552.960 (16W) Language Education for Specific Contexts
Overview
- Lecturer
- LV Nummer Südostverbund ENG02002UL
- Course title german Language Education for Specific Contexts
- Type Proseminar (continuous assessment course )
- Hours per Week 2.0
- ECTS credits 2.5
- Registrations 16 (25 max.)
- Organisational unit
- Language of instruction English
- possible language(s) of the assessment English
- Course begins on 01.10.2016
- eLearning Go to Moodle course
Time and place
Course Information
Intended learning outcomes
Students should become familiar with the main concepts of English for Specific Purposes. These include an overview of the principal fields of ESP, the nature of specific language, the reason why adults wish to learn (their "need"), and the interplay between the teacher and the participant which fulfils that need.
Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools
The CTTD approach, (context, text, task, discussion) focusses on the specific need and the language used to satisfy it, while seeing satisfactory discussion, deliberation and conversation as the overall goal. Students hold two teaching sessions, a Mini- (7 minutes) and a Maxi- (10-15 minutes with a partner).
Course content
Students choose the field that interests them, or in which they are especially proficient.
Literature
Various textbooks or workbooks on ESP, listening materials, online materials etc.
Examination information
Examination methodology
Grades are given for Attendance and Contribution, the Teaching Sessions, and the Reflection Paper (Language Quality and Content). These are averaged out to produce the semester grade.
Examination topic(s)
The students determine the field of ESP they wish to concentrate on.
Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations
These include structure and preparation, willingness to listen, spontaneity, reacting to unforeseen events, language clarity and pronunciation quality.
Grading scheme
Grade / Grade grading schemePosition in the curriculum
- Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 407, Version: 15W.2)
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Subject: Language Teaching in Context
(Compulsory subject)
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ENG.002 Language Education for Specific Contexts (
2.0h KS, PS / 2.5 ECTS)
- 552.960 Language Education for Specific Contexts (2.0h PS / 2.5 ECTS) Absolvierung im 7., 8. Semester empfohlen
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ENG.002 Language Education for Specific Contexts (
2.0h KS, PS / 2.5 ECTS)
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Subject: Language Teaching in Context
(Compulsory subject)
- Teacher training programme English (Secondary School Teacher Accreditation)
(SKZ: 344, Version: 04W.7)
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Stage two
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Subject: Fachdidaktik des Englischen
(Compulsory subject)
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Teaching English for Specific Purposes (
0.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
- 552.960 Language Education for Specific Contexts (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
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Teaching English for Specific Purposes (
0.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Fachdidaktik des Englischen
(Compulsory subject)
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Stage two
Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts
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Sommersemester 2016
- 552.960 PS Language Education for Specific Contexts (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
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Wintersemester 2015/16
- 552.960 PS Language Education for Specific Contexts (2.0h / 2.5ECTS)
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Sommersemester 2015
- 551.940 AG Teaching English for Specific Purposes: CLIL in Secondary Education - Chances, Challenges, and Perspectives (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Sommersemester 2013
- 551.932 SE Innovative Approaches to Language Teaching and Learning (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)