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International Students as Language Tutors: Organizing a Language Café
Jan-Heinrich Brockmann, M.A.
Dr. Stefan Serwe
Veranstaltungstyp: Kurs
TeilnehmerInnen: After you register for this course, please send us an email outlining your motivation for participation, which language(s) you have to offer and whether you have any tutoring experience.
Beschreibung:
Language learning seeks to provide learners with practical knowledge, so that they are fit to act alongside proficient users of the target language. Yet, such encounters between learners and first language speakers are difficult to organise in most formalised learning environments, such as the foreign languag classroom. The Language Café (Balçıkanlı, 2019), however, is such an informal social learning space, where language learners meet to work on their language skills in a non-threatening, self-directed and collaborative manner.
The aim of this course is to plan and put into practice a Language Café in the Studierendenzentrum (student activity centre) at Osnabrück University throughout the current semester. This course specifically addresses international students at UOS who are interested in passing on their first languages to other (local) students and who would like to
- gain initial experience in foreign language learning & teaching
- plan, manage and market their very own language course in a Higher Education setting
- design effective teaching materials
- find out how learners learn best and how to provide individual learning support
- meet and support local students
- engage in intercultural exchange
- earn credit points for your work
No prior experience in theories of language education or in language tutoring is required, as you will learn about the fundamentals of SLA, aspects of informal and autonomous learning, materials design and the concept of the Language Café throughout the first four weeks of the course.
Your responsibilities will include:
- preparing, marketing and moderating weekly sessions for the Language Café
- designing teaching and marketing materials, e.g. posters, flyers and social media posts.
- keeping track of participants' learning needs and progress
- collecting feedback
- keeping track of and documenting your own progress, experiences, observations, etc.
We offer:
- lesson observation & supervision (if desired)
- 3 credit points
- an introduction to the concepts of autonomous learning and the language café
- support in "advertising" your language café.
- administrative support
- support in finding materials; advice on didactic issues
- basic documentation (e.g. template for self-reflection)
Erstes Treffen:
Donnerstag, 07.11.2024 16:00 - 18:00, Ort: 15/422
Ort: 15/422: Do. 16:00 - 18:00 (6x), (Student Center, Multipurpose Room (MFZ)): Do. 16:00 - 18:00 (7x)
Semester: WiSe 2024/25
Zeiten:Do. 16:00 - 18:00 (wöchentlich)
Leistungsnachweis:
To receive credit for this course - IN ADDITION to hosting a Language Café and attending the preparatory sessions at the beginning of the semester - you are expected to: - participate in at least one out of two feedback sessions during the language café phase - hand in four assignments during the preparatory phase - keep and share a learning journal on your experiences and reflections during the language café phase - regularly provide feedback on your fellow LC hosts' learning journals - provide a lesson plan for each of your language café sessions - contribute to the Language Café Activity Wiki - contribute to marketing activities For more information on the scope and the weighting of these tasks, please refer to the "gradebook" plugin on this course page, where you can also track your own progress.
Veranstaltungsnummer:
SPZ 411
ECTS-Kreditpunkte:
3,0
Bereichseinordnung:
Studieren PLuS > Sprachen lernen und Vielfalt gestalten Angebot des Sprachenzentrums > Selbständiges Fremdsprachenlernen Courses in English > Educational and Cultural Studies Courses in English > Language and Literary Studies
Jan-Heinrich Brockmann, M.A.
Dr. Stefan Serwe
Veranstaltungstyp: Kurs
TeilnehmerInnen: After you register for this course, please send us an email outlining your motivation for participation, which language(s) you have to offer and whether you have any tutoring experience.
Beschreibung:
Language learning seeks to provide learners with practical knowledge, so that they are fit to act alongside proficient users of the target language. Yet, such encounters between learners and first language speakers are difficult to organise in most formalised learning environments, such as the foreign languag classroom. The Language Café (Balçıkanlı, 2019), however, is such an informal social learning space, where language learners meet to work on their language skills in a non-threatening, self-directed and collaborative manner.
The aim of this course is to plan and put into practice a Language Café in the Studierendenzentrum (student activity centre) at Osnabrück University throughout the current semester. This course specifically addresses international students at UOS who are interested in passing on their first languages to other (local) students and who would like to
- gain initial experience in foreign language learning & teaching
- plan, manage and market their very own language course in a Higher Education setting
- design effective teaching materials
- find out how learners learn best and how to provide individual learning support
- meet and support local students
- engage in intercultural exchange
- earn credit points for your work
No prior experience in theories of language education or in language tutoring is required, as you will learn about the fundamentals of SLA, aspects of informal and autonomous learning, materials design and the concept of the Language Café throughout the first four weeks of the course.
Your responsibilities will include:
- preparing, marketing and moderating weekly sessions for the Language Café
- designing teaching and marketing materials, e.g. posters, flyers and social media posts.
- keeping track of participants' learning needs and progress
- collecting feedback
- keeping track of and documenting your own progress, experiences, observations, etc.
We offer:
- lesson observation & supervision (if desired)
- 3 credit points
- an introduction to the concepts of autonomous learning and the language café
- support in "advertising" your language café.
- administrative support
- support in finding materials; advice on didactic issues
- basic documentation (e.g. template for self-reflection)
Erstes Treffen:
Donnerstag, 07.11.2024 16:00 - 18:00, Ort: 15/422
Ort: 15/422: Do. 16:00 - 18:00 (6x), (Student Center, Multipurpose Room (MFZ)): Do. 16:00 - 18:00 (7x)
Semester: WiSe 2024/25
Zeiten:Do. 16:00 - 18:00 (wöchentlich)
Leistungsnachweis:
To receive credit for this course - IN ADDITION to hosting a Language Café and attending the preparatory sessions at the beginning of the semester - you are expected to: - participate in at least one out of two feedback sessions during the language café phase - hand in four assignments during the preparatory phase - keep and share a learning journal on your experiences and reflections during the language café phase - regularly provide feedback on your fellow LC hosts' learning journals - provide a lesson plan for each of your language café sessions - contribute to the Language Café Activity Wiki - contribute to marketing activities For more information on the scope and the weighting of these tasks, please refer to the "gradebook" plugin on this course page, where you can also track your own progress.
Veranstaltungsnummer:
SPZ 411
ECTS-Kreditpunkte:
3,0
Bereichseinordnung:
Studieren PLuS > Sprachen lernen und Vielfalt gestalten Angebot des Sprachenzentrums > Selbständiges Fremdsprachenlernen Courses in English > Educational and Cultural Studies Courses in English > Language and Literary Studies