Content Language Integrated Pedagogy

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2010:

On completion of this subject, students should be able to demonstrate:

• understanding of the pedagogical issues that impinge on the success of courses taught through a second or foreign language;
• knowledge of the general pedagogical principles and practice entailed in teaching through a second or foreign language, including such issues as appropriately managing use of the first language, code switching, and bilingual dialogue, the setting of goals and objectives, and indentifying the needs of the students;
• familiarity with the different approaches that have been adopted to 'content language intergrated teaching' and with a range of models of CLIL programs;
• ability to support the language needs (cognitive, linguistic and affective) of students learning through a second or foreign language, facilitate their comprehension and learning of the content;
• a basic understanding of the theory and practice of second or foreign language teaching; and
• ability to plan activities in response to specific language learning needs that might arise in the course of teaching their discipline.
• Commitment to professional and academic ethics and excellence;
• Ability to set personal targets and plan to achieve them;
• Development of the students' ability to direct their own independent learning;
• Ability to discuss their discipline area in appropriate English and to communicate it to students;
• Ability to read critically and present material concisely and coherently in written and oral presentations relevant;
• Skills in observing teaching, evaluating it and applying their findings to their own teaching situations;
• Skills in reflecting upon, evaluating and developing their own teaching;
• Ability to develop pedagogical strategies appropriate to their teaching situation (in CLIL);
• Reflect critically on their teaching, program planning and/or the management of relevant educational porgrams;
• Understand and apply principles of teaching, assessment and evaluation.

• An essay of 1000 words relevant to Objectives 1, 2 and 5, due at the mid-point of the subject (25%)
• Plan of a unit of work and its brief justification relevant to Objective 6 and equivalent to 1000 words, due just prior to the end of the subject (25%)
• End-of-subject written examination equivalent to a 2000 word essay, the examination to be of 2 hours duration, relevant to objectives 1 to 5, due at the end of the subject (50%).

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.