Viewing in Language Teaching

In the English language curricula of a number of countries – for example, Canada, Australia and Singapore – a new skill of viewing has been added to the traditional skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking. Undoubtedly, this new skill of viewing will be integrated into national curricula throughout the world in the near future. On this course teachers learn what viewing is, why it is important in language teaching and how to help their students become more active and effective viewers. There are a total of twenty contact hours. The course language is English but the course is suitable for teachers of other languages.

Course content
Sessions deals with the following themes:

– Multimodality in language education
– Visual literacy in language education
– The role of the skill of viewing in language education
– Generic viewing activities to use with photos, paintings, short films and videos
– How to use Visual Thinking Strategies (VTR) to develop viewing skills
– How to use Visible Thinking Routines (VTR) to develop viewing skills
– How to access viewing in the language classroom

Timetable

Monday to Friday, 9.30 – 11.30 and 12.00 – 14.00

Place 

Carrer Castillejos 326, Barcelona