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DELPHI

S ubject-specific support for language teachers in higher education: the DELPHI project John Klapper Centre for Modern Languages University of Birmingham. DELPHI. Developing Language Professionals in Higher Education Institutions National Teaching Fellowship Project 2001-2004. DELPHI.

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DELPHI

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  1. Subject-specificsupport for language teachers in higher education: the DELPHI project John Klapper Centre for Modern LanguagesUniversity of Birmingham

  2. DELPHI Developing Language Professionals in Higher Education Institutions National Teaching Fellowship Project 2001-2004

  3. DELPHI • generic vs subject-specific • current training new staff: 52% initial training 75% of it generic

  4. DELPHI Aims • promote changes in culture of HE teaching • emphasise applied research base • improve student learning experience • one-stop shop

  5. DELPHI Target audience • academics new to HE • CPD for experienced colleagues • departments and language centres

  6. DELPHI What does it involve? • staff development materials • available on-line and downloadable • website: CPD courses, links, recent publications

  7. DELPHI The modules • Developing teachers’ beliefs • Second language acquisition: understanding learning to understand teaching • Teaching grammar

  8. DELPHI 4. Task-based language learning • Teaching languages with audio and video • Promoting the development of speaking skills

  9. DELPHI 7. Understanding and developing reading in a foreign language 8. Working with written texts in the language classroom • Developing foreign language writing skills

  10. DELPHI 10. Teaching vocabulary 11. In other words: the role of translation in language teaching 12. Language learning strategies and learner autonomy

  11. DELPHI 13. Approaches to assessment 14. Varieties of language testing

  12. DELPHI The authors • mix of FL and EFL • Birmingham, Brighton, Liverpool John Moores, Nottingham Trent, Warwick • peer review: subject specialists & staff development

  13. DELPHI Common philosophy Reflection on practice: * focus on beliefs * pre-and post-module self-assessment sheets * reflective tasks

  14. DELPHI Approach to modules • key theories, research • practical applications, classroom techniques, tips • sample teaching materials • video, audio clips • interview extracts (tutors, students)

  15. DELPHI • interactive tasks linked to commentaries • hyperlinks to readings and other modules • annotated further reading • assessment task for AP(E)L • 20-25 hours’ training per module

  16. DELPHI Applications • initial training: a post-generic initiation? • subject-specific component of PG Cert/Diploma? • guide for lecturer and HoD in devising, setting and reviewing ongoing CPD targets?

  17. DELPHI For further information, page the oracle at: www.delphi.bham.ac.uk

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