On site training : teaching French as a foreign language both in Belgium and abroad, including the drafting of training reports and attending a workshop on how to integrate in-school training (CEFLES)

Duration

30h Internship

Number of credits

Lecturer

Deborah Meunier

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

All year long

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The pedagogical internship will involve various activities having to do with practices of observation applied to a class studying French as a foreign language (or as a second language, alpha language, etc.), paying attention to teaching in various contexts, to different sorts of work done in cooperation with supervisors and fellow students, and to writing thoughtful and critical reports for the various internship programmes.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Participants will learn to :

• Develop an accurate critical view of teaching practices associated with French as a foreign language
• Produce adequate lesson plans that are appropriate for a given teaching situation
• Adapt themselves to differing teaching conditions (public, in different kinds of spaces, institutional constraints, etc.)

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Non-native French speakers must have achieved at least the C1 level in the French language at ISLV in order to be admitted to internship programmes.
Contact ISLV français : Mme Sylvie HENRARD (islvfr@uliege.be)

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Initially interns must observe classes in French as a foreign language or alpha (min 6 hours), at the institution of their choice, and will be invited to discuss their observations at a meeting with other interns and the members of the Didactic Service for French as a foreign language.

For each internship module of 15 hours (two modules in all), students will produce observations, more or less 1/3 having to do with observation by the internship supervisor, and the remaining 2/3 of the work will consist of teaching the class initially observed.

Lessons will be prepared with the assistance of the internship supervisor, who will have the task of helping with the lessons that are presented by the intern, and also of evaluating them.

Each lesson given will be the subject of preparation and a written summary report of one page maximum (see assessment methods).

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course


Further information:

The intern may choose the locations where the work is to be performed, but at least one part of it must be performed in Belgium, and it is recommended that the types of public institutions be varied, in order for the work experience to be both rich and diverse.

In addition, the organisation of a work placement abroad is conditional on the successful completion of a first work placement in Belgium.

If the intern is already teaching, his/ her current workplace can be acceptable as a location for internship work, provided that the student is being supervised by an internship director (fellow teacher, pedagogical director) and a member of the Didactics Service is able to visit the intern and observe him / her at that workplace.

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam

Written work / report

Continuous assessment


Further information:

Observation sessions and reflective practice sessions are mandatory. They are not subject to a numerical evaluation but a "YES/NO" in the final evaluation grid. The "NO" leads to postponement.

Each teaching internship is subject to an evaluation by the internship supervisor and a self-assessment by the trainee.

Each lesson given will be the subject of detailed preparation (see teaching sheet available on eCampus) and a summary written report of one page maximum.

Trainees write an individual professional development portfolio, with a reflective purpose, in which they mobilize the knowledge and know-how developed through the training, in connection with their professional practice.
The intern will have to orally defend his/her portfolio in front of the members of the Department during the June session.

The final grade obtained for each internship is an average of the grade awarded by the internship supervisor and those awarded by the members of the didactics department following the visits and the portfolio assessment.

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Information meeting on September 25th at 4pm, room 5/16 (Cockerill).

All documents related to the internships will be downloaded or deposited on eCampus.

The trainee will have to encode all the information about his place of internship (dates, trainee, schedules, contact details etc.) via the online form (eCampus).

Participation in reflective practice sessions is mandatory.

No 2nd session organized.

Contacts

Prof. Deborah MEUNIER

Département de langues et littératures romanes
Place Cockerill, 3 (Bât. A2 - 4e étage)
4000 Liège
dmeunier@uliege.be

Secrétariat : Ariane NUSGENS. Place Cockerill, 3 (Bât. A2 - 4e étage) Téléphone : +32 (0)4 366 56 50. Courrier : boite au 3e étage ou Ariane.Nusgens@uliege.be 

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