Difference between revisions of "2009-10 AM Teaching for Communicative Competence"
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*Good language learners (Naimann et al) | *Good language learners (Naimann et al) | ||
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*Preparation: Please outline questions that aim at gaining data about learning strategies that individual learners apply. | *Preparation: Please outline questions that aim at gaining data about learning strategies that individual learners apply. | ||
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Task 1: Describe a classroom (used in a figurative sense) that supports good language learning strategies. | Task 1: Describe a classroom (used in a figurative sense) that supports good language learning strategies. | ||
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*outline the method you would apply | *outline the method you would apply | ||
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| + | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=0srF1efGdxgC&pg=PT310&lpg=PT310&dq=good+language+learners+ppt&source=bl&ots=NldCTKdmEU&sig=PVkH22AS_BTOZzBBuChQpbiAMbU&hl=en&ei=gJ4CS46wE4vQ-Qap98D8Dw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CCMQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=&f=false Griffiths, Carol, ed. ''Lessons from Good Language Learners.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.] | ||
| + | *[http://books.google.de/books?id=NHxOXpII6ssC&pg=PA167&dq=learning+strategies&lr=&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=learning%20strategies&f=false 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.] | ||
| + | *[http://books.google.de/books?id=l3vTGZdgzcIC&pg=RA1-PA127&dq=learning+strategies&lr=&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=learning%20strategies&f=false 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.] | ||
| + | *[http://books.google.de/books?id=Y8UrkNhjNsQC&pg=PA149&dq=learning+strategies&lr=&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=learning%20strategies&f=false 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.] | ||
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| + | == Week 6 - November 24, 2009 == | ||
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| + | How should we teach grammar? | ||
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| − | + | *[http://books.google.de/books?id=l3vTGZdgzcIC&pg=PT393&dq=grammar+teaching&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=grammar%20teaching&f=false Section 7: "Teaching Grammar." ''Methodology in language teaching.''Eds. Jack C. Richards and Willy A. Renandya. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. 145-174] | |
| + | *[http://books.google.de/books?id=sGHaJWahXL0C&pg=PA102&dq=grammar+teaching&lr=&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=grammar%20teaching&f=false Pachler, Norbert and Jo Bond. "Teaching and learning grammar." ''Teaching Modern Foreign Languages at Advanced Level.'' Ed. Norbert Pachler. London: Routledge, 1999. 93-116] | ||
| + | *[http://books.google.de/books?id=60pM6VBj7kkC&pg=PA181&dq=Grammatik+unterricht&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=Grammatik%20unterricht&f=false Gnutzmann, Claus, and Frank G. Königs, eds. ''Perspektiven des Grammatikunterrichts.'' Tübingen: Gunther Narr Verlag, 1999.] | ||
| − | + | For next week (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!!!!!! | ||
== Week 7 - December 1, 2009 == | == Week 7 - December 1, 2009 == | ||
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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.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.
For next week (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!!!!!!
Week 7 - December 1, 2009
How should we teach vocabulary?
Poster research
Week 8 - December 8, 2009
Principles of lesson planning
Week 9 - December 15, 2009
Practicing language
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
