Didactics of Spanish

Teacher(s)

De Cock Barbara;

Language

Spanish

Main themes

This course deals with a historical overview of methodologies for teaching Spanish as foreign language, and with a thorough reflection on teaching practices of the Spanish language. The analysis of E/LE textbooks will address issues such as the definition of the level (see the Common European Framework of Reference), the definition of standard Spanish, the structure of the teaching unit, the variety of exercises and finally the issue of evaluation.

Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	At the end of this course, the students will be able - to recognize and understand the main trends in the teaching of Spanish as foreign language (E/LE); - to analyze a E/LE manual; - to develop and structure a comprehensive didactic unit; - to teach a part of the didactic unit and to reflect on their own didactic practice.

Content

The course is divided into:
- theoretical sessions during which we propose a reflection on the major trends in the history of the teaching ELE, the common frame of reference, and the available textbooks.
- exercise sessions, during which students work on the structure and content of a teaching unit type.
- support sessions concerning their oral expression and interaction skills in the classroom.

Teaching methods

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

Students are expected to develop didactical tools from a corpus of theoretical readings commented during the course. Moreover, an intervision session concerning the teaching practice will be organized within the framework of this course.

Evaluation methods

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

This class has a continuous evaluation as follows:
- 15%: present the SIELE S3 exam (listening comprehension, and oral expression and interaction). When the student obtains the C1 level for this exam, he/she obtains the maximum score for this part of the evaluation. When the student obtains the B2 level for one of the components of the exam, he/she obtains 8/20 for this part of the evaluation. When the student obtains the B1 level or a lower level for one of the components of this exam, he/she obtains 0/20 for the part of the evaluation that corresponds to the 15% represented by the SIELE exam and fails the course as a whole. For the August resit session, an exam that is equivalent to SIELE S3 will be proposed to the students. Depending on the sanitary situation, the SIELE S3 could be replaced by an online exam of listening comprehension and oral expression and interaction.
- 15%: practical teaching exercise
- 70%: written paper concerning the practice of teaching
Not presenting one of the parts of the evaluation implies a 0 score for the course as a whole. For the August session, only the parts for which the student did not obtain a pass grade, will have to be presented again.

Other information

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Online resources

a reader will be available on the Moodle page of this course

Faculty or entity

ELAL