6745 - Heiti/Title Module 2: Teaching of the four language skills and grammar in English as a foreign language and syllabus design
Course information
- Title
- Heiti/Title Module 2: Teaching of the four language skills and grammar in English as a foreign language and syllabus design
- Course number
- 6745.24
- Academic year
- 2024-2025
- ECTS
- 10.00
- Level
- Bachelor
- Faculties
- Education
- Educations
- BEd in Primary and Lower Secondary Education
- Prerequisites
- Module 1
- Language of instruction
- The course is taught in Faroese.
- Registration
- Students on the second, third and fourth semester of Bachelor of Education in Primary and Lower Secondary Education.
- Beginning date
- Tuesday, August 27, 2024
- End date
- Friday, December 20, 2024
Academic content
- Purpose
- To enable students to design teaching approaches with fit-for-purpose activity design for teaching language skills and grammar in context. To evaluate syllabus design and materials for teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) competently and critically. Analyse textbooks in use in the Faroese compulsory school.
- Learning outcomes
- On completion of the course, students should be able to: • Describe and discuss the teaching approaches to skills and grammar in context in EFL. • Apply criteria of how English can be learnt as a foreign language to evaluate English textbooks in use, their relevance to the curriculum and efficacy as materials for EFL. • Design syllabi & materials for EFL teaching for various grades based on curriculum.
- Content
- The teaching of speaking in EFL. The teaching of listening in EFL. The teaching of reading in EFL. The teaching of writing in EFL. The teaching of grammar in context in EFL. Introduction to Curriculum, syllabus design and kinds of syllabi. Designing English as a Foreign Language syllabi & lessons for grades 4 -7 & 8 -10 in schools.
- Learning and teaching approaches
- Lectures by lecturer. Students teaching in pairs. Pair/individual projects.
Assessment
- Assessment method
- Assessment method Written assignment on given topics. Designing a digital teaching section in a syllabus.
- Examination (internal/external)
- External
- Grading scale
- 7-scale
- Exam date/dates
- The exam is set for week 3, 2025.
- Deadline for withdrawal from exam
- Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Academic responsibility and teachers
- Academic responsibility
- Hanna Højbjerg Poulsen
- Teachers
- Hanna Højbjerg Poulsen