‘CoCoCoP’ ‘CoCoCoP’ Cohesion of competences, coherence of principles Exploring theories and designing materials for teacher education

‘CoCoCoP’ ‘CoCoCoP’ Project Team Coordinator: Anne-Brit Fenner, Norway David Newby, Austria Ruxandra Popovici, Romania Peter Rádai, Hungary

‘CoCoCoP’ ‘CoCoCoP’ Aims of project Develop critical awareness about theories of language learning Link theory and practice in teacher education and in classroom practice

‘CoCoCoP’ ‘CoCoCoP’ Objectives: Examine teacher education curricula in different countries to discover to what extent they include current theoretical aspects of language learning Examine materials commonly used in European classrooms and analyse underlying principles Present and discuss current theories and their consequences for the design of materials

‘CoCoCoP’ ‘CoCoCoP’ Consider how a variety of learning goals and perspectives may be harmonised to achieve cohesion of competences Develop principles relevant to materials design Compile, adapt and produce exemplary materials based on these principles

‘CoCoCoP’ ‘CoCoCoP’ Planned process: Obtain an overview of theories and practices inherent in different curricula of language teacher education Focus on theories and practices which are missing in the above Develop a critical awareness of theories

‘CoCoCoP’ ‘CoCoCoP’ Result of pre-workshop tasks Two common denominators: Communicative Language Teaching Krashen’s Natural Approach

‘CoCoCoP’ ‘CoCoCoP’ Workshop The role of theory in language education The Communicative Approach as the common denominator From theory to theories Language learning theories Learner autonomy Intercultural awareness: Reading literature as cultural dialogue CLIL and Human Rights teaching

‘CoCoCoP’ ‘CoCoCoP’ Grammar Reflection and principles Mediating between theory and practice Exploring and exploiting theory in relation to materials Educating for the 21st century: human rights and language Coherence of principles: classroom materials

‘CoCoCoP’ ‘CoCoCoP’ Why these topics? Aims and objectives of project Results of pre-workshop activities Issues that cause problems for teachers and need to be emphasised in teacher education New issues in FL teaching Issues that need reinterpretation

‘CoCoCoP’ ‘CoCoCoP’ Networking Learner Autonomy Grammar Teaching Intercultural awareness: –CLIL –Social and cultural awareness in FL course design –Literature

‘CoCoCoP’ ‘CoCoCoP’ Publication Discusses Communicative and Post-Communicative Language Teaching Presents current theories of language learning Outlines important principles relating to various competences: learner autonomy, grammar, intercultural awareness: –CLIL –social and cultural awareness in FL course design –literature Provides annotated samples of materials to support language learning

‘CoCoCoP’ ‘CoCoCoP’ Coherence of principles, cohesion of competences: exploring theories and designing materials for teacher edcation Section A: Theories and principles Section B: Applications, mediation and implementation

COHERENCE CLIL Human Rights LiteratureInter- cultural Awareness Grammar COHESION Communicati- ve Approach Principles (some examples ECML workshop list) Situational interaction; Functionality of linguistic form; Authentic materials; Appropriate target language; Learner-centred approach; Motivation to communicate; Integration of grammar and communication, etc. Other relevant theories Cognitive Theory Constructi- vism Learner Autonomy Principles (some examples from chapters in publication) Savoir être; Reflecting on learning; Appropriate language use;Spoken interaction between learners is essential for developing both language and thinking; Incorporating learners’ cognitive resources; hypothesis- testing and revision, etc. etc.