Please note: the seminar will most likely take place as a mixture of both: actual session at university as well as asynchronous/online parts. I will try to keep the seminar concept as flexible as possible to take into account your needs and wishes as well as the development of the pandemic. Let’s work together to turn this into a good experience for everyone.
This course will focus on researching in the foreign language classroom. It prepares students for the reseach projects which they will have to conduct during their Praxissemester. We will start by idendifying various topics in and around learning and teaching English in primary school, which are worth researching. After that, attention will be paid to various approaches to research, including research methods, research design, research instruments, etc. For a closer insight, we will take a look at various examples of research projects which were done by students and/or which were published in the area of SLA and classroom research. All this will be guided by structured drafts, which serve as a basis for possible research projects.
Special attention will be paid to the question of which research projects are doable in a primary school setting and might need special ethical/practical considerations.
Note: There are two courses offered in this module element to choose from (Researching in the Foreign Language Classroom I and II) - you just have to take one of them.
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23-ANG-VRPS_G_ver1 Vorbereitung und Reflexion des Praxissemesters (G) | FDG55.2 Researching in the Foreign Language Classroom (VPS) | Study requirement
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