2008-09 AM Skills, Knowledge, Abilities
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- Lecturer: Wolfgang Gehring
- Language tutor: Lindsay
- Time: Tuesdays, 2-4pm
- Venue: A10 1-121a
Contents
- 1 Week 1 - October 14, 2008
- 2 Week 2 - October 21, 2008
- 3 Week 3 - October 28, 2008
- 4 Week 4 - November 04, 2008
- 5 Week 5 - November 11, 2008
- 6 Week 6 - November 18, 2008
- 7 Week 7 - November 25, 2008
- 8 Week 8 - December 02, 2008
- 9 Week 9 - December 09, 2008
- 10 Week 10 - December 16, 2008
- 11 Week 11 - January 06, 2009
- 12 Week 12 - January 13, 2009
- 13 Week 13 - January 20, 2009
- 14 Week 14 - January 27, 2009
All written work should be handed in by March 15, 2009.
Week 1 - October 14, 2008
1. Find information on:
- the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
- types of curricula
- core curricula
- educational standards
2. Make a list of references to be discussed in class, so find a proper way of visualizing your findings. (Samples can be found in stud-ip schedule for 14.10.08.)
Week 2 - October 21, 2008
We will discuss your findings from the "like/dislike" lesson plan.
Action item 1: Comment on the development of a standard of your choice, for example writing.
- structures for developing the competence/standard
- conception of learning
- conception of communicative competence
Action item 2: Reconstruct major rationales of the nativist and constructivist approaches (Krashen, Pienemann, also see download in stud-ip). What didactic theories should be considered in lesson plans?
Action item 3: Analyze the lesson plan in studi-ip (21.10.08: "food food food").
- What didactic theories can be detected?
- Collect more criteria for analyzing a lesson plan (referring to the example).
- Compare this lesson plan with the PPP concept (see download in stud-ip).
Week 3 - October 28, 2008
Activity 1:
- Reconstruct major rationals of Krashen's nativist theory of foreign language learning.
- Visualize Wolff's arguments/theses (instructive/constructive) in a mind map and be prepared to explain it.
- Visualize the principles of the PPP approach in a mind map.
Activity 2:
- Are there any arguments against Wolff's theses?
- Are there any arguments against the PPP approach?
Activity 3:
- Make a list of criteria that could be used to analyze lesson plans.
- Apply this criteria to your evaluation of "food food food".
Week 4 - November 04, 2008
Week 5 - November 11, 2008
Week 6 - November 18, 2008
Facilitators:
1. Find exercises and tasks in textbooks that promote lexical competence, see: ESL/EFL Teaching and Learning Resources, Wortschatzeinführung, Goethe Verlag Poster
2. Develop criteria for vocabulary selection
3. Read and discuss text on vocabulary teaching (by Paul Nation)
Week 7 - November 25, 2008
1. Write down four tasks to help facilitate Paul Nation's text on vocabulary teaching and have the answers at hand.
2. Explain and write down how consciousness-raising and modern language teaching go together. (see Ellis text)
3. Explain and write down how the following learning theories would see the role of consciousness-raising: behaviorism, nativism, and cognitivism.
4. Activity: lexical and grammatical activities in textbooks: A WRITTEN CATEGORIZATION
