230270 Approaches and Methods in English Language Teaching (Secondary Schools) (S) (SoSe 2025)

LTM, secondary
This seminar is specifically aimed at those planning to teach at secondary level. Please note that students who started their degrees in or after 2023, or for some other reason are studying in the NEW FSB, have to have passed the Language Proficiency Test before taking Profile Module 1 seminars.
Participants will give group presentations, most of them involving micro-teaching sequences, to complete the seminar requirements: everyone will also be expected to take part in the student-generated Methods Challenge near the end of the semester.

This seminar is specifically aimed at those planning to teach at secondary school level: Hauptschule, Realschule, Sekundarschule, Gymnasium or Gesamtschule. The course offers a brief survey of methods of teaching English as a foreign language and introduces major temporary approaches as well as some less mainstream approaches.
Sources for background reading for your presentations, papers and general interest can be found in the course schedule and on the Moodle platform.

Requirements for participation, required level

Please note that students who started their degrees in or after 2023, or for some other reason are studying in the NEW FSB, have to have passed the Language Proficiency Test before taking Profile Module 1 seminars.
PM1 courses should generally only be taken after most of the basic modules (BM seminars) have been completed. It is recommended in the Modulhandbuch that they are taken from the 3rd semester of study on. PM1 courses should generally only be taken after most of the basic modules (BM seminars) have been completed. It is recommended in the Modulhandbuch that they are taken from the 3rd semester of study on.

Bibliography

Sources for background reading for your presentations, papers and general interest can be found in the course schedule and on the Moodle platform.