2009 AM The Modern ELT-Classroon

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Week 1 - April 07, 2009

No Class.


Week 2 - April 14, 2009

Lesson plans and curricula

  • Action item: Make yourself familiar with the structure of the core curriulum for Niedersachsen. Be prepared to comment on the development of a standard of your choice.
  • How can guidelines be implemented in the ELT-classroom?
  • What didactic theories should be considerd in lesson plans?


Week 3 - April 21, 2009

Concepts of communicative competence (Frau Bohlen)

  • Action item (3 KP): Reference-based, various concepts, comparison of communicative competence and intercultural communicative competence; find examples from textbooks and/or lesson plans
  • Workload: Johnson or Richards/Rogers concepts of communicative competence (find one example from a textbook or a lesson plan)


Week 4 - April 28, 2009

Modern ELT (Frau Zoller/Frau Klink)

  • Action item (3KP): a) What is considered an innovation in ELT? (content analysis, reference based) b) Theories and concepts of good language teaching (survey)
  • Workload: Outline standards of good ELT. Use references and make a "check list".


Week 5 - May 05, 2009

Teaching grammar: The theories (Frau Bruns/Frau Moehle)


Week 6 - May 12, 2009

Teaching grammar: The practitioner's view (Frau Tossiou/Herr Petersen)


Week 7 - May 19, 2009

Teaching new language items task-based (Herr Dycker)


Week 8 - May 26, 2009

Vocabulary teaching (Herr Staubach/Frau Schuster)


Week 9 - June 02, 2009

Vocabulary teaching


Week 10 - June 09, 2009

Research unit


Week 11 - June 16, 2009

Principles of lesson planning (Frau Rolfes)


Week 12 - June 23, 2009

Language across the curriculum (Herr Goehrs)


Week 13 - June 30, 2009

Error consiousness (Frau Goetschel)


Week 14 - July 07, 2009

New media in ELT (Herr Picker)