231124 Teaching Specific Domains of English Language Competence / Teaching English Language (weiterführende Schulen) (S) (WiSe 2013/2014)

This course will offer practice in planning, carrying out and reflecting on lessons for Gymnasium, Gesamtschule und Realschule. The technique used will be that of microteaching. Students will be asked to plan and demonstrate specific lessons based on the material in the schoolboooks. Among the items we will focus on will be grammar teaching, vocabulary teaching, fluency practice, how to use the texts in the schoolbooks, how to use the supplementary materials supplied, especially recorded material. Students will also be encouraged to compare the approaches of different textbooks to teaching specific items.

We will start with lessons for the fifth class and as the semester progresses move on to the higher grades (up to the tenth class). In particular we will be exploring ways of:

introducing material
relating material to the interests and experience of the learners
modifying and/or supplementing the course-book material
achieving transitions between teaching stages,
linking new material to previously learned material
providing scaffolding for learners
exploiting both inductive and deductive approaches to learning
encouraging the development of learner autonomy
creating opportunities for negotiation of meaning
creating opportunities for individualised learning
linking the schoolbook material to authentic material

Before the course students should make themselves familiar with some of the schoolbooks available in the Dauersemesterapparat in the library.

Bibliography

Please see the Dauersemesterapparat in the library.