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Education, psychology in education

Date of Publication

26/09/2021

Target Group

Lecturers
Students

Domain Area

Teacher Education

Learning Scenario

Autonomous learning
Classroom Context

Target Language

Slovakian

Language of Instruction

Slovakian

CEFR level

B2

Type of Material

Audio

Linguistic Features

Vocabulary

Skills

Listening
Speaking
Critical Thinking

Description

The present online source is a collection of podcasts about current issues related to education, e.g. bullying, child obesity, developmental disorders, children with Asperger’s syndrome, autistic children, teachers’ mental health, etc. There are interviews with psychologists, experts and physicians available in Slovakian. Students and teachers have the opportunity to get acquainted with the most relevant expressions and words related to certain fields of education and psychology. The podcasts are ideal for learners at B2+ level and they are appealing to those students who are interested in teacher training. This resource allows lecturers to use a motivating and authentic teaching material in the classroom.

Case study

The material can be tested in classroom context. Students are asked to do the activities recommended in the guidelines section below. After this, they can be tested on their knowledge about the field that a given podcast covers to check the efficiency of the interview and the related tasks. Also, a questionnaire can be designed so that the students participating in the project can give feedback on the source and the activities: Did they consider them useful, interesting and motivating? Do they think that they suit their needs? Do they have any ideas or suggestions for improvement?

Guidelines

Led-in-activity/warmer: the teacher activates the students’ background knowledge about the given topic.
Step 1: Pre-listening activity. The teacher introduces and explains the most important words in the podcast that the students may not be familiar with. Students are given worksheets containing questions, true or false statements, or fill-in-the gap exercises, etc., which need to be read carefully.
Step 2: Listening activity. Students do the given listening task. If necessary, they can listen to the podcast twice.
Step 3: Post-listening activity. The answers are discussed and explained while practicing speaking skills. If necessary, the students can listen to the relevant parts again to clarify misunderstandings.

Review

Category
Rate
Comprehensive approach
Capacity to match the needs of lecturers and students

5

Added value
The provided tangible improvements

5

Motivation enhancement
The capacity to motivate students to improve their language skills

5

Innovation
Effectiveness in introducing innovative, creative and previously unknown approaches to LSP learning

3

Transferability
Measurement of the transferable potential and possibility to be a source of further capitalisation/application for other language projects in different countries

1

Skills assessment and validation
Availability of appropriate tools for lecturers to monitor students’ progress and for students to assess own progress and to reflect on learning

4

Adaptability
Flexibility of the contents and possibilities for the LSP lecturers to adapt the contents to their and to students’ need

3

Usability
Assess the technical usability from the point of view of the lecturer and the student

4

Accessibility
Assess the accessibility from the point of view of the lecturer and the student

5

Comments:
The present online source suits the needs of students specialized in Teacher Education, as it includes information about some specific fields of education/psychology and contains relevant technical terms. The topics themselves can be motivating for students to read and speak in Slovakian. Assessment can be aimed at the vocabulary, the topic itself (i.e. what students have learnt about a given field) or their oral performance in the open discussion. It might be extremely challenging to apply this particular resource in different countries as all the podcasts are in Slovakian. Lecturers can use this source easily and it can be accessed and downloaded without difficulty.
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