Study Programmes 2016-2017
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
Lecturer :
Patricia Schillings
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit 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 learning unit :
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 experimentation of a reciprocal teaching activity at the lower secondary school level. a written report of this teaching activity is required;
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 ( 18th february ).
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 AM to 12 AM
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 .