German Seminar

Recommended Prerequisites

Completion of all the 1st-year courses of the program

Teaching Methods

The students will make oral presentations on the texts they have read, relating them to their teaching experience. Before each presentation, the students will hand in written notes or texts. The presentations will be followed by discussion in the seminar. The seminar sessions on complementary topics will be based on expository presentations by the teacher and the study of practical examples or other tasks by students.

Learning Outcomes

The main aim of this seminar is to guide students' in the preparation of their final MA report, focusing on the reflection on their teaching practice and specific research topic. Thus, students are expected to:

– apply the methods and instruments learned in the 1st semester to the research of sources for the preparation of thematic part of their report;

– show a good grasp of the sources on their chosen topic, which will focus on teaching methodology with an emphasis on German, and be able to extract relevant information from the literature for their supervised teaching practice and report;

– be able to develop, in the preparation of their report, a coherent argumentation, based on applied methological principles and practical examples, and appropriately documented.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

The topics to be addressed in the seminar are those chosen by the students for their final MA reports. These topics will allow students to connect the course contents addressed in German Didactics with their teaching practice, further deepening their understanding of the research issues. The topic of the MA reports may be complemented by other topics that are relevant for the teaching of German as a foreign language.

Head Lecturer(s)

Judite Manuela Silva Nogueira Carecho

Assessment Methods

Continuous Assessment
In-class participation: 10.0%
Oral presentations and written outlines: 40.0%
Synthesis work: 50.0%

Bibliography

Bibliografia geral/General References:

Bausch, K., Christ, H., Krumm, H.-J. (Ed.) (2003). Handbuch Fremdsprachenunterricht. Tübingen; Basel: Francke.

Krumm, H.-J., Fandrych, C., Hufeisen, B., Riemer, C. (2010). Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache: Ein internationales Handbuch. Berlin: de Gruyter.

Huneke, H.-W., Steinig, W. (2000). Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Eine Einführung. Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag.

Koeppel, R. (2010). Deutsch als Fremdsprache: Spracherwerblich reflektierte Unterrichtspraxis. Baltmannsweiler: Schneider-Verl. Hohengehren

Storch, G. (1999). Deutsch als Fremdsprache - Eine Didaktik. München: Fink.

 

A bibliografia específica para as apresentações e trabalhos dependerá dos temas de relatório escolhidos pelos/as estudantes.

More detailed references will be provided depending on the specific research topics chosen by the students.