Postgraduate Module Descriptor

EDUM044: Secondary German Subject Knowledge and Pedagogy

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

The module introduces students to current thinking in the teaching of MFL and develops students’ pedagogic and academic subject knowledge in the field of MFL education. Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that key elements of the module will include:

Lecture and Seminar Programme: This covers the theory and practice of MFL Pedagogy.
Direct Online Study Programme: This covers the theory and practice of MFL Pedagogy

Peer Teaching: These sessions give you an opportunity to practice your teaching in a safe and supportive environment.

Seminar Days: Five university-led days when students share school-based work experiences and develop the links between the theoretical and practical aspects of teaching MFL.

On the Secondary PGCE, you will learn and reflect on the skills and knowledge required by the programme’s credit-bearing and non-credit bearing modules throughout the year. You will need to think about the modules in relation to each other. To facilitate this, the learning and teaching activities and guided independent study described below are scheduled to occur across all three terms both in the context of your university taught course and in the context of your applied professional experience in schools.

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
100	200	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities	72	Lecture and Seminar Programme
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities	15	Peer Teaching
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities	12	Seminar Days
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities	1	Tutorials with academic tutor
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities	200	Independent Study

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

Web based and electronic resources:

See PGCE Secondary MFL Course page on ELE (http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/)

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.

Bauckham (2016) Modern Foreign Languages Pedagogy Review, The Teaching Schools Council

https://ncelp.org/resources/modern-foreign-language-pedagogy/

Chambers, G (2019) Pupils’ perceptions of Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 3 transition in modern foreign languages. Language Learning Journal, 47 (1). pp. 19-33.

Collen, Ian (2020) Language Trends Survey Report, British Council.

https://www.britishcouncil.org/research-policy-insight/research-reports/language-trends-2020

Driscoll, P, Macaro, E and Swarbrick, A (eds) (2014) Debates in Modern Languages Education. Routledge (e-book)

Jones, J and Coffey, S (2013) Modern Foreign Languages 5-11: a guide for teachers David Fulton (e-book)

Ofsted (2011) Modern Languages Achievement and Challenge

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/modern-languages-achievement-and-challenge-2007-to-2010

Ofsted (2015) Key Stage 3, The Wasted Years?

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-3-the-wasted-years

Pachler, N (2002) Foreign Language Learning in England in the 21st Century. Language Learning Journal No. 25, pp6-11

Pachler, Barnes and Field (2014) Learning to teach foreign languages in the secondary school Routledge (ebook)

Ramage, G (2013) The Modern Languages Teacher’s Handbook: Continuum (e-book)