written modern foreign language
  • planning and evaluating modern foreign language teaching in the primary school
  • observe, record and relate educational practice to theory in primary schools and classrooms
  • critically evaluate a range of resources for the teaching and learning of modern foreign languages
Key Skills:
  • communicate ideas, principles and theories effectively in written form
  • manage time and work to deadlines
  • construct and sustain a reasoned argument
  • evaluate and make use of information from a variety of primary and secondary sources

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

Activity Number Frequency Duration Total/Hours
Lectures 18 Weekly 1 hour 18
Tutorials, Seminars and Practicals 18 Weekly 1.5 hours 27
Preparation and Reading 155
Total 200

Summative Assessment

Component: Coursework Assignment Component Weighting: 50%
Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
Coursework assignment 2500 words 100%
Component: Examination Component Weighting: 50%
Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
Examination two hours 100%

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