Study Programmes 2015-2016
PEDA4045-2  
French Teaching and Learning for basic teaching and lower secondary education, Part 1
Duration :
20h Th, 10h Pr
Number of credits :
Master in education (120 ECTS)3
Master in education (120 ECTS)3
Master in education (120 ECTS)3
Master in education (120 ECTS)3
Lecturer :
Patricia Schillings
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
This course is focussed on the mecanims that ensure the scaffolding, the control and the adjustment of the learning settings related to French. Three themes are developped :


  • the steering and the regulation of the learnings in French.
  • the language as a tool to communicate and acculturate one self;
  • the language as a tool to conceptualize and to learn.
Learning outcomes of the course :
At the end of the course, students will be able to analyze the professional skills which determine the effectiveness of the studied learning settings. More specifically, they will be able to :




  • to master the concept of literacy and digital literacy
  • to understand the pupils's difficulties in the area of reading expertise ;
  • to develop the ability to bring a new perspective to various learning settings such as the one studied in this class;
  • to design and regulate some learning settings which ensure the development of the targeted skills;
  • to assess/ to comprehend the learning constructed in the different learning settings;
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
none
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
The methodology combines theoretical presentations , analysis of students' productions and analysis of teaching/learning settings.
The course includes two types of assignement : on the one hand, the reading of a reading folder, and on the other hand, the participation to a conference on teaching and learning reading and wrinting skills on november 6th in HE Defré in Brussels and the drafting of a report.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Recommended or required readings :
A reading folder related to the different themes developped in the course wil be made available for students starting from the first class meeting (October 3rd).
Some additionnal texts could also be made available to deepen some of the topics.
Assessment methods and criteria :
Examen écrit. The written report will be part of the final mark (20%) . In case of missing report , the mark of the course will be equal to zero
Work placement(s) :
There isn't any internship but a practical work is assigned and describe above.
Organizational remarks :
The course is organized in 7 face to face modules of 3 hours each . Those modules will be organized on Saturday morning from 9 to 12 ( October 3rd , October 10th, October 17th, October 24th, November 14th , November 21th , November 28th . Student have to take part to a conference on November 6th in the HE Defré in Brussels
Contacts :
Patricia Schillings - Patricia.schillings@ulg.ac.be
Since I don't have any assistant devoted to this course, I would be grateful if you could only contact me by courriel, and give me a few days to answer your questions .