552.906 (16W) Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching b

Wintersemester 2016/17

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First course session
06.10.2016 12:00 - 14:00 N.0.42 On Campus
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Overview

Lecturer
LV Nummer Südostverbund ENE01001UL
Course title german Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching b
Type Proseminar (continuous assessment course )
Hours per Week 2.0
ECTS credits 2.5
Registrations 22 (25 max.)
Organisational unit
Language of instruction English
possible language(s) of the assessment English
Course begins on 01.10.2016
eLearning Go to Moodle course

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Course Information

Intended learning outcomes

At the end of this course, students will have been exposed to a historical and current theories of second language acquisition. Students will learn about language teaching methods and approaches, specifically in how productive and receptive skills and grammar and vocabulary are taught.

Course content

Students are introduced to theoretical and practical issues in EFL teaching. Research findings from second language acquisition and their implications for foreign language teaching are compared with the students’ own language learning experience. A brief introduction to approaches to foreign language teaching will be presented. Furthermore, attention will be drawn to ways of teaching grammar, vocabulary, and the four skills (listening, speaking, writing, reading) within a foreign language pedagogy with a communicative orientation.

Topics covered in this course (not exclusive):

  • Popular opinions about language learning and teaching
  • Language learning in early childhood
  • Explaining second language learning
  • Language teaching approaches and methods
  • Proposals for classroom teaching
  • Teaching vocabulary
  • Teaching grammar
  • Teaching productive skills
  • Teaching receptive skills
  • Developments in language teaching

Literature

Lightbown, Patsy M., & Spada, Nina. 2013. How Languages are Learned. 4th ed. Oxford: OUP.

Scrivener, Jim. 2011. Learning Teaching. 3rd ed. Oxford: Macmillan.

Ur, Penny. 2012. A Course in English Language Teaching: Practice and Theory. 2nd ed. Cambridge: CUP. 

Ur, Penny. 2016. Penny Ur's 100 Teaching Tips. Cambridge: CUP.

Wajnryb, Ruth. 1993. Classroom Observation Tasks. Cambridge: CUP.

Please purchase the most recent edition of the above textbooks.

Examination information

Im Fall von online durchgeführten Prüfungen sind die Standards zu beachten, die die technischen Geräte der Studierenden erfüllen müssen, um an diesen Prüfungen teilnehmen zu können.

Examination topic(s)

Details about the written examination will be provided in class. The topics covered in this course will form the basis of the examination content.

Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations

Term paper (45%)

Written examination (45%)

Class participation (10%)

Grading scheme

Grade / Grade grading scheme

Position in the curriculum

  • Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch (SKZ: 407, Version: 15W.2)
    • Subject: Introduction to Foreign Language Didactics (Compulsory subject)
      • ENE.001 Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching ( 2.0h KS, PS / 2.5 ECTS)
        • 552.906 Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching b (2.0h PS / 2.5 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 3. Semester empfohlen
  • Teacher training programme English (Secondary School Teacher Accreditation) (SKZ: 344, Version: 04W.7)
    • Stage one
      • Subject: Introduction to English Language Teaching (Compulsory subject)
        • Introduction to English Language Teaching ( 2.0h PS / 3.5 ECTS)
          • 552.906 Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching b (2.0h PS / 3.5 ECTS)

Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts

Sommersemester 2024
  • 552.905 KS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching a (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
  • 552.906 KS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching b (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
Wintersemester 2023/24
  • 552.905 KS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching a (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
  • 552.906 KS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching b (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
Sommersemester 2023
  • 552.905 KS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching a (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
  • 552.906 KS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching b (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
Wintersemester 2022/23
  • 552.905 KS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching a (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
  • 552.906 KS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching b (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
Sommersemester 2022
  • 552.905 KS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching a (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
  • 552.906 KS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching b (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
Wintersemester 2021/22
  • 552.905 KS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching a (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
  • 552.906 KS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching b (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
Sommersemester 2021
  • 552.905 KS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching a (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
  • 552.906 KS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching b (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
Wintersemester 2020/21
  • 552.905 PS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching a (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
Sommersemester 2020
  • 552.905 PS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching a (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
  • 552.906 PS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching b (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
Wintersemester 2019/20
  • 552.905 PS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching a (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
Sommersemester 2019
  • 552.905 PS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching a (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
  • 552.906 PS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching b (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
Wintersemester 2018/19
  • 552.905 PS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching a (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
  • 552.906 PS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching b (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
Sommersemester 2018
  • 552.905 PS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
Wintersemester 2017/18
  • 552.905 PS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
Sommersemester 2017
  • 552.905 PS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching a (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
  • 552.906 PS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching b (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
Wintersemester 2016/17
  • 552.905 PS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching a (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
Sommersemester 2016
  • 552.905 PS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching a (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
  • 552.906 PS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching b (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
Wintersemester 2015/16
  • 552.905 PS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching a (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
  • 552.906 PS Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching b (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
Sommersemester 2014
  • 551.921 PS Introduction to English Language Teaching a (2.0h / 3.5ECTS)
  • 551.922 PS Introduction to English Language Teaching b (2.0h / 3.5ECTS)
Wintersemester 2013/14
  • 551.922 PS Introduction to English Language Teaching a (2.0h / 3.5ECTS)
Sommersemester 2013
  • 551.921 PS Introduction to English Language Teaching a (2.0h / 3.5ECTS)
  • 551.922 PS Introduction to English Language Teaching b (2.0h / 3.5ECTS)