Duration
Teaching internships in Belgium or abroad : 20h Internship
Reflective practices : 4h Pr
Extracurricular school practice : 10h AUTR
Number of credits
| Master in French and Romance languages and literature : French as a foreign language, teaching focus | 5 crédits | |||
| Certified upper secondary education teacher | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Teaching internships in Belgium or abroad : Deborah Meunier
Reflective practices : Deborah Meunier
Extracurricular school practice : Deborah Meunier
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The observation internship take place throughout the year in classes of French as a foreign language (or alpha-FLE). These observations are the subject of a brief written report by the trainee and discussed during reflective practice sessions.
The teaching periods take place in classes of French as a foreign language, second or alpha-FLE, mostly in secondary education in Belgium. Some practical hours can be realized in other contexts (asbl, social promotion, university, abroad...). These internships are the subject of a brief written report, of various exchanges with the supervisors, the members of the teaching department of the FLE, and the other trainees.
The reflective practice sessions consist of analyzing the observations of classes and the teaching stages in order to develop a critical view on the practices of class.
Teaching internships in Belgium or abroad
The teaching periods take place in classes of French as a foreign language, second or alpha-FLE, mostly in secondary education in Belgium. Some practical hours can be realized in other contexts (asbl, social promotion, university, abroad...).
Reflective practices
The reflective practice sessions consist of analyzing the observations of classes and the teaching stages in order to develop a critical view on the practices of class.
Extracurricular school practice
The trainee must carry out a training course of 10 hours outside the strict context of the class. He chooses a project or activities (observation or actual practice) according to his professional project and the context of the internship.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Students will learn :
- to develop professional knowledge in order to improve their own practice.
- Develop an accurate critical view of teaching practices associated with French as a foreign/second 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.)
- Use the tools offered in Special Didactics courses
- Analyze practices and propose improvements / alternatives.
Teaching internships in Belgium or abroad
Students will learn to :
- Develop an accurate critical view of teaching practices associated with French as a foreign/second 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.)
- Use the tools offered in Special Didactics courses.
Reflective practices
- develop a reflexive approach on teaching practice - analyze practices and propose improvements / alternatives
Extracurricular school practice
This "non-course" internship offers the opportunity to discover other facets of the teaching profession of FLE, and the diversity of training or accompaniment activities for non-French-speaking learners (citizenship courses, integration path) .
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Non-native French speakers must have achieved at least the C1 level in the French language in order to be admitted to internship programmes.
Teaching internships in Belgium or abroad
Non-native French speakers must have achieved at least the C1 level in the French language in order to be admitted to internship programmes.
Reflective practices
Completion of classroom observation workshops.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Initially interns must observe classes in French as a foreign language at the secondary school and at ISLV, 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.
Each practical course will include at least 5 hours of observation of the supervisor and the class in which the trainee will teach. These must imperatively take place before the teaching practices so that the trainee can adapt his preparations to the learners and to the particular context of the course.
These observation sessions will be exploited during reflective practice seminars.
After observing their supervisor and the class in which they will teach, the trainees must prepare lesson plans, in collaboration with their supervisor to whom they will submit their preparations at least 1 week before beginning to teach. The first preparations may also be submitted to a pedagogical instructor to assist in the development of the pedagogical sequences.
Each training course will be evaluated by the supervisor, using the evaluation grid provided by the FLE Teaching Department.
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.
The reflective practice sessions consist of analyzing the observations of classes and the teaching stages in order to develop a critical view on the practices of class.
Trainees must actively participate in exchanges and attendance at sessions is mandatory.
Teaching internships in Belgium or abroad
After observing their supervisor and the class in which they will teach, the trainees must prepare lesson plans, in collaboration with their supervisor to whom they will submit their preparations at least 1 week before beginning to teach. The first preparations may also be submitted to a pedagogical instructor to assist in the development of the pedagogical sequences.
Each training course will be evaluated by the supervisor, using the evaluation grid provided by the FLE Teaching Department.
Each lesson given will be the subject of preparation and a written summary report of one page maximum (see assessment methods).
Reflective practices
The reflective practice sessions consist of analyzing the observations of classes and the teaching stages in order to develop a critical view on the practices of class.
Trainees must actively participate in exchanges and attendance at sessions is mandatory.
Extracurricular school practice
The trainee must carry out a training course of 10 hours outside the strict context of the class. It chooses a project or activities (observation or actual practice) according to its professional project and the context of the internship (to accompany a trainer, a pedagogical coordinator or a social worker in his daily activities, to help in the creation of a project in an association - expo, excursion, ... -, accompany the director of a closed center, attend / participate in a course of citizenship, ...).
The project must be approved by the service before the beginning of the training course. The trainee should complete the document available on eCampus where he will explain the internship project, the modalities and the framework it will benefit to carry it out. The trainee will write a two-page report at the end of the internship.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
The trainee must choose the place of internship from the list proposed by the special didactic service. He must carry out at least two internship in Belgium throughout his training, and diversify the types of establishments and publics in order to benefit from a rich and varied experience.
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 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 for French as a foreign language is able to visit the intern and observe him at that workplace.
Participation in reflective practice sessions is mandatory.
Teaching internships in Belgium or abroad
Face-to-face course
Further information:
Additional information:
The trainee must choose the place of internship from the list proposed by the special didactic service. He must carry out internship in Belgium.
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 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 for French as a foreign language is able to visit the intern and observe him at that workplace.
Reflective practices
Face-to-face course
Extracurricular school practice
Face-to-face course
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Assessment methods and criteria
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.
Teaching internships in Belgium or abroad
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Further information:
Each training course is evaluated by the supervisor and a member of the FLE teaching department and by a self-assessment by the trainee.
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.
Reflective practices
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
The reflexive practices sessions are not the subject of a quantified evaluation but of a "YES / NO" in the final evaluation grid. The "NO" leading to the adjournment.
Extracurricular school practice
Written work / report
Additional information:
The trainee will write a two-page report at the end of the internship.
These practices are not the subject of a quantified evaluation but of a "YES / NO" in the final evaluation grid. The "NO" leading to the adjournment.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
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 forms (CIFEN and FLE Teaching Department).
Participation in reflective practice sessions is mandatory.
No 2nd session organized.
Reflective practices
Participation in reflective practice sessions is mandatory.
Contacts
Prof. Deborah MEUNIER dmeunier@uliege.be
Université de Liège
Place du 20-Août, 7, Bat. A2, 4/47
B-4000 Liège
Secrétariat : Ariane Nüsgens Ariane.Nusgens@uliege.be
Teaching internships in Belgium or abroad
Prof. Deborah MEUNIER dmeunier@uliege.be
Université de Liège
Place du 20-Août, 7, Bat. A2, 4/47
B-4000 Liège
Secrétariat : Ariane Nüsgens Ariane.Nusgens@uliege.be
Reflective practices
Prof. Deborah MEUNIER dmeunier@uliege.be
Université de Liège
Place du 20-Août, 7
B-4000 Liège
Extracurricular school practice
Prof. Deborah MEUNIER dmeunier@uliege.be
Université de Liège
Place du 20-Août, 7
B-4000 Liège