Inglés Virtual Presentación Congreso Internacional de Lenguas

This presentation reports on a self-study course concept created for and used by (prospective) vocational school teachers of Nutrition and Home Economics at Paderborn University, Germany. The course aims at integrating content on (subject-specific) teacher professionalization and a focus on German as a language of instruction. The importance of such course materials for teacher professionalization results from the specifics of the German school system in conjecture with ongoing social developments in the context of (forced) migration to Germany. These developments necessitate future educators at vocational schools to be able to foster their students’ German language competence in order for them to successfully complete the program. Among other things, this renders the development of future educators’ proficiency in connecting and fostering language and subject-specific learning in the classroom highly significant. In addition to providing insights into the online course structure, its objectives, and teaching and learning methodology used as well as results from its qualitative evaluation, the presentation addresses the question whether and how the materials can be transferred and used in the wider context of content-language integrated learning (CLIL). Preliminary results suggest that participants in the course appreciate the close connection between a focus on language and concrete situations relevant to the respective job context. They report that this helps them recognize the relevance of language awareness and language focused teaching in subject-specific contexts as well as develop a sense of responsibility when it comes to the integrated cultivation of language and content literacies.

Ponentes: FREYA DEHN ANJA MEYER CONSTANZE NIEDERHAUS