Elective Course – in English

Teaching in English – Variety of teaching strategies

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This course is aimed at teachers and future teachers who want to implement their courses in an interactive way through English and who want to provide their students with the support necessary to study their course content in another language.

The main objective of the course is to familiarise participants with a variety of teaching strategies suitable for teaching through English in university classrooms, to provide opportunities for them to practise these strategies in online settings and to receive personalised feedback on their teaching and course materials. Participants will be required to read about, observe, discuss, and implement classroom strategies which will support them teaching their subjects through English.

What are the benefits and challenges of teaching through English?
Introducing your course and your syllabus in English
Writing an effective course syllabus in English
What is scaffolding? How to scaffold texts and lectures for your classes
Making your classes more interactive – strategies and activities
Working with students from different cultural backgrounds
Overcoming common problems and challenges in the EMI classroom
Preparing to teach an interactive session with your subject materials

Course structure

In this new format, the course will be offered entirely online to adapt to participants’ schedules and will pay particular attention to providing personal feedback to participants on their course materials in English and their language for teaching through English.

Schedule: Variety of teaching strategies

Tue, 3 December - Fri, 6 December
each day 9 am -10 am & 4 pm - 5 pm

Prepare some teaching materials related to your subject in English which you use (or would like to use) in your classes. These may be short texts or other types of documents which you ask your students to read and work on in your classes or a PowerPoint from a lecture in English.
Bring the course syllabus and explanation of assessment for one of the subjects you teach through English.
All participants will have an opportunity to teach a short microteaching lesson (10 minutes approx.) on their chosen subject area to the rest of the class in English during one of the sessions. They will receive feedback from their tutor on their session.

FURTHER INFORMATION

For further information about the application process please visit our website.

Please registrate via ESRA on the website of the Departement for Staff- and Organizantional Development, Continuing education/Zusatzprogramm/Certificate Teaching in English. After successful registration you will be assigned to a waiting list. For final registration an application form is neccessary. A successful participation (100 % attendance) is a requirement for registration.

A registration to the offered cours is possible from 19 June - 30 October 2024.

Trainer

Robert O'Dowd

from Ireland; teaches at the University of León, Spain, published widely on online approaches to university education and is currently coordinating a European project on Virtual Exchange in Higher Education