Observation and teaching placement in French as a first language

Teacher(s)

Dufays Jean-Louis;

Language

French

Prerequisites

Have taken the course LROM2950 Didactics and practice of spoken French as the mother tongue

Main themes

The 25-hour internship is divided into two entities :

• a. Observation and analysis of didactic practices (5 h): the student projects himself into taking charge of the class by observing the classes of his future students and of his internship supervisors;
• b. Teaching internships (20h): the future teacher experiences the different points covered in the courses under the guidance of internship supervisors approved by UCLouvain.

These internships are divided into two parts, corresponding to two places and two different internship supervisors :

• Duo course (10 h): course for two, alternating speaking (either during each hour, or from one hour to the next, each duettist giving at least 4 hours of lessons alone). Special emphasis is placed on the communicational and relational aspects of the act of teaching;
• Solo teaching course (10 h): course which can either be the subject of a "didactic sequence" presented in a single class, or be divided between different classes.

The last or the last two internship lesson (s) is / are organized in the form of a supervision lesson and / or a public lesson.

Content

For each internship that he or she has to do, the student will give at the beginning of the year to his internship director the list of his preferences among the establishments and the internship supervisors that will be offered to him. Once his internships have been allocated to him or her, he or she will agree with each of his internship supervisors on the modalities of the observation internships and active lessons. He or she will also agree with his internship supervisors on the themes and schedule of his internships. Before starting an internship, he or she will submit his or her lesson preparation project to the internship supervisor who will discuss with him or her any changes to be made.

Teaching methods

Type of education: the internships of the same student will be divided as much as possible between different types of education. Alternation of internships and courses: the internships are closely linked to the courses and are organized in alternation with them.
In the event of force majeure (COVID-19 crisis), the internship may include distance education.

Evaluation methods

Each internship is evaluated progressively in a formative manner through the daily remarks and advice of the internship supervisor; once completed, it is assessed for certification. The internship supervisor presents his evaluation to the student. during an interview.
Finally, all internships are subject to a final certification evaluation which takes the form of a public lesson presented to a jury made up of university teachers from the training courses concerned.
Students are invited to carefully read the documents concerning the evaluation of the internship in the language concerned as well as concerning a possible reduction in the number of internship hours for students with experience significant prerequisite as a teacher.

Other information

A file of observation and evaluation grids, instructions and stimulating documents is made available to students. By virtue of article 76 paragraph 3 of the decree of March 31, 2004 defining higher education, promoting its integration into the European higher education area and refinancing universities, public lessons will no longer be organized during the session of September. In case of failure, the student will be forced to start his year again.

Online resources

https://moodleucl.uclouvain.be/course/view.php?id=10422

Bibliography

Une bibliographie d’ouvrages, de manuels et d’articles utiles pour préparer les stages sera communiquée dans le cadre du cours LROM2950 Didactique du français langue première et pratique de l'oralité.

Faculty or entity

ELAL