Teaching Language in multilingual and multicultural environments
| Title | Διδακτική των Γλωσσών σε πολύγλωσσα και πολυπολιτισμικά περιβάλλοντα / Teaching Language in multilingual and multicultural environments |
| Code | ΥΚΔΓ-001 |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600012608 |
Programme of Study: Languages, Communication and Management of Educational Services in modern social, economic and tech
Registered students: 10
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Didaktikī tōn Glōssṓn kai Ekpaideutikés Technologíes se polýglōssa kai polypolitismiká perivállonta" | Compulsory Module Courses | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Academic Year | 2019 – 2020 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600148234
|
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
- Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600148234
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Participants will be able to: (a) review and explore relevant literature, (b)design and conduct action research, and (c) write assignments.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Work autonomously
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The postgraduate students participating in this seminar will study the relevant literature and documents as well as research on issues chosen by them which relate to teaching approaches the foreign language in multilingual and multicultural environments. In this way, the following threefold objective will be met: a) they will become acquainted with and systematically explore basic concepts and theories in relation to teaching approaches the foreign language, b) they will acquire/update/gain insight into knowledge and competences as educational researchers and c) they will successfully combine theory and practice aiming both at their personal awareness and development and at the improvement of the educational context. The seminar participants will work autonomously with means of a portfolio and can, if they wish and it is feasible, combine their research with school placement.
Keywords
Foreign language teaching, multilingual and multicultural environments
Educational Material Types
- Slide presentations
- Video lectures
- Multimedia
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 30 | 1.2 | ✓ | ||
| Seminars | 30 | 1.2 | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 50 | 2 | ✓ | ||
| Project | 20 | 0.8 | ✓ | ||
| Written assigments | 70 | 2.8 | ✓ | ||
| Total | 200 | 8 |
Student Assessment
Description
Presentations throughout the seminar and final written research-based essay.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative)
- Written Exam with Problem Solving (Formative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
ΞAnciaux, F., Forissier, T. et Prudent, L.F. (2013).
Contextualisations didactiques. Approches théoriques. Paris : L’Harmattan.
Causa, M. (2012). Formation initiale et profils d’enseignants de langues: enjeux et questionnements. Bruxelles : De Boeck.
De Angelis G. & Dewaele, J.-M. (eds) (2011): New trends in Crosslinguistic Influence and Multilingualism Research. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
Debono, M. et Pierozak, I. (2015). Enjeux et limites de la contextualisation en didactique diversitaire des langues-cultures. Réflexions en lien avec le projet Diffodia. Les cahiers de l’ACEDLE, 12(1), 23-53. Disponible en ligne sur :
http://acedle.org/old/IMG/pdf/3__M_Debono_et_I_Pierozak.
Kramsch, C. (2009). The multilingual subject: What foreign language learners say about their experience and why it matters. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Sensevy, G. (2011). Le sens du savoir. Éléments pour une théorie de l’action conjointe en didactique. Bruxelles : De Boeck.
Last Update
05-10-2019
