For Karl Starkebaum's course:

Johnson, Keith (2001): An Introduction to Foreign Language Learning and Teaching, Harlow: Longman
Richards, Jack C., Rodgers, Theo (2001): Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching, Cambridge:  CUP
Müller-Hartmann, Andreas, Schocker-von Ditfurth 2006): Introduction to English Language Teaching, Stuttgart: Klett 

!! Students wishing to participate in Karl Starkebaum's TEFL Theory course, please register for course number 4023 only, not course number 4015 !!

BA Aufbaumodul 1

Course requirements Starkebaum: regular attendance, active participation, presentation, written examination. Focus: RS

Course requirements Bland: interactive performance project and written report.

TEFL Theory (Starkebaum)

What is the difference between the acquisition of one's native language and the acquisition or learning of a second language? How does that influence foreign language teaching in a classroom?
 
We shall also have a closer look at good language learners, learning strategies, Total Physical Response (TPR), communicative language teaching, Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) and various other aspects of modern language teaching and learning.
At last we shall try to find out what the necessary theoretical toolkit for a teacher may look like.

TEFL Theory: Drama in the EFL Classroom (Bland)

In this seminar we will be testing improvisational, process-centred drama as well as scripted drama in the language classroom. We will examine the advantages that drama offers for involving children in a whole-body response to all aspects of their learning. We will consider drama scripts for 8 – 16 year-olds: how meaningful are language and content? Educational drama can bring intercultural awareness alive: when children empathise with the characters and plot, they are transported into another perspective and an alternative world. We will be developing an interactive performance project: ideas on audience participation will be put to the test during a participation theatre performance for schoolchildren (4. & 5. Klasse) on 23.06.11.