Module EMLM008 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
EMLM008: Primary Modern Foreign Languages Specialism
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Aims
The module will focus on extending the breadth and depth of your understanding of primary education in several directions, in order that you can develop children’s learning in a number of ways. These include:
- gaining a deeper understanding of approaches to language learning in order to understand its place in the curriculum and ways in which it can relate to other subjects;
- focusing on leadership in modern languages to enable you to evaluate and select materials, organise the subject within a school, and support your colleagues’ languages teaching;
- being able to handle intercultural issues with knowledge, tact and confidence;
- being able to teach languages creatively;
- understanding the contexts and strategies of languages learning and be able to incorporate this knowledge into your practice as a teacher;
- nurturing 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 curriculum 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 the teaching of languages and engage in critical debate about current educational issues in the teaching of languages drawing on evidence from theory, research and practice; 2. recognise pupils learning needs in languages and interpret these learning needs in order to plan, teach, assess and evaluate lessons and schemes of work; 3. demonstrate confident academic and pedagogic subject knowledge to teach languages in Key Stage 2; 4. demonstrate secure understanding of the statutory requirements and/or non-statutory guidance for languages; |
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 in educational studies; 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, committee based etc.); and 14. think creatively about the main features of a given problem and develop strategies for its resolution. |
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
- Languages Policy and Guidance: understanding the national languages landscape including recent curriculum developments
- Understanding oracy in languages: teaching listening and speaking skills
- Understanding literacy in languages: teaching reading and writing skills
- Practical approaches in the classroom with a focus on storytelling
- Transition from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 3: opportunities and challenges
Assessment of languages in the primary phase: considering informal, formative and summative assessment strategies
- Language learning strategies: helping pupils to learn
- Knowledge about language: teaching about grammar
- Intercultural understanding and its place in the languages classroom
The role of the subject coordinator
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
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51 | 249 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 33 | Practical classes and workshops including Peer Teaching and Subject Support Groups |
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 8 | Seminar days |
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 9 | Pathway activities |
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 1 | Tutorials with academic tutor |
Guided independent study | 40 | Reading set texts |
Guided independent study | 50 | Wider reading |
Guided independent study | 22 | Web-based activities |
Guided independent study | 35 | Seminar/workshop preparation |
Guided independent study | 12 | Peer teaching activity preparation |
Guided independent study | 30 | Learning support group preparation |
Guided independent study | 60 | Coursework assignment preparation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Association for Lnaguage Learning website: https://www.all-languages.org.uk/
Ensemble Languages Project: http://www.ensemble-mfl.co.uk/
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Reading task: Research paper critique | 1000 words | 1, 10, 12, 13 | Verbal (group tutorial) |
Written assignment: Literature review Using research, policy & theory to explore a question. | 1500 words | 1-2, 6-12, 14 | Written feedback |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
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100 | 0 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Written assignment: Research Based Enquiry | 100 | 5000 words | 1-12,14 | Written feedback |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
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Specialist written assignment: Research Based Enquiry | Specialist written assignment: Research Based Enquiry | 1-12,14 | See notes below. |
Re-assessment notes
If a submitted assignment is deemed to be a Fail, you will be given feedback outlining what needs to be done to bring the assignment to a pass standard and one opportunity for resubmission will be allowed.
You can choose to resubmit a failed assignment ‘in year’ (i.e. before the final PGCE Assessment, Progression and Awarding Committee (APAC) in July). The resubmission would normally be made 4 weeks after receiving feedback on the first submission. Alternatively, you may opt to go to the PGCE Assessment, Progression and Awarding Committee with the fail mark. You will then be referred to the College level Assessment, Progression and Awarding Committee who will confirm the conditions for resubmission of the work. Normally the resubmission should be by 1 st September. You should discuss these options with your tutor.
Note: if you choose the second option, the award of PGCE will be delayed until the Assessment, Progression and Awarding Committee following any successful resubmission (normally held in December).
If an assignment is deemed to be a Fail,, the mark obtained on resubmission will be capped at 50%.
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.
Basic Reading:
Byram, M (1997) Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence . Clevedon: Multilingual Matters
Byram, M (1988) Cultural Studies in Foreign Language Learning. Multilingual Matters
Byram, M and Doyé, P Intercultural Competence and Foreign Language Learning in the Primary School in Driscoll, P and Frost, D (eds) (1999) The Teaching of Modern Foreign Languages in the Primary School. Routledge
Byram, M (2008) From foreign language education to education for intercultural citizenship: essays and reflections. Multilingual Matters
Cave, S (2010) 100+ fun ideas for practising modern foreign languages in the primary classroom Pub: Brilliant Publications
Drinkwater, N (2008) Games and activities for primary modern foreign languages Pub: Pearson
Driscoll, P and Frost, D (eds) (1999) The Teaching of Modern Foreign Languages in the Primary School. Routledge
Field, K (ed) (2000) Issues in Modern Foreign Languages Teaching. London: Routledge
Hood, P and Tobutt, K (2015) Teaching Languages in the Primary School. Sage
Jones, Jane and Coffey, Simon (2006) Modern Foreign Languages 5-11: a guide for teachers Pub: David Fulton (e-book)
Jones, J and McLachlan, A (2009) Primary languages in practice Pub: McGraw Hill
Kirsch, C (2011) Teaching foreign languages in the primary classroom Pub: Continuum
Kramsch, C (1993) Context and Culture in Language Teaching . Oxford University Press
Kramsch, C (1998) Language and Culture. Oxford University Press
Martin, Cynthia (2008) Primary Languages: Effective Learning and Teaching Pub: Learning Matters Ltd. (e-book)
Maynard, S (2011) Teaching Foreign Languages in the Primary School. Publisher: Taylor & Francis (e-book)
Pachler, N and Field,K (2009) Learning to Teach Modern Foreign Languages in the Secondary School. Routledge
- Sharpe, Keith (2001) Modern Foreign Languages in the primary school Pub: Kogan Page