Number of credits
Master in French and Romance languages and literatures : French as a foreign language, professional focus | 10 crédits | |||
Master in French and Romance languages and literatures : general, professional focus in French as a foreign language | 10 crédits |
Language(s) of instruction
Organisation and examination
All year long
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 (non-profit organisations, secondary teaching, foreign universities, etc.), 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
Students 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 in order to be admitted to internship programmes.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Initially interns must observe classes in French as a foreign language at the ISLV and will be invited to discuss their observations at a meeting with other interns and the directors of the Didactic Service for French as a foreign language.
The practical training period will include 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).
Supervision sessions are organized to assist trainees in the preparation of their first sequence plans.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
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 for French as a foreign language is able to visit the intern and observe him / her at that workplace.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Written work / report
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.
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.
Prof. Deborah MEUNIER firstname.lastname@example.org
Université de Liège
Place du 20-Août, 7, Bat. A2, 4/47
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