This is the first obligatory lecture (FD 1.1) for students studying to become EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teachers. The main objective for students is to gain knowledge of the fundamental theories, concepts, topics and approaches to school-based EFL education. This includes communicative language teaching (CLT) involving competence- and task-based approaches, language learning theory as well as the role of culture, literature and media in EFL education. Students will be encouraged to critically analyse and reflect on implementing these issues in the EFL classroom of their respective school type. Thus, this course will support student teachers to take the first steps in becoming what is called "reflective practitioners".
The lecture will be supported through various e-learning opportunities and videos that cover all major topics. All resources will be made available via Moodle (use https://moodle.uni-due.de/ for access exclusively, do not use the Moodle app). All students will be enrolled into this lecture's Moodle course in the second week of October (9th-13th of October).
The first on-ground session of the FD 1.1 lecture will take place on Tuesday, 17th of October.
In the on-ground sessions, we will engage with these topics further to explore their theoretical and practical implications. Students are expected to regularly participate, thoroughly prepare, and actively contribute to each on-ground session of the lecture.
Exam: Students are required to pass a 60-minute, pen-and-paper, pass-or-fail exam (unbenotete Prüfungsvorleistung) at the end of term. Passing this Prüfungsvorleistung is the necessary prerequisite to write the term paper in the follow-up EFL course (FD 1.2 in the summer term). This term paper will be the main Prüfungsleistung to complete the whole module FD 1.1. |
