The course aims to improve students'capacity of reflection on their own teaching praxis through the analysis of observation and evaluation methods of classes studying foreign languages. The main goal is to find effective teaching strategies to promote foreign language learning and to experiment new teaching techniques like "the flipped classroom".

- Planning a syllabus, a module, a learning unit and a lesson
- Foreign language learning unit observation and evaluation methods;
- Group reflection and corrective actions.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Teaching

Lectures and workshops

Course books

1.Harmer J., (2007), The practice of English Language Teaching, (4th edition), Pearson Longman: Harlow UK; (parti 3/5/9/10)
2.Carmel Mary Coonan, (2000), La ricerca azione.
(http://venus.unive.it/aliasve/moduli/didattica_intercultura/ricerca_azione.pdf)
3. Bergman J., Sams A. (2012). How the flipped classroom is radically transforming learning. In The Daily Riff. (http://www.thedailyriff.com/articles/how-the-flipped-classroom-is-radically-transforming-learning-536.php)
4.Cecchinato G.(2014). Flipped classroom: innovare la scuola con le tecnologie digitali. In TD Tecnologie Didattiche, 22 (1), pp. 11-20
(http://www.tdjournal.itd.cnr.it/files/pdfarticles/PDF61/FlippedClassroom.pdf)

Further readings:
1.Crouch C. H., Mazur E. (2001). Peer instruction: ten years of experience and results. In American Journal of Physics, 69, pp. 970-977.
(http://mazur.harvard.edu/publications.php?function=display&rowid=113)
2. Mazur E. (1996). Peer Instruction: A User's Manual. Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA: Prentice Hall.(http://mazur.harvard.edu/education/pi_manual.php)

Assessment

Oral exam and teaching practice

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

Lectures and workshops

Course books

1.Harmer J., (2007), The practice of English Language Teaching, (4th edition), Pearson Longman: Harlow UK; (parti 3/5/9/10)
2.Carmel Mary Coonan, (2000), La ricerca azione.
(http://venus.unive.it/aliasve/moduli/didattica_intercultura/ricerca_azione.pdf)
3. Bergman J., Sams A. (2012). How the flipped classroom is radically transforming learning. In The Daily Riff. (http://www.thedailyriff.com/articles/how-the-flipped-classroom-is-radically-transforming-learning-536.php)
4.Cecchinato G.(2014). Flipped classroom: innovare la scuola con le tecnologie digitali. In TD Tecnologie Didattiche, 22 (1), pp. 11-20
(http://www.tdjournal.itd.cnr.it/files/pdfarticles/PDF61/FlippedClassroom.pdf)
5.Crouch C. H., Mazur E. (2001). Peer instruction: ten years of experience and results. In American Journal of Physics, 69, pp. 970-977.
(http://mazur.harvard.edu/publications.php?function=display&rowid=113)
6. Mazur E. (1996). Peer Instruction: A User's Manual. Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA: Prentice Hall.(http://mazur.harvard.edu/education/pi_manual.php)

Assessment

Oral exam

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

The student can request to sit the final exam in English with an alternative bibliography.