2009-10 AM Teaching for Communicative Competence
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- Lecturer: Wolfgang Gehring
- Language tutor: Lindsay
- Time: Tuesdays, 2-4pm
- Venue: A10 1-121
Contents
- 1 Week 1 - October 20, 2009
- 2 Week 2 - October 27, 2009
- 3 Week 3 - November 3, 2009
- 4 Week 4 - November 10, 2009
- 5 Week 5 - November 17, 2009
- 6 Week 6 - November 24, 2009
- 7 Week 7 - December 1, 2009
- 8 Week 8 - December 8, 2009
- 9 Week 9 - December 15, 2009
- 10 Week 10 - January 5, 2010
- 11 Week 11 - January 12, 2010
- 12 Week 12 - January 19, 2010
- 13 Week 13 - January 26, 2010
- 14 Week 14 - February 2, 2010
Week 1 - October 20, 2009
Writing/developing a poster AND CLT in plans and syllabuses
- In this session we will take a closer look at official guidelines and the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
- Before class please look at the topics for this semester and choose two possible dates when you would be able to give a presentation.
For this session please download:
- Referenzrahmen: Hueber wiki
- Core curriculum: Niedersächsisches Kulturministerium
Week 2 - October 27, 2009
What makes lesson plans communicative?
- Please collect definitions of communicative competence (the following link to google books may be helpful).
- Please outline basic elements of the concept of communicative competence as it is used in the Niedersachen core curricula (of your school form).
Week 3 - November 3, 2009
Skill development and CLT
Literature:
- Appel, Joachim. "Sprechen als performance." Der Fremdsprachliche Unterricht Englisch 47 (2000): 28-31.
- De Florio-Hansen, Inez. "Sinnvolles Üben - kommunikationsorientiert." Praxis Fremdsprachenunterricht 4 (2007): 6-11.
- Kieweg, Werner. "Coffee? Mmh. Milk, too? Die kommunikative Relevanz der Grammatik reflektieren." Der Fremdsprachliche Unterricht Englisch 82 (2006): 31-36.
- Kieweg, Werner. "Mündliche Leistungen beurteilen." Der Fremdsprachliche Unterricht Englisch 40 (2007): 10-13.
- Massler, Ute. "Aufgaben zur Entwicklung interkultureller kommunikativer Kompetenz in medial vermittelten Begegnungssituationen." Englisch 3 (2005): 1-10.
- Taubenböck, Andrea. "Sprache kommt von sprechen. Ein Plädoyer für mehr Mündlichkeit im Englischunterricht." Der Fremdsprachliche Unterricht Englisch 90 (2007): 2-8.
Week 4 - November 10, 2009
Concepts of CLT
- Action Item: Write a review of the lesson plan "zoo". Do not write more than 250 words. Apply your indicators. Be prepared to read your text aloud in class.
Week 5 - November 17, 2009
Pedagogical perspectives on CLT
- Learning strategies (Rebecca Oxford)
- Good language learners (Naimann et al)
- Action item: a) Please define five features for evaluating lesson plans. b) Apply your features by analyzing "Shop" (see download on Stud-ip)
- Preparation: Please outline questions that aim at gaining data about learning strategies that individual learners apply.
Task 1: Describe a classroom (used in a figurative sense) that supports good language learning strategies. Consider
- the role of the teacher
- the design of activities
- the attitude toward errors
- the explicit teaching of strategies
- the role of explicit teaching
- the learning outcomes
Task 2: Outline a research project on strategy use
- describe why strategies play an important role in modern ELT
- develop from this your hypothesis/your research question
- outline the method you would apply
Reading suggestions:
- Griffiths, Carol, ed. Lessons from Good Language Learners. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- Oxford, Rebecca. "Language Learning Strategies." The Cambridge Guide to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Eds. Ronald Carter and David Nunan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. 166-172.
- Oxford, Rebecca. "Language Learning Strategies in a Nutshell: Update and ESL Suggestions." Methodology in Language Teaching: An Anthology of Current Practice. Eds. Jack C. Richards and Willy A. Renandya. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. 124-132.
- Chapters 8.3 and 8.4. in: Johnson, Keith. An Introduction to Foreign Language Learning and Teaching. 2001. 2nd ed. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited, 2008. 142-158.
Week 6 - November 24, 2009
How should we teach grammar?
Reading suggestions:
- Section 7: "Teaching Grammar." Methodology in language teaching: An Anthology of Current Practice. Eds. Jack C. Richards and Willy A. Renandya. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. 145-174.
- Pachler, Norbert and Jo Bond. "Teaching and learning grammar." Teaching Modern Foreign Languages at Advanced Level. Ed. Norbert Pachler. London: Routledge, 1999. 93-116.
- Gnutzmann, Claus, and Frank G. Königs, eds. Perspektiven des Grammatikunterrichts. Tübingen: Gunther Narr Verlag, 1999.
Week 7 - December 1, 2009
How should we teach grammar?/Poster research
Homework due Dec. 1:
- 1. Your task (workload): Is grammar teaching always necessary? Please write a paraphraph with no more than 400 words.
- 2. Activities: Form-focused and function-focused grammar practise (see Richard text in stud-ip folder for 24.11.09)
- 3. The role of consciousness-raising (see Ellis text in stud-ip folder for 24.11.09)
- 4. PPP: Lesson planning and grammar teaching (see Ziegeser text in stud-ip folder for 24.11.09)
Please be prepared to outline your reserach project for the poster session!!!!!!
Suggestions for actions items (3KP) and research projects/posters (6KP):
- Action Item 1 (3KP): How form-focused or task-focused are grammar activities in ____(book title)?
- Research Project 1 (6KP): On the same topic, but based on a corpus of: 4-8 books (classes 5/6; 7/8, Cornelsen, Klett, Diesterweg)
- Action Item 2 (3KP): Research proposal: Mnemonic strategies learners apply in vocabulary learning.
- Research Project 2 (6KP): On the same topic
- Action Item 3 (3KP): What strategies are promoted in class through textbooks?
- Research Project 3 (6KP): What strategies do learners prefer for vocabulary learning (young learners/adult learners/fellow students....)?
- Action Item 4 (3KP): Attitudes in "Einführungen" toward grammar teaching. A comparison of English/French/German as a foreign language.
- Research Project 4 (6KP): What are good language learners? Questionnaire for primary/Realschule/Gymnasium teachers and a comparison of data.
- Action Item 5 (3KP): Tipps for learning vocabulary efficiently: What textbooks recommend and the perspective of research.
- Research Project 5 (6KP): see AI 5
- Action Item 6 (3KP): Research proposal for AI 5
Feel free to suggest a topic of your own choice.
Week 8 - December 8, 2009
How should we teach vocabulary?
Week 9 - December 15, 2009
Principles of lesson planning
- Class description
- Timetable fit
- Anticipated problems
- Content selection
- Activities, procedures, and timing
- Lesson aims/learning outcomes
- Formal plan
Week 10 - January 5, 2010
Listening and reading
Week 11 - January 12, 2010
Speaking and writing
Week 12 - January 19, 2010
Your lesson plans/sequences
Week 13 - January 26, 2010
Media in ELT
Week 14 - February 2, 2010
Individual counselling