Supervised Teaching Practice Seminar in the Teaching of Portuguese and French

Objectives

a) Demonstrate the ability to research and read relevant literature.
b) Demonstrate the ability of relating and articulating concepts and readings with one’s educational experience.
c) Demonstrate critical analysis skills.
d) Display learning and openness to change through a process of reflective thinking.
e) Contribute ethically to the creation of a responsible working atmosphere within one’s group.
f) Master the global organisation of the text displaying coherence.
g) Write in appropriate scholarly style, respecting quotation and bibliographic referencing norms.
h) Write with objectivity, concision and fluency, correctly applying gramar and spelling rules.

General characterization

Code

722160044

Credits

5.0

Responsible teacher

Christina Philomène Léa Marie-José Dechamps

Hours

Weekly - Available soon

Total - 140

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

n.a

Bibliography

Bronckart, J.-P. (2007). Desarrollo del lenguaje y didática de las lenguas. Buenos Aires: Miño y Dávila.

Ceia, C. (2012). Normas para Apresentação de Trabalhos Científicos, 9ª ed. Lisboa: Editorial Presença.

Cuq, J.-P. (2010). Dictionnaire de didactique du français. Paris : Clé International.

Dolz-Mestre, J. (2016). As atividades e os exercícios de língua: uma reflexão sobre a engenharia didática. DELTA: Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada, 32(1), 237-260.

Estrela, A. (2001). Investigação em Educação: Métodos e Técnicas. Lisboa: Educa.

Fabb, N. and Durant, A. (2005). How to Write Essays and Dissertations (2nd ed). Harlow: Pearson Education.

Griffee, D. (2012). An Introduction to Second Language Research Methods - Design and Data. Berkeley, CA: TESL-EJ Publications.

Lamas, E. (coord.) (2001). Dicionário de Metalinguagens da Didáctica. Porto: Porto Editora.

McNiff, Jean. (2002). Action Research: Principles and Practice. London: Routledge.

Teaching method

Presentation and discussion of research questions and issues in language education (fisrt language and second/foreign languages).
Analysis of action research projects and study cases; critical and reflective analysis of the individual research project and of languages teaching and learning practices (fisrt language and second/foreign languages).
Individual and small group tutoring sessions to support the organisation of the research project to be implemented.

Evaluation method

Continuous assessment based on practical tasks, tutorials and self-guided learning. A minimum of 70% of sessions' attendance is required.(30%), Preparation of the literature review on the chosen topic to research and writing the project(70%)

Subject matter

a) The pertinence of the teacher-researcher concept.
b) Research methodologies in language education (fisrt language and second languages/foreign languages).
c) Research questions and objectives.
d) Data collection and analysis; presentation and discussion of results.
e) Self assessment and reflective practice tools; the EPOSTL.
f) Searching, synthesizing, summarizing and critiquing literatures.
g) Textual organization and planning.

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