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Language Skills and Curricular Learning: Research Contributions

Code: 43222 ECTS Credits: 6
2024/2025
Degree Type Year
4313815 Research in Education OT 0

Contact

Name:
Julia Llompart Esbert
Email:
julia.llompart@uab.cat

Teachers

Roser Canals Cabau

Teaching groups languages

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Prerequisites

Bachelor's degree.


Objectives and Contextualisation

 

a) Become familiar with differnt research lines,  epistemological traditions and examples of language (fisr, second or foreign) across the curriculum approaches.

b) Carry out a studyof limited scope on oral or written language across the curriculum.

c) Obtain and provide feedback on research decissions made by course takers.

 


Learning Outcomes

  1. CA71 (Competence) Plan research in accordance with practice-related problems, considering the theoretical advances in the field of knowledge.
  2. CA72 (Competence) Associate the theoretical and empirical aspects of a study in order to establish the conclusions and recommendations.
  3. CA73 (Competence) Act with social and ethical responsibility when assessing research results.
  4. KA72 (Knowledge) Analyse methodological approaches and designs in research on linguistic composition.
  5. KA73 (Knowledge) Identify lines of curricular research.
  6. KA74 (Knowledge) Identify problems and offer solutions for the needs arising from the teaching and learning of language.
  7. SA25 (Skill) Design and carry out field work in school contexts using suitable data collection instruments.
  8. SA58 (Skill) Conduct a comprehensive review of the scientific literature focused on language learning in the curriculum.
  9. SA59 (Skill) Select the design and methodology that is most consistent with the research goals.

Content

  • Language competence and subject-matter learning.  Developing academic discourse-skills in first, second and foreign languages across the curriculum.  
  • Language skills and scientific competence in Social Sciences and Experimental Sciences.
  • Talking to learn content and language in the classroom: Teacher-learner and learner-learner interaction.
  • In-building support in content lessons taught through an additional language.

Activities and Methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Master classes 20 0.8
Tutorials 10 0.4
Type: Supervised      
Analysis and collective discussion of articles and documentary sources. 16 0.64
Classroom practices: problem solving / case analysis / research / innovations 12 0.48
Oral presentation 4 0.16
Type: Autonomous      
Analysis of research and innovation projects 42 1.68
Reading of articles and documentary collections 46 1.84

The training activity will be developed from the following dynamics:
 
• Master classes
 
• Reading of articles and documentary collections
 
• Analysis and collective discussion of articles and documentary sources
 
• Classroom practices: problem solving / cases / exercises
 
• Oral presentation 
 
• Tutorials

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.


Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Activities during the development of the subject 20% - 30% 0 0 CA71, CA72, CA73, KA72, KA73, KA74
Attendance and participation 10% - 20% 0 0 CA71, CA72, CA73, KA72, KA73, KA74
Report / individual work 40% -50% 0 0 CA71, CA72, SA25, SA58, SA59

The evaluation of the module will be carried out through the activities indicated.
 
The final grade will be the weighted average of the planned activities. In order to apply this criterion, it will be necessary to obtain a minimum of 40% in all proposed evaluation activities.
 
Class attendance is mandatory. In order to obtain a positive final evaluation the student must have attended a minimum of 80% of the classes.
 
The procedure for reviewing the tests will be carried out individually

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Software

The software to be used will basically be word processors and presentation programs as well as document repositories.

 


Language list

Information on the teaching languages can be checked on the CONTENTS section of the guide.