3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 4 with catalog number 4022788ENW for working students in the 2nd semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Alvorens een inschrijving te kunnen nemen voor 'Vakdidactiek Engels 2', moet men ingeschreven of geslaagd zijn voor 'Vakdidactiek Engels 1' en 'Positief en inclusief leefklimaat TA'.
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Multidisciplinary Institute for Teacher Education
Department
Multidisciplinary Institute for Teacher Education
Educational team
Ingeborg Plackle
Jill Surmont (course titular)
Maggy Brusselmans
Activities and contact hours
8 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
82 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

Learning Pathway Professional Practice

In this course unit, students start with 2 hours of co-teaching in the field of English. The kind of co-teaching depends on the contextual needs. After these 2h, students develop and deliver lessons in the field of English under the supervision of a mentor teacher who is present in the classroom. This part of the internship comprises of 7 hours of teaching. 

For students with LIO status: in-service internship of 28 hours (and if applicable pre-service or alternative internship). If the assignment volume is between 200 and 499 teaching hours, the student may not be able to perform sufficient unique teaching hours for this course unit. In that case, additional assignments from the regular track will be given in proportion to the missing hours. In cases where the LIO student has no or insufficient teaching assignment within the field of this course unit, an additional assignment is given from the regular track , i.e. guided practice internship. Here the student designs lessons that are carried out in classroom practice, in the presence of the mentor. 

Learning Pathway Pedagogical Content Knowledge

Within this course unit, student will expand their pedagogical content knowledge toolbox.

 
Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Leerplannen van alle netten
Practical course material (Required) : Eindtermen (en curriculumdossiers) Engels
Practical course material (Recommended) : Creativity in the English language classroom, Alan Maley & Nik Peachey, 2015
Additional info
  • For students of campuses Anderlecht, Diest and Leuven 6 contact hours will be organised. 84h are completed as self-study (including internship).
  • Students are expected to attend all classes within this course unit in order to prepare as much as possible for the internship (professional attitude).  
  • Internships can take place during academic leaves that does not coincides with school holidays, exam preparation time and exam periods. Students are expected to spread the duration of their internship (see internship guidelines).
  • During this course unit an integrated skill set of competences, needed for the design of a positive and inclusive climate is developed. During the internship the aim is to integrate the learning outcomes of the other course units and the course unit positive and inclusive climate.
 
Learning Outcomes

General competences

Programme specific learning outcomes

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 14, 16, 19, 20, 22

Learning Pathway Professional Practice

  1. The student shows an open, inquisitive and professional attitude (including planning/preparation of and communication about the internship).  

  1. The student can design coherent and challenging lessons and implement them successfully under the guidance of the mentor. 

  1. Drawing on the pedagogical reference frameworks and subject-specific insights, the student can create a powerful learning environment, in which learning objectives, learning resources and learning and assessment activities are aligned to each other and match the diversity of the learning group. 

  1. The student, appealing to the pedagogical reference frameworks and subject-specific insights, can offer learning objectives, learning activities and learning content to students in a structured, accurate and engaging way. 

  1. The student deals constructively with feedback from the mentor or internship supervisor on the preparation and implementation of internship lessons, is able to reflect on it critically and can incorporate the feedback into teaching practice. 

  1. The student handles information about the pupil/ student/ teachers/ school/ supervisors in a respectful and discrete manner.  

Learning Pathway Pedagogical Content Knowledge

  1. The student shows an open, inquisitive and professional attitude.  
  2. The student can position English in an appropriate place within the school vision and can translate this vision to the classroom practice and learning environment
  3. The student has insight in the horizontal and vertical build up of the curricula English and can translate this to teacher teams-functioning and year/periodplannings.
  4. The student can translate actual scientific evidence and new insight in creating a positive and inclusive climate within an English course to his classroom practice.
  5. The student integrates actual societal themes in his classes and has specific attention to the Brussels setting. 
  6. The student can apply classmanagement-strategies to stimulate the learning of pupils. 
  7. The student can stimulate positive interactions between pupils, create a feeling of connectedness and competence in order to optimalise the learning of every pupil.
  8. The student can apply domain specific knowledge and skills in a flexible way in his pedagogical-didactical actions and can improve his knowledge where needed.
  9. The student can apply techniques of language focused content instruction when giving individual feedback, formulate assignments and oral feedback in a clear way and respond in a constructive way on the language usage of the pupils. 
  10. The student can evaluate content in a process- and product way in order to evaluate study outcoumes, remediation, differentiation and adaptation of own pedagogical-didactical actions. 
 

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Practical Exam determines 60% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 40% of the final mark.

Within the Practical Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Co-teaching and guided interns with a relative weight of 60 which comprises 60% of the final mark.

    Note: Evaluation of the guided internship or LIO job is done by the internship supervisor based on internship administration, lesson preparations and developed materials, oral and written feedback from the mentor, self-evaluation and interview, etc.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Assignment with a relative weight of 40 which comprises 40% of the final mark.

    Note: Assignment on processing content about learning subject didactics.

Additional info regarding evaluation
  • A final grade can only be calculated if a score was obtained for each category of the evaluation. Not participating in one or more categories results in the mention ‘afwezig’ (afw).  
  • A student can only pass the course unit if at least 7/20 is obtained for each category. The final score awarded is then the grade assigned to the lowest scored category. 
  • It is obligatory to communicate in a timely fashion (see agreements in internship guidelines). Belated communication can lead to a score “afwezig" (afw) for the internship. 
  • If the grade for the practical exam is insufficient, a remedial trajectory with binding agreements is proposed in order to continue with the internship for the next course unit. 
  • If the total score of the internship is insufficient, the student cannot pass this course unit. Retaking the practical part can only be done in the following useful session. In the case of a referral to the next session, the titular can allow the transfer of the grades of the successfully completed sections. 
  • The use of generative AI is only permitted as support for the assignment on the condition that these tools are used resposibly and with integrity. Any use of generative AI must be indicated appropriately (see guidelines on Canvas).
Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Teaching in Languages: 1 taal (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Languages: 2 talen (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Languages: standaard traject (60 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Languages: standaard traject (60 ECTS, Anderlecht) (only offered in Dutch)