Undergraduate Course: Modern Language (EDUA10035)
Course Outline
| School |
Moray House School of Education |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Education |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
This course will equip participants with a confident command of the sound system of the modern foreign language studied and the implications for classroom delivery. It will also equip participants with a confident command of the alphabet and numbers; the core vocabulary and structures in the areas of personal language, descriptive language and affective language; a knowledge of tenses and syntax in the modern language studied and the implications for classroom delivery. This course will also seek to give participants an understanding of the principles of mother-tongue language acquistion of and how these can be applied to the learning of a foreign language. The course is both theoretical and practical and the learning and teaching approaches used will mirror those used by primary classroom teachers in their teaching of Modern European Foreign Languages in the primary school. These approaches will seek to demonstrate effective classroom organization and ethos- whole class lessons, whole class in groups, individual programmes, new technologies, the role of activating prior knowledge, group interaction and discussion, meaningful contexts and the promotion of learners' knowledge and awareness of their own thinking and key principles in the effective teaching of language. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
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| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students should be able to:
! Demonstrate a knowledge of the main theories of language acquisition and language learning;
! Give a critical evaluation of the main theories of foreign language learning and teaching;
! Demonstrate a critical understanding of how to translate theories of language learning and teaching into practice;
! Introduce new topics of study in the target language;
! Organise a variety of activities and classroom tasks, including games, songs, story telling, revision and reinforcement using the target language;
! Demonstrate a knowledge of simple language systems;
! Demonstrate the ability to plan for progression in the foreign language, taking into account differentiation and assessment criteria;
! Analyse and critically evaluate their own practice with reference to theories of language acquisition and language learning.
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Assessment Information
| One written assignment - 4000 word equivalent. |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Mr Michael Lynch
Tel: (0131 6)51 6422
Email: Michael.Lynch@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Ms Elena Novo Cabana
Tel: (0131 6)51 6012
Email: elena.novocabana@ed.ac.uk |
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