Teaching German FL methodology I
Code
722160024
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Línguas, Culturas e Literaturas Modernas
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Clarisse Costa Afonso
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Alemão
Objectives
To get familiar with the didactics and methods of teaching and learning German as a foreign language.
-To reflect on teaching-and-learning issues in pedagogical contexts
-To develop reflection on the foreign language learner, the different teacher roles, and classroom interaction patterns.
-To develop productive and receptive skills - interaction and mediation.
-To increase awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity both in the mother and foreign language.
Prerequisites
N.A.
Subject matter
Theories, methodologies and approaches to teaching GFL: from Grammar/Translation to Intercultural communicative approach.
Communicative language activities (productive, receptive, interactive and mediation) and processes (planning and monitoring).
General competences and communicative language competences.
Notions of evaluation and assessment; the role of error in a pedagogical perspective.
Testing instruments and techniques.
Techniques for observation in the classroom and its evaluation
Intercultural learning and intercultural competence: articulation between the self-perspective and the other´s perspective.
The curriculum of GFL in Portugal and its links with the CEFRL.
Lesson planning.
Bibliography
- Bausch, Karl-Richard; Königs, Frank G.; Krumm, Hans-Jürgen (Hrsg.): Fremdsprachenlehrerausbildung. Konzepte. Modelle. Perspektiven. Tübingen: Narr, 2003
- Donat, R. (ed.), Deutsch als Fremdsprache, Projekte im Internet. Stuttgart:Klett,2001,;
- eringer, Hans Jürgen: Interkulturelle Kommunikation. 2. Aufl. Tübingen:A.Francke, 2007
- Steinig, Wolfgang; Huneke, Hans-Werner: Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Eine Einführung. 3.Aufl. Berlin: Schmidt, 2002
- Storch, Günther: Deutsch als Fremdsprache Eine Didaktik. 2. Aufl. München: Fink, 2001
Teaching method
Classes will favour the practical implementation of theory, interaction and students active participation both individually and in a group.
Evaluation method
Regular presence and contribution during classes (30%) and individual assignments throughout the semester (30%) and a written test in class (40%).