OJUP1041 The Language and Modalities of Education and Pedagogy (5 cr)

The Language and Modalities of Education and Pedagogy course addresses practical and theoretical aspects of language awareness. In addition to working with the language of classroom management, this course considers different ways in which language is used in educational subjects and activities, as well as the way in which different languages can be incorporated into the classroom community. This course thematically addresses different language forms, genres and modalities, as well as the pedagogical considerations of how to use language well for teaching and studying, as well as the importance of developing a critical stance to the use of language. 

Competence development:

This course specifically promotes aesthetic competence by drawing on different modalities in relation to language development, pedagogical competence with regard to the critical consideration of language as a key tool for teaching and learning, communicative and interactional competence through the use of different language forms and modalities in different subjects and activities, as well as cultural competence through a better understanding of the way in which cultural and individual experiences contribute to the language repertoires of students and communities.

Upon completing the course, students should be able to:

• effectively develop everyday routines and classroom activities as a resource for language development
• critically appreciate the role and range of language in and across education
• support the participation and language development of pupils through the use of language and design of tasks and activities
• be critically aware of language and different modalities as cultural tools with that can support and limit the development of educational communities

Are available in the Moodle learning platform for the course.

Gallas, K. (1994). The Languages of Learning: How Children Talk, Write, Dance, Draw, and Sing Their Understanding of the World. Teachers College Press. ISBN: 0-8077-3305-9 0-8077-3306-7.

Hughes, G., Moate, J., & Raatikainen, T. (2007). Practical Classroom English. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0-19-442211-6.

Gibbons, P. (2002). Scaffolding language, scaffolding learning: Teaching second language learners in the mainstream classroom. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. ISBN: 0-325-00366-1.

Mercer, N., & Hodgkinson, S. (Eds.). (2008). Exploring talk in school: Inspired by the work of Douglas Barnes. Sage. ISBN: 978-1-84787-378-1 978-1-84787-379-8.

Garrett, P., & Cots, J. M. (Eds.). (2018). The Routledge handbook of language awareness. New York, NY: Routledge.

Cenoz, J., Gorter, D., & May, S. (Eds.). (2017). Language awareness and multilingualism. Springer.