MFL INITIAL TEACHER EDUCATION AT VPU

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MFL INITIAL TEACHER EDUCATION AT VPU

• LORETA ANDZIULIENE
• Department of English Didactics
• FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
• VPU

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Course Length

• Four years for BA degree accompanied by teacher
  professional qualification diploma
• 160 credits
• 1 Lithuanian national credit is equal to 40
  student working hours, both contact and
  independent.
• 1-semester studies grant the student with 20
  national credits

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Entry requirements

• General Certificate of Secondary Education or its
  equivalent
• Status student

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Starting Age

• 18

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Selection

• Application form
• Based on National/school exam grades/points and
  school grades
• By way of competition

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Training for

• All secondary

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Structure Years 1-3

• General education theory
• Psychology
• School hygiene
• Subject didactics

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Form

• Lecture
• Seminar
• Exams

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Structure Year 4

• 8 week school teaching practice (TP) week 1
  observation, weeks 2-8 teaching practice under
  mentors supervision
• Educational ,school hygiene, psychology tasks
  carried out

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Course Content

• Subject knowledge in 4 communicative skills
• Phonetics
• Grammar
• Vocabulary development
• Basic academic communication
• Conversation
• Academic writing
• Literary text analysis

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Theory of Language

• Introduction to linguistics
• Lexicology
• History of language
• Theory of grammar
• Phonology
• Stylistics
• Translation

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• Cultural studies
• Literature
• Subject didactics and methodology
• Language skills testing and assessment

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Assessment

• Summative mark
• 10 credit lessons evaluation suggested by mentor
  (65)
• Educational, school hygiene and psychology tasks
  (25)
• Observation practice tasks (10)

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Roles and Responsibilities

• University
• Subject theory and practice
• Subject didactics

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Roles and Responsibilities

• TP Tutor
• Link between school mentor and institution
• Mentor selection and training
• Organising mentor/ student meetings
• School visits
• Trainee report analysis
• Finalising TP assessment

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Quality Control

• TP obligatory component of BA curriculum
• Faculty TP tutor accountancy for institution TP
  director
• Formal assessment of trainee readiness and
  teaching performance

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Drop out

• Very low

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Employment Opportunities

• 100 job opportunity, but often other employment
  preferred

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Thank you for your attention!

• www.vpu.lt
• loreta.andziuliene_at_gmail.com