Unlock language skills with content-based teaching
Course details
The adoption of the premises of the communicative language teaching approach and the requirements of competence-based curricula highlights that language learning is only possible if tasks are meaningful and contextualise and acknowledges that language learning occurs across the curriculum not only in the language class. Likewise, the inclusion of ICT-literacy and other 21st century skills as cross-curricular target and the need to use language to communicate is a must in all language classrooms today. In this context, language teachers are faced with the challenge of (a) organising language syllabi around non-linguistic contents, (b) incorporating teamwork, problem-solving and inquiry-based tasks in content-based teaching proposals, and (c) letting learning transcend the classrooms doors. The course aims at helping present and future eTwinner teachers come to the grips with this demand by providing them with the knowledge, skills, and confidence necessary to start implementing (or improve already existing) content-based proposals in their classrooms.
The course is offered by the European School Education Platform. Visit our website for more information.
Duration and workload
Start date: Monday 30 September 2024
End date: Wednesday 16 October 2024
Duration: 2 weeks
Workload: 8-10 hours
Course competences
The recipient of this certificate has demonstrated B2 level proficiency of the following competences according to the digital competence framework of the European Commission's SELFIE for TEACHERs tool:
- 1.3 Professional collaboration
- 3.1 Teaching and Learning - teaching
- 5.4 Blended learning
For more information about the competences and the proficiency levels see the SELFIE for TEACHERs toolkit.
Target audience
This course is intended for teachers, student teachers, teacher trainers and non- teaching staff of various schools, aiming to deepen their knowledge and understanding of content-based language teaching.
Learning objectives
- Understand the principles underlying the teaching approaches that foster the learning of a foreign language through projects and proposals that foster content knowledge building.
- Analyse and assess the ins and outs of planning problem-solving and inquiry-based tasks in the context of content-based eTwinning projects.
- Explore how to exploit ICT tools, AI inclusive, as resources to foster cooperation and the integration of contents in the language classrooms.
- Gain inspiration and ideas to create and assess a content-based lesson.
Offered by
This content is offered by the European Commission. The European Commission is the European Union's politically independent executive arm. It is alone responsible for drawing up proposals for new European legislation, and it implements the decisions of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union.
Schedule
- How this course works
- Module 1: Let’s discover content-based language teaching
- Module 2: Let's explore real practices and ideas for eTwinning projects
- Module 3: Let's find supporting tools and resources, AI inclusive
- Module 4: Let’s design our own proposal
