Projekte

Digital tools and digital foreign language competencies

Corona meldung

REVISED SEMINAR DESCRIPTION (DUE TO THE CURRENT SITUATION CAUSED BY THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC):

This seminar has been turned into an online/distant learning format. It follows the teaching and learning approaches of cooperative and project-based learning. Based on theoretical input and research activities, students will get together in project teams to develop tasks that target the development of particular English foreign language skills and digital competencies by way of using digitals tools for English language learning. In response to the current situation (coronavirus pandemic) we attempt to support teachers of English by designing English distant learning tasks tailored to their needs (in terms of target / student group and topics).  
 
Intended Learning Outcomes
In the end of the seminar the participants…
  • can explain in their own words what digital tools and digital (foreign language) competencies are
  • can provide / refer to information about what research there is on the use of digital tools in the EFLC
  • have done research on and tested selected digital tools
  • have expertise in using several digital tools for English foreign language learning
  • have designed, reflected on, and revised tasks for developing English foreign language skills and digital competencies (by way of using digital tools)
  • can express in their own words whether or not they support using digital tools in the EFLC
Seminar requirements
Teilnahme-/ Studiennachweis: Regular and active participation, assignments during the term
Leistungsnachweis: Regular and active participation, assignments during the term, presentation of the seminar outputs in digital form (video, online poster, blog, etc.) for the TEFL handbook
 
Please note
The lecturer and two teaching assistants (TAs) will act as learning facilitators. They prepare the online / distant learning environment, give instructions, and support the seminar participants in their learning process so that the project teams can work autonomously in designing the tasks. Detailed information on the organization of the distant learning seminar will be provided.
More information will be provided on my website, in the OLAT folder (accessible for all participants that will have registered for the seminar), and on the seminar Padlet (accessible soon).