Module EDUS1671: MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES 1

Department: Education (ITE)

EDUS1671: MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES 1

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 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.

■ Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University.