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Undergraduate Module Descriptors 2012/13

BE5018: Foundation Subject Strength: Primary Languages One

Module Title Foundation Subject Strength: Primary Languages One
Module Code BE5018
Module Tutor Tim Morgan
School Institute of Education and Public Services
CAT Points 15
Level of Study 5
Pre-requisites Before taking this module you must pass BE4003
Co-requisites None
Restrictions Available only to students on the BEd (Hons) Primary Education / BA Primary Professional Education programmes
Brief Description

The module aims: to further enhance and extend the core training that the trainees will receive in the primary curriculum; to further improve and enhance trainees’ existing language skills (in a target language); to explore the pedagogy of teaching foreign languages; to broaden and deepen the trainees’ pedagogical understanding of the teaching and learning of a target language as a foreign language; to further enhance trainees’ intercultural understanding.

Indicative Syllabus

Linguistic skills in a target language; teaching strategies in primary languages for oracy, literacy, knowledge about languages, language learning strategies and intercultural understanding; planning; assessment; reflective practice.

Learning Outcomes

A student passing this module should be able to:

1. Demonstrate a working knowledge of the KS 2 languages framework

2. To plan and implement lessons in Primary Languages.

3. To evaluate lessons in Primary Languages.

4. Demonstrate an increased awareness of a target language speaking country’s culture

5. Demonstrate how intercultural understanding can be used to put language into context, and reflect this in their teaching

6. Be able to recognise underachievement and respond positively and appropriately to individual and diverse learning needs through the planning, teaching, assessment and evaluation of the subject across all learners

7. Demonstrate and evidence increased linguistic skills in a target language beyond Level B1 of the Languages Ladder

8. Be able to recognise underachievement and respond positively and appropriately to individual and diverse learning needs through the planning, teaching, assessment and evaluation of the subject across all learners

Learning and Teaching Activities Scheduled Contact Hours: 30
Independent Learning Hours: 120
Assessment (For further details see the Module Guide) 001: 75% Coursework: Individual, standard written: 2000 words
002: 25% Practical Exam: Oral Examination: TBA
Special Assessment Requirements
Indicative Resources

The Library Catalogue contains full details of the current reading list for this module. Further details may also be found in the Module Guide.

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