68015 - English Language Lab 4 (G.D)

Academic Year 2017/2018

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Primary teacher education (cod. 8540)

Learning outcomes

The course aims to equip students with practical and theoretical knowledge of the key methods and concepts linked to the use of storytelling in the primary classroom. Specific learning outcomes include: knowledge of a wide range of texts designed for native speakers (from picture books to traditional tales) suitable for the ESL primary classroom; - knowledge of the most effective narrative techniques for the ESL classroom; - ability to analyse the structures and main characteristics of oral texts, and to confidently select the most suitable texts for use in the primary classroom; - ability to produce original narrative material based on texts analysed during the course; - ability to autonomously design effective storytelling activities for the ESL classroom and produce relevant material; ability to design pre and post-stroytelling activities with the aim to help children consolidate newly acquired vocabulary and structures; awareness of the problems that might arise during a storytelling activity and confidence in handling them creatively; - knowledge of classroom language and literary language employed in the texts analysed during the course; ability to design a number of recreational activities with a view to evaluating the outcomes of the use of storytelling in the ESL classroom.

Course contents


ESL Storytelling methods and activities.

Readings/Bibliography


Some reading material will be handed to the students during the course, while most of it is published on AMS campus.

Teaching methods



Lectures and supervised group work

Assessment methods


Written exam at the end of the course. Evaluation will take both contents and language into account.

In case of a fail, exams can be taken in consecutive appelli (i.e. there is no session skipping or salto di appello). Marks will be sent via the University email to each student, and details will be quoted for each part of the test. Students do not have to accept the ID result, registering (verbalizzazione) will be done by default.

In order to take the exam it is absolutely necessary for a student to have enrolled on Almaesami. It is not possible to take any exam without formal enrolment there. In case of problems with the enrolment process students MUST CONTACT THE UFFICIO DIDATTICO BEFORE THE ENROLMENT DEADLINE. Once the enrolment lists are closed, no student can be added.

Papers are graded on a 30/30 scale, but the final result registered on AlmaEsami is not in marks. It is a straight PASS or FAIL (IDONEO/NON IDONEO).




 

Teaching tools


Power point presentations

Text analysis

Films and audio books.

Links to further information

http://www.psicologiaformazione.unibo.it/it/corsi/insegnamenti/insegnamento/2017/396586

Office hours

See the website of Licia Masoni