Module EDUM051 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
EDUM051: Secondary Spanish Subject Knowledge and Pedagogy
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Aims
The principal aims of the module are to:
• enable you to gain a comprehensive and up to date understanding of the background theory, issues and practice relating to current teaching of MFL in the secondary curriculum;
• support you to meet the Standards required for the award of Qualified Teacher Status; and
• nurture your development as a reflective and autonomous professional practitioner who is able to identify strengths and areas for development in your subject knowledge and pedagogy, through evaluating current professional practice in relationship to developments in research and educational theory.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. identify and evaluate educational concepts and issues related to MFL education; 2. recognise pupils learning needs in MFL and interpret these learning needs in order to plan, teach, assess and evaluate lessons and schemes of work; 3. demonstrate secure subject content knowledge and pedagogic subject knowledge in MFL; 4. demonstrate secure understanding of the requirements of the National Curriculum for MFL; |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 5. critically evaluate the relevance of educational theory to practice; 6. synthesise relevant educational literature in support of an argument; 7. use appropriate technologies for data handling and writing in education; 8. present data and findings in a form appropriate for educational contexts; 9. use research data in support of an argument in education; |
Personal and Key Skills | 10. manage your own learning development; 11. learn effectively and be aware of your own learning strategies; 12. express ideas and opinions, with confidence and clarity, to a variety of audiences for a variety of purposes; 13. work productively in different kinds of teams (formal, informal, project based, etc.); and 14. think creatively about the main features of a given problem and develop strategies for its resolution. |
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Buck, J and Wightwick, C (2013) Teaching and Learning Languages: David Fulton
Cook, V (2001) Second language learning and language teaching. London: Arnold
Ellis, R (2008) The Study of Second Language Acquisition. 2 nd edition. Oxford: OUP
Kirsch, C (2011) Teaching Foreign Languages in the Primary School: Continuum
Morgan, C., Neil, P (2001) Teaching MFL – a handbook for teachers. Kogan Page.
Pachler, N (2002) Foreign Language Learning in England in the 21st Century. Language Learning Journal No. 25, pp6-11
Pachler, N., Barnes, A. and Field, K (2009) Learning to teach MFL in the Secondary School, London: Routledge
Ramage, G (2013) The Modern Languages Teacher’s Handbook: Continuum
Simth, S and Conti, G (2016) The Language Teacher Toolkit. Amazon
Swarbrick, A (2002) Aspects of teaching secondary modern foreign languages London: Routledge