“I want to be a teacher. Why do I need all this?”
This seminar is particularly designed for our (advanced) students in teacher training to provide a convincing answer to the above question on why linguistic expertise is indeed relevant and helpful in the school context. It explores a wide range of topics (phonetics/phonology, lexis, corpus linguistics, text linguistics, contrastive linguistics, sociolinguistics, etc.), offering a hands-on ‘linguistic toolkit’ for the EFL classroom. We will also analyse and look at teaching material such as textbooks of English, students’ works, and the framework curricula (Rahmenpläne) through the lens of a linguist.
The second focus of the course is of a practical nature: together, we will experiment with different teaching and learning scenarios on linguistic topics in the form of voluntary student ‘micro-teaching’ units to gain first-hand experience in peer teaching. As the ability to reflect on and evaluate lessons is one of the main competencies of the future trainee teacher in the Referendariat, we will practise this after each session.
Course book: Kreyer, Rolf. 2023. The Linguistic Toolkit for Teachers of English. Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto. (available and downloadable online via UB)
Additional material and texts will be announced in class. |
