Bilingual education aims to broaden horizons for pupils at school, across cultures and beyond national boundaries. During this semester, you will be studying in English alongside primary, secondary and vocational teachers in training from other countries. You will gain experience teaching your subject in English. You will develop cross-curricular materials, by cooperating with both subject and language teachers and develop insights into the role language plays in both the learning process and assessment.. By using the language to teach and learn, and processing regular feedback, you will fine tune the skills a teacher in bilingual education needs. You will also learn about the intersections of society and culture and how these influence our sense of identity and our language use. In summary, you will develop your teaching skills, cross-cultural awareness and understanding of how both content and language can be taught and learned in interaction with your own learners.

On completion of the minor, students:

• can describe and explain CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) methods and techniques to support learning in a second language;
• can apply these methods in planning, implementing and evaluating subject lessons;
• can explain how communication, culture and language shape their personal and professional identity;
• can articulate the need, benefit, opportunities and challenges of developing international/ cross-cultural competence within education;
• can design and integrate both formative and summative assessments in a multilingual classroom;

English B2

To be announced prior to start of the semester.

Wednesdays and Fridays.

At the AUAS: Two days of 5 to 6 hours each for 18 weeks = 216 hours total

Other contact time: online via course-site, email, and other media, or face-to-face guidance and support.

The time expected for self-study, language practice,  reading, viewing, writing assignments, collaborative preparation of lessons is estimated to be 8 hours per week for each module.

The minor comprises 3 modules:

Teaching Content and Language       

ECTS: 10        

Assessment methods (resit): 2 written and spoken assignments in English             

Assessment scale: 1-10

World Citizenship     

ECTS: 10

Assessment methods: 2 written and spoken assignments in English            

Assessment scale: 1-10

Assessing content and language   

ECTS: 10        

Assessment methods: 2 Written and spoken assignments in English        

Assessment scale: 1-10

Total ECTS: 30                       

A passing mark (5,5 of higher) is required for each assessment component. The final grade of the minor is based on the average results of the three modules.   

Resits:         

If a student fails to successfully complete the minor in the period in which they took the minor it is possible to re-sit modules in the following period in which the minor is offered.

If a minor is no longer offered or in case the minor is re-developed, the degree programme will offer students a further two opportunities to complete this minor the following year.

Questions about the minor?
Contact Beth Bedinotti via b.a.bedinotti@hva.nl

Questions about the Kies op Maat procedure?
Contact Lia Stip via minoren-foo@hva.nl

Applications will be processed in order of receipt signed learning agreements.

Costs less than 100 euro.