Modern Language (ED1112)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : EDU-4-ML

This course will equip participants with a confident command of the sound system of the modern foreign language studied and the implications for classroom delivery. It will also equip participants with a confident command of the alphabet and numbers; the core vocabulary and structures in the areas of personal language, descriptive language and affective language; a knowledge of tenses and syntax in the modern language studied and the implications for classroom delivery. This course will also seek to give participants an understanding of the principles of mother-tongue language acquistion of and how these can be applied to the learning of a foreign language. The course is both theoretical and practical and the learning and teaching approaches used will mirror those used by primary classroom teachers in their teaching of Modern European Foreign Languages in the primary school. These approaches will seek to demonstrate effective classroom organization and ethos- whole class lessons, whole class in groups, individual programmes, new technologies, the role of activating prior knowledge, group interaction and discussion, meaningful contexts and the promotion of learners' knowledge and awareness of their own thinking and key principles in the effective teaching of language.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Education, (The Moray House School of Education, Schedule C)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 9 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course students should be able to:

Demonstrate a knowledge of the main theories of language acquisition and language learning;
Give a critical evaluation of the main theories of foreign language learning and teaching;
Demonstrate a critical understanding of how to translate theories of language learning and teaching into practice;
Introduce new topics of study in the target language;
Organise a variety of activities and classroom tasks, including games, songs, story telling, revision and reinforcement using the target language;
Demonstrate a knowledge of simple language systems;
Demonstrate the ability to plan for progression in the foreign language, taking into account differentiation and assessment criteria;
Analyse and critically evaluate their own practice with reference to theories of language acquisition and language learning.