This is an introductory course that is intended to enable students to acquire the essential theoretical basis as well as basic skills that will help them to teach English as a foreign language in primary schools. By the end of the course students will need to have mastered a set of teaching techniques, should also be competent to design some teaching materials and be able to evaluate published material. To prepare the access to the subject Didàctica de la llengua estrangera II
1. - How children learn languages. The aims of early learning of English. 2. - Language acquisition, language learning and language teaching. Recent approaches. 3. -Analysis of some language teaching methods: Grammar-Translation, Direct Method, Audiolingualism, TPR ,The Communicative Approach... 4. - Teaching language learning skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing 5. - The role of grammar. Learning English vocabulary. Learning the pronunciation of English. 6. - Lesson planning: before the lesson, procedures, after the lesson.
Mètodes docents: - Class sessions will be presented in a variety of modes: lectures, experimental, discussions, creating and trying material. The course aims to be participative - Individual, pair and group-discussion work. - Use of audiovisual material. PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES OF THE SUBJECT _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Practical credits will be combined with theory in most classes. There will be a mixture of reading, writing, debate, workshops, video and other type of activities. Tipus d'exàmens: - Participation in class. - One written exam . - Presentation of a point from the programme to the class followed by a class debate on the topic (in pairs) - Preparation of materials for school use (in groups) - All students will be required to do some daily research assignments.