Course
12 August to 19 August 2012
Digital Audio and Video in Language Teaching (lang 3)
This course provide technical knowledge and skills about applications relevant to the development of multimedia activities for foreign and second language learning. It provides knowledge about sites with relevant information about the use of multimedia activities in foreign and second language teaching. It raise awareness of the pedagogical and methodological skills to effectively implement multimedia activities in classroom and to design web-based language teaching materials.
The idea of this course is "learning by doing" and "learning while doing": every day there will be workshop sessions. Participants will be actively involved and will develop - alone or in small groups - language activities and exercises for direct use in their lessons.
If you would like to be kept informed about this course, please send us an email.
Applicant Profile
This course is intended for newly qualified and practising foreign language teachers interested in the possibilities of the Internet for their classroom practice. A basic knowledge of computers is necessary: participants should at least be familiar with Windows platforms and word-processors
Application
Comenius and Grundtvig in-service training grant applicants should submit their completed application form and a copy of a diploma demostrating the English language skills as soon as possible, and no later than the 16th of Janaury, 2012. Applicants not seeking a Comenius/Grundtvig in service training grant can submit their application up to the 15th of May 2012 .
Details
Dates: 12th to 19th, August 2011.
Comenius/Gruntvig Application Deadline: 16th of January, 2012.
Capacity: 25 participants.
Language of Instruction: English.
Location: This course will be held in one of the building equipped with computer rooms of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) located in the city centre.
Computers: For this course, only the use of Windows computers is supported, there will be no facilities available for Mac users.
Fee: € 745,- (including course materials, welcome drink, access to the cultural evening programme).
Grant: COMENIUS 2.2/GRUNDTVIG 3 In-Service Training Grant of the European Union.
Comenius in-service training grants' course code: NL-2012-269-003. For more information on these grants please visit the website of the Lifelong Learning National Agency of your country. A list of National Agencies can be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/llp/national_en.html. Grundtvig in-service training grants' course code: NL-2012-268-002. For more information on these grants please visit the website of the Lifelong Learning National Agency of your country. A list of National Agencies can be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/llp/national_en.html.
Registration: Confirmed participants are expected to register between 14.00 PM and 16.00 PM on Sunday, 12th August, 2012 at the Felix Meritis building, located at Keizersgracht 324 in Amsterdam. Registration will be followed by an international food testing exercise and a welcome drink.
Work load: The course lasts for 1 week. It involves eight hours of teaching/sessions/practice a day, for 5 days a week.
Information
Mr. Ruggero Lala, Director of Programmes.
The Amsterdam-Maastricht Summer University(AMSU). P.O. Box 53066. NL-1007 RB Amsterdam. The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0)20 620 0225; Fax: +31 (0)20624 9368 Email: office@amsu.edu
Course Leaders & Tutors
Bart Bonamie (Belgium) Philologue
Bart Bonamie (Belgium) has an MA in Germanic Philology. After finishing his studies at the University of Ghent, Belgium, he worked at the same university for the Teacher Training Department at first, and later on for the Department of Education, specializing in digital literacy, youth cultures and integration of ICT in English language teaching. He is currently a lecturer of English at the Department of Tourism and Travel Management at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey.
Wouter de Jong (the Netherlands) ESL teacher Wouter de Jong holds an MA in English Language and Literature from the University of Leiden. Wouter teaches English, coordinates IT projects and administers the Electronic Learning Environment at a Dutch grammar school. He also advices teachers how to implement IT in their curriculum. Wouter has been an assistant for the AMSU courses since 2010
Ton Koet (Netherlands) - Teacher Trainer; Graduate School of Teaching & Learning (ILO), University of Amsterdam (UvA), Amsterdam School of Education (HVA).
Ton Koet holds an MA in English Language and Literature from the University of Amsterdam, an MA in Anglo-Irish Studies from the National University of Ireland and a PhD from the University of Amsterdam. He is a teacher educator and works for the Amsterdam School of Education and the Graduate School of Teaching and Learning of the University of Amsterdam. He has taught a variety of courses in initial teacher education, ranging from English phonetics and phonology to the English speaking world and from 20th century literature to English for classroom management. He has been active in the professional development of teachers, organising numerous courses on new technologies in language teaching. He is a Life Long Learning expert.
Working sessions at the University of Amsterdam
Coffee and Tea Break Well deserved Certificate award
PROGRAMME
Sunday 12 August 2012
12.00 arrival
14.00 registration
16.00 Welcome drinks & international Food testing exercise
Monday 13 August 2012
Morning
General introduction:
· added value of digital audio and video for language teaching
· examples of language activities with digital audio and video (CD-ROM and web-based)
· technical information: audio and video formats, players, streaming
13.00 Lunch
Afternoon
Finding and using ready-to-use multimedia-activities on the Web
Developing a task with web-based materials
18.00 Social and cultural programme
Tuesday 14 August 2012
Working with audio editing software
13.00 Lunch
Afternoon
Developing a task with digital audio
18.00 Social and cultural programme
Wednesday 15 August 2012
Morning
Working with digital video and with video editing software
13.00 Lunch
Afternoon
Developing a task with digital video
18.00 Social and cultural programme
Thursday 16 August 2012
Morning
Synchronous communication with audio and video
Design and develop tasks and activities using the acquired technical skills
13.00 Lunch
Afternoon
Design and develop tasks and activities using the acquired technical skills
19.00 Course Dinner
Friday 17 August 2012
Morning
Finalizing the tasks and activities
13.00 Lunch
Afternoon
Presentation of the activities to the group
Seminar wrap-up and evaluation
18.00 Social and cultural programme
Saturday 18 August 2012
14.00 Social and cultural programme
Sunday 19 August 2012
12.00 Departure
Course admission
Admission: € 745
The course fee does not include accommodation. For infomation about accommodation send us an email.
Application
Applicants must return the pre-registration form and required supporting documents. After they can apply to the national Agency. Apply for this course
