This course is addressed to
UB lecturers who are non-native speakers of English and would like to start teaching or giving some lectures in English or improving the way they have been using their English in class so far.
The course includes some revision of grammar and presentation of the structures most commonly used when delivering lectures and managing classrooms but it is not sufficient to acquire the skills and proficiency needed to fully teach in English. Participants are advised to have at least, a B2 level (according to the Common European Framework), which is the level reached in the fourth course of the Escola Oficial d'Idiomes (EOI) or the Escola d'Idiomes Moderns (EIM).
Participants will also be required to take an entry level test before starting the course, this will consist of a writing test (25 minutes) and an oral interview (10 minutes).
Dates of level tests:
29th of January, 10 - 13 h
29th of January, 9 - 14 h
29th of January, 9 - 14 h
5th of February, 11 - 14 h
9th of February, 11 - 14 hAll those interested are to take a level test (see dates in "This course is addressed to"). Preregistered participants will be contacted via e-mail in January so as to arrange the time and location of the level test. Places will be confirmed after level-test evaluation.
Aims
- To raise participants' awareness of their strengths and weaknesses in English for the purpose of improving their ability to give lectures.
- To analyse and practise oral discourse techniques.
- To improve one's intonation and pronunciation.
- To be able to develop activities that integrate content and language learning and enhance collaborative and autonomous learning.
Course content and assessment
Content will be divided into the following modules :
- Classroom language.
- Communication strategies.
- Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach.
- Teaching a class: pronunciation, fluency and intonation of delivery; discourse markers and signalling devices for organization of lecture, emphasis, topic change; vocabulary expansion and grammatical accuracy.
- English for Specific Purposes.
Participants will be required to design a content lesson in English based on CLIL methodology and present it to the rest of the class.
The course will involve initial observation of one of the participants' presentations in English, followed by coaching sessions on various aspects of discourse depending on the needs of the lecturer s involved.
Course methodology and approach professional
The methodological approach will be communicative and student-centered, which means that the participants will play an active role in the course.
Class sessions will consist of lectures by the teacher, group and class discussion and experimental practice by the students.
The materials used will be of general interest to all the students in the group but closely related to the field of the participants in the course.
Special emphasis will be place d on oral performance skills, pronunciation, intonation and rhetoric.
Please be reminded that this is not a general language course.
Teachers: Aaron Feder, Carolina Forns, Núria Giralt, Sean Murphy, Cristina Palomeque.
Duration: 30 hours
Number of students: 20
Schedule: March - May
- Campus de Bellvitge (Sean Murphy)
Friday, 10:00 am - 13:00 pm
From March 5 to May 14 - Campus Diagonal Nord (Cristina Palomeque)
Friday, 10:00 am - 13:00 pm
From March 5 to May 14 - Campus Diagonal Sud (Núria Giralt)
Friday, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
From March 5 to May 14 - Campus Plaça Universitat (Aaron Feder)
Friday, 11:00 am - 14:00 pm
From March 5 to May 14 - Campus Mundet (Vanesa Toquero)
Tuesday, 12:00 am - 15:00 pm
From March 2 to May 18
Location: To be announced