239749 English Language Teaching Methodology (weiterf. Schulen) (S) (SoSe 2014)

This seminar is mainly aimed at those intending to teach at secondary school level (Sek I): Hauptschule, Realschule, Gymnasium or Gesamtschule.

The course offers an historical survey of methods of teaching English as a foreign language and of major contemporary approaches, emphasising the linguistic and didactic premises underlying the various methods. The course will demonstrate the hybrid nature of much current English language teaching and show how the various methods reviewed have influenced teaching and textbooks to the present day.
Active participation on a regular basis will be expected. There will be no written exam but participants will be required to prepare a presentation or micro-teaching session (working individually or with a partner) and/or submit a term paper; there will also be some homework such as formulating questions on the basis of the course readings and preparing learning corners with posters and other materials (working in groups).