During the programme

In this course you identify, explain and form opinions on historical and current phenomena in the United Kingdom and apply this knowledge to field research.

By reading short stories you learn about the elements of fiction and how to analyse a story.

In this course you learn about English grammar and how to integrate grammar in your own lessons.

This is the first module in the Methodological Practice Programme for the Modern Foreign Languages (MFL): German, English, French, Spanish. Communication lies at the heart of Language Teaching and Learning, because as a Foreign Language teacher you help your learners communicate in the target language; reading, listening, writing, speaking. In this module you learn how to design and teach a communicative lesson.

How do you ensure that the lesson fits with your learners’ world? How do you engage your learners? How do you ensure that your lesson activities are pitched at the right level? How do you stimulate your learners’ awareness of cultural customs of the English, French, German, Spanish speaking world? What motivating digital learning tools do you apply?

In this module, you will get familiar with different types of schools and forms of education. You will explore whether being a teacher suits you by means of an internship or (practical) assignments. You will be part of a learning team where you collaborate with fellow students under the supervision of a learning team coach.

This is the first module in the Pedagogical Practice Programme. While teaching at your internship you will be dealing with adolescents on a daily basis. Good interaction with your learners is the basis for teaching. In order to be able to make contact, it is important that you understand how adolescents develop, what role education plays in this development, what interests adolescents, what motivates them and how they behave in groups.

Making contact often starts when the pupils enter the room where you are teaching. How do you introduce yourself, how do you fulfil your role as host and pedagogue, how do you make small talk with pupils and how do you put insecure pupils at ease?

In this course you learn more about phonetics which will improve your and your students’ pronunciation.

You will work on your speaking and conversational skills and pronunciation via different drama techniques. When you have completed this course, you have reached level C1 of the CEFR.

In this course you learn how to write a structured essay, how to cite sources and how to give constructive feedback on writing exercises.