Duration
21h Pr, 40h Internship
Number of credits
| Master of education, Section 5: French as a foreign language | 11 crédits | |||
| Master of education, Section 4: French as a foreign language | 11 crédits |
Lecturer
Maxime Alais, Hervé Bernard, Annick Fagnant, Géraldine Godet, Pierre Loriaux, Deborah Meunier, Laurent Mullens Boxho, N..., Virginie Oger, Delphine Polson, Coline Vincent
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The pedagogical internship will involve various activities having to do with practices of observation applied to a class studying French as a foreign language (or as a second language, alpha language, etc.), paying attention to teaching in various contexts (non-profit organisations, secondary teaching, foreign universities, etc.), to different sorts of work done in cooperation with supervisors and fellow students, and to writing thoughtful and critical reports for the various internship programmes.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Students will learn to :
- Develop an accurate critical view of teaching practices associated with French as a foreign/second language
- Produce adequate lesson plans that are appropriate for a given teaching situation
- Adapt themselves to differing teaching conditions (public, in different kinds of spaces, institutional constraints, etc.)
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Non-native French speakers must have achieved at least the C1 level in the French language in order to be admitted to internship programmes.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Trainees must complete 40 hours of teaching in one or more classes of their choice.
Lessons will be prepared with the assistance of the internship supervisor, who will have the task of helping with the lessons that are presented by the intern.
Each lesson given will be the subject of preparation and a written summary report of one page maximum (see assessment methods).
Furthermore, organized in disciplinary or interdisciplinary groups, the practical workshops (AFP) are intended to develop students' reflective approach before, during, or after an internship. Participation in these practical workshops (AFP) is mandatory. Except in cases of force majeure determined by the course coordinators, two absences (whether justified or not) will result in an absence grade for the practical workshops (AFP).
One AFP session will be dedicated to auto-heteroscopy. Students will therefore be required to record a video during their internship and obtain the necessary authorizations to do so. A document containing detailed information will be provided to students on eCampus.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Further information:
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
The intern may choose the locations where the work is to be performed, but at least one part of it must be performed in Belgium, and it is recommended that the types of public institutions be varied, in order for the work experience to be both rich and diverse.
In addition, the organisation of a work placement abroad is conditional on the successful completion of a first work placement in Belgium.
If the intern is already teaching, his/ her current workplace can be acceptable as a location for internship work, provided that the student is being supervised by an internship director (fellow teacher, pedagogical director) and a member of the Didactics Service for French as a foreign/second language is able to visit the intern and observe him / her at that workplace.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Further information:
Observation sessions and practical sessions (AFP) are mandatory. They are not subject to a numerical evaluation but a "YES/NO" in the final evaluation grid. The "NO" leads to postponement.
Each teaching internship is subject to an evaluation by the internship supervisor and a self-assessment by the trainee.
Each lesson given will be the subject of detailed preparation (see teaching sheet available on eCampus) and a summary written report of one page maximum.
Trainees write an individual professional development portfolio, with a reflective purpose, in which they mobilize the knowledge and know-how developed through the training, in connection with their professional practice.
The final grade obtained for each internship is an average of the grade awarded by the internship supervisor and those awarded by the members of the didactics department following the visits and the portfolio assessment.
The internship supervision conducted by the General Didactics team may take place in one of two ways: an in-person classroom visit or an analysis of the lesson based on a video recorded by the student. At the end of the internship, students must submit a self-evaluation report. A document containing detailed information will be provided to students on eCampus.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Internship information session on September 24th at 5pm, room philo 2 (XX aou^t). Portfolio information session on November 19th at 5pm, room philo 2 (XX aou^t).
All documents related to the internships will be downloaded or deposited on eCampus.
The trainee will have to encode all the information about his place of internship (dates, trainee, schedules, contact details etc.) via the online form (eCampus).
The teaching internships must be completed by the end of April 2026 at the latest.
Participation in practical sessions (AFP) is mandatory.
No 2nd session organized.
Contacts
Prof. Deborah MEUNIER
Université de Liège
De´partement de langues et litte´ratures romanes
Place Cockerill, 3, Bat. A2, 4/47
B-4000 Liège
dmeunier@uliege.be
Prof. Maxime ALAIS
Université de Liège
De´partement de langues et litte´ratures romanes
Place Cockerill, 3, Bat. A2, 4/45
B-4000 Liège
maxime.alais@uliege.be
Secrétariat : Ariane Nüsgens Ariane.Nusgens@uliege.be
Assistante : Charlotte STAS
Place Cockerill, 3 (Ba^t. A2 - 4e e´tage)
4000 Lie`ge
charlotte.stas@uliege.be