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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

English for Teaching Purposes

Thinking about teaching your university subject in English but it’s not the Language you normally use? Then, English for teaching purposes is the course for you. A course on English and teaching methodology that aims to help university lecturers do their teaching in English, in line with university internationalisation policies. The course structure is the same for all learners and there are opportunities for them to link up with colleagues from universities all over the world who share the same discipline and discourse community, to ask questions and exchange ideas. This MOOC targets lecturers who wish to begin using English in their teaching. A priori, this means university lecturers from countries where English is not the L1 or a widely-used language (Romance language-speaking countries, for example), though in fact the course is open to teachers from all educational stages who want to teach through English, following the principles of EMI (English Medium Instruction). On completing the course, you should be able to do the following. a) Teach a university subject in English, having gained the necessary confidence and skills. b) Integrate all aspects of CLIL (methodological, pedagogical, strategic, attitudinal, motivational, linguistic, sociolinguistic and pragmatic) to put together their own English-medium course on their particular subject. c) Describe the characteristics of the university lecture discourse genre (planning, agents, channels, phases, dynamics, and current flexibility of the genre). d) Understand and perform the basic linguistic macro-functions within English teaching discourse. e) Understand and perform, using the appropriate linguistic exponents (vocabulary, structures, and phraseology), the main micro-functions in English teaching discourse: metalinguistic, informative, evaluative, inductive, and social. f) Consolidate their oral expression and interaction skills, and their grammar and vocabulary, at English levels C1 and C2 as defined by the Council of Europe. English for Teaching Purposes is a course provided by the Language Service at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB).

Status: Professional Development
Status: Verbal Communication Skills
Course16 hours

Featured reviews

MF

5.0Reviewed Mar 7, 2016

It is a valuable course. I completed this and it made me enabled to efficiently and fluently deliver lecture in English.

AA

4.0Reviewed Aug 28, 2020

I found this course extraordinarily useful in preparing and especially in the delivery of the teaching lessons. I aspire to become a teacher and this course is useful.

NA

5.0Reviewed Apr 28, 2023

i am very happy to learning here.this is a good platform for learning.paksitan don't have this type plateform

PK

5.0Reviewed Jun 17, 2020

EXCELLENT LECTURE SERIES I LEAN SOMETHING ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION SKILLS THANK YOU ALL

ML

5.0Reviewed Jul 14, 2019

Excellent course, the teachers are amazing and all the information is extremely helpful.

JP

5.0Reviewed Oct 9, 2015

This is a mandatory course for everyone who wants to teach in English, even if you are a native English speaker.

EE

5.0Reviewed Jan 29, 2021

its amazing course, which gives me a chance to explain any lesson in away like a professional one.I'd like to thank everyone who did his best with us from the beginning

KM

5.0Reviewed Apr 24, 2023

Thank you all of our teachers/ instructors and all members in this course as well as Coursera team.I do thank.

MV

5.0Reviewed Jun 18, 2020

I found this course extraordinarily useful in preparing and especially in the delivery of the teaching lessons. I aspire to become a teacher and this course is useful.

MM

5.0Reviewed May 9, 2020

Excellent course, I am an English teacher myself and took the course out of curiosity, and could have fun learning something and enjoying the teacher. I recommend it.

MZ

5.0Reviewed May 20, 2020

It is a good course to learn how to teach in English. I am much thankful to the Coursera team and my instructors.

MA

5.0Reviewed Nov 4, 2022

This course is very helpfull for anyone who wishes to teach any subject in English,I advice you to give it a try, you will like it more and more after every lesson.

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