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• Lecturer: Wolfgang Gehring
• Language tutor: Lindsay
• Time: Tuesdays, 2-4pm
• Venue: A10 1-121

• Grundlagen der Leistungsbewertung in AM 7 und AM 8
• Erwartungshorizont von AM 7 und AM 8

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.

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