New stories and fake news in the EFL class (intermediate and advanced EFL learners) - Einzelansicht

Tuesday 7 April 2020, 10-12. Please note that if you do not come to the first meeting, you run the risk of losing your place on the course.

This Hauptseminar responds to current debates about news reports and fake news by exploring the contribution the EFL class can make to political education while, at the same time, supporting learners in developing their language competence. The framework for our analysis is taken from Fairclough’s discourse analysis and Richardson’s notion of critical discourse analysis, both of which provide us with a theory and a method of analysing journalistic and political discourse. The students in this class will analyse current newspaper articles, for instance from The Guardian Online, or The New York Times, political speeches and other online sources to explore the complex relationship between language, culture and politics, and devise teaching ideas and materials appropriate for use with intermediate and advanced EFL learners.

In addition, students are given the opportunity to adopt the teacher’s role and teach young adults participating in classes for international learners of English. These lessons are conducted in cooperation with the Sprachlehrinstitut (SLI) and a PETE tutor. Students participating in this project are welcome to conduct their research study (Forschungsprojekt) with me. If you would like to participate in the tutorial, please contact the tutor under ppete@uni-wuppertal.de

Richardson, John E. (2007). Analysing Newspapers. An Approach from Critical Discourse Analysis. Houndmills: Palgrave.

Ministerium für Schule und Weiterbildung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen (ed.) (2014). Kernlehrplan für die Sekundarstufe II -Gymnasium/Gesamtschule in Nordrhein-Westfalen - Englisch. www.schulministerium.nrw.de. Heft 4704.

Council of Europe (2001). Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment. Cambridge: CUP. Chapters One (The CEF in its political and educational context) and Five (The user/learner’s competence).

Council of Europe (2018). Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment. Companion Volume with New Descriptors

Both available from https://www.coe.int/en/web/common-european-framework-reference-languages

Please register via WUSEL between 17.02.2020 to 01.03.2020.
Registrations before or after this time will not be considered.

BA degree and successful completion of the D module as part of your BA.

2 LP: presentation (pair or group work; incl. a handout)

3 LP: presentation (pair or group work; incl. a handout) plus a written summary critique

6 LP (bilingual): presentation (pair or group work; incl. a handout) plus a written summary critique plus a written assignment (10 pages)

6 LP: tutorial with the PETE tutor, lesson in the SLI, presentation (incl. a handout) plus written paper based on a text of your own choice and teaching experience

Kombi-BA 2015: ANG-H-D (Komponente c)

MEd 14, MEd 19, Lehramt G: M-ENG 3b

MEd 14, Lehramt G: Forschungsprojekt M-ENG 4b

MEd 19, Lehramt G: Forschungsprojekt M-ENG 4b und c

MEd 14, MEd 19, Lehramt HR(S)Ge: M-ENG 6b

MEd 14, MEd 19, Lehramt GymGe/BK: M-ENG 9b

MEd 19 Lehramt GymGe/BK: Forschungsprojekt PFP b und c

MEd 17 Lehramt Sonderpädagogik: SP-ANG-DID b

MEd 13, MEd 19, Bilingualer Unterricht: ENG-D1

MEd 19 Bilingualer Unterricht: PFP b und c