Objectives and competences
The student gets acquainted to the theoretical procedures of teaching German as a foreign language to adolescents, adult and older learners; implements the aquired knowledge of teaching German to the target learners and evaluates it constructively; gets knowledge and skills, helping him/her to estimate the effectiveness and to produce his/her own teaching materials and simulate micro teaching with adult learners. The student also focuses on learning and teaching foreign language for specific purposes and get acquainted with different obstacles and opportunities that are conducted by the targeted learning and teaching of a foregn language.
Content (Syllabus outline)
- recognition, testing and evaluating the theoretical learning and teaching methods of teaching German to young adult, adult and older learners; - cognition-oriented learning and teaching of a foreign language to learners from the age of 14 years onwards; - stimulation of all four language competencies; - materials for teaching young adult, adult and older learners – analysis of existing and production of new materials; - planing and simulation of lessons - learning and teaching foreign languages for specific purposes – characteristics, obstacles and opportunities
Learning and teaching methods
- explanation;
- presentation;
- discussion;
- group work;
- pair work;
- workshop;
- individual work;
- homework;
- e-learning;
- blended learning.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
The student assimilates appropriate didactic procedures for teaching adolescents, adults and older learners; - is able to evaluate and produce suitable didactic instruments; - is able to integrate elements of foreign language for specific purposes into his/her practical work in the classroom.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
Key skills are the thoughtfull transfer of acquired theoretical knowledge about teaching adolescnet, adult and older learners, learning German as a foreign language for specific purposes and the transfer of the new knowledge into practice teaching differnt target groups.
Readings
+ Kacjan, B. (2007). Jezikovne igre kot motivacijski dejavniki pri učenju nemškega jezika kot tujega jezika v mladostni in zgodnji odrasli dobi : možnosti uporabe igre z jezikovnimi elementi pri pridobivanju besedišča. Maribor: FF.
+ Bakračevič Vukman, K. (2000). Razvoj mišljenja pri odraslih. Pedagoška fakulteta UM.
+ Bernd, A. (2003). Sprachenlernen im Alter. München: iudicium.
+ Bevilacqua, G. (2014). Die Sprach- und Kulturmittlung in Alternbetreuungseinrichtungen. Frankfurt am Main u.a.: Peter Lang.
+ Thiele, M. (2009). Fremdsprachenerwerb im höheren Alter. Magdeburg: Examicus.
Additional information on implementation and assessment - oral presentation of lesson plans and results of a short research;
- preparing a thematical workshop and cooperation in the activities
- written exam.
