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The School of Languages

& European Studies

is proud to present

Making sense of

Modern French and German

an INSET course on French and German language and culture

for teachers of AS/A2 Level

We in the School of Languages and European Studies are delighted to announce the First INSET course for teachers of AS/A2 Level French and German in July 2007. 

Aim of the course

How can grammar be made easy and accessible?  How can teachers incorporate web resources into language classes?  How can different genres and text types be approached in a modern foreign language?  We aim to address these issues and more in this exciting new course.  As requested by teachers, no specific AS/A2 Level syllabus will colour the content of the various topics on offer.

Course timing and content

The course runs from Monday 9th July to Thursday 12th July 2007, with French topics on Monday and Tuesday and German topics on Wednesday and Thursday.  The following topics will be covered; the topics have links which will take you to a description of content (to be added).

French: French tenses made easy; The internet for language teaching; Goldilocks revisited - telling tales in the language classroom; Video classroom - education with vision.

German: German grammar made easy?; Germany's "doppelte Vergangenheitsbewältigung"; Trends in contemporary German; Genres and text-types.

Course elements will run for a morning or an afternoon session.  Registration will be allowed for individual topics; i.e., participants can sign up for elements which interest them, or for an entire week's programme. 

Morning sessions begin at 9.30am, with registration from 9am, and afternoon sessions begin at 1.30pm, with registration from 1pm.  

The programme for 2007 is as follows:

Details of some of the staff teaching on the course can be found by clicking on the names below:

French: Arnauld Desandère; Dominique Medley; Sara Poole; Ahmed El Rhazi

German: Peter Barker; Ian Roe; Kerstin Scheja; Ute Wölfel

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Application

Application can be made to Mrs Janice Brooks (see details below). 

CLICK HERE to download or view an enrolment form. 

To register your interest or reserve a place, please apply to Mrs Brooks.  

CLICK HERE  for directions to the University. 

The course costs are as follows:
Each morning/afternoon session = £35
An entire day = £65
Lunch is included on the day(s) that you are attending.

The deadline for application is Monday 11th June 2007.  Please note that places will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.  Numbers for each topic will be capped at 30 participants. 

If you wish to attend the course but have missed the application deadline, please contact Mrs Brooks about availability.

We regret that we are unable to organise accommodation for course participants.  Please see below for information on accommodation in Reading.

Cancellation

Participants must inform us in writing if they wish to withdraw from any part of the course.  In the case of cancellations made prior to 11th June 2007 after payment has been received, the applicant will receive a full refund, less £5 per morning/afternoon cancellation fee.  In the case of cancellations made after 11th June 2007, we regret that we cannot promise to return any fee.

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Accommodation

If you are intending to come to Reading for this course, please see details of accommodation at the following sites.  For general information about hotels and guest houses in Reading (this link will now work!):

http://www.reading.ac.uk/about/about-hotels.asp

Black Horse House, which is on campus, has en-suite rooms but is of limited availability.  At the time of publishing this site, rooms are available at a rate of £60 + VAT per night.  If you book two weeks or FEWER in advance, a discount rate may be offered (subject to the availability of rooms).  Details of Black Horse House can be found at the following website (this is a .pdf file and will require Adobe Acrobat Viewer), or call +44 (0)118 378 8906 for information:

http://www.info.rdg.ac.uk/guide/docs/BlackHorseHouse2O.pdf

Alternatively, please call +44 (0)118 378 8906 to enquire about reservations at Black Horse House.

For information or to book your place, please contact Mrs Janice Brooks at the following postal address, phone/fax number, or e-mail:

School of Languages and European Studies
University of Reading
P.O. Box 218
READING  RG6 6AA  UK

Tel. +44 118 378 8123 (International), 0118 378 8123 (UK)

E-mail: j.i.brooks@reading.ac.uk

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