English as A Lingua Franca in A Historical, Societal and Cultural Perspective (M3)

Course

Join this module if you want to achieve knowledge of English as a lingua franca in an international perspective of culture, society and history.

Study Programme(s):

Teacher Education

Start Date:

11 January 2021

End Date:

2 July 2021

Duration:

25 weeks

ECTS:

10

Location:

Odense

Deadline:

1 November 2020
Exchange Programme

Possible Combinations

This module can be combined with 1 or 2 of the following courses for a total of 20 or 30 ECTS: 

Target Group

Students of Education – Teacher Education, English as a second language or related disciplines

Purpose

The students will achieve knowledge of English as a lingua franca in an international perspective of

  • culture, society and history
  • 21st Century skills
  • semantic and didactic teaching materials, with focus on culture and society.
Poul Kristensen International Coordinator +45 51 15 57 13 pokr@ucl.dk

Teaching Methods

All teaching and counselling is in oral and written English. You will experience various teaching methods such as lectures, presentations, dialogue, exchange of experiences, group work, independent studies and a project work at the end of the module.

During the module you will work with creating didactic designs.

Conditions

In order to complete the module and obtain a certificate, the student has to:

  • attend and participate actively in class
  • present a didactic design related to a specific cultural topic for a self-chosen age group
  • produce and present a project with a topic related to history, society and culture
  • present a didactic design based on 21st Century Skills and history, society and culture, and
  • critically analyse multimodal teaching materials and how to use them in a multicultural perspective.

Tuition Fee

Not applicable for EU/EEA-students and exchange students from partner institutions, all other students must pay. In this case, please send an e-mail to international@ucl.dk to learn more.  

Activity 1

Type of Activity

Theoretical and practical module

Name

English as a lingua franca in a historical, societal and cultural perspective

Workload

80 instructional (face-to-face) lessons or counselling, as well as preparations for each class, group work and assignment completion.

Learning Outcome

  • Plan, carry out, evaluate and develop didactic designs with focus on cultural topics for different age groups
  • Achieve and apply knowledge about topics related to culture, society and history, as well as 21st Century Skills
  • Critically analyse multimodal teaching materials and how to use them in a multicultural perspective

Activity 2

Type of Activity

Project Work and practical didactic designs

Learning Outcome

  • Document knowledge pertaining to relevant topics related to the subject matter
  • To able to develop, plan, carry out and evaluate didactic designs related to the subject matter for different age groups
  • To be able to participate in an intercultural communication in relevant contexts
  • To be able to assess texts and learning materials critically

The examination is the presentation of a portfolio consisting of

  • a presentation of a didactic design related to a specific cultural topic for a self-chosen age group
  • a presentation of a project with a topic related to history, society and culture
  • a presentation of a didactic design based on 21st Century Skills and history, society and culture, and
  • an analysis of multimodal teaching materials and how to use them in a multicultural perspective.

The student will be awarded a grade of pass or fail.