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OSU Foreign Language Center

General Schedule and SyllabusDownload syllabus as PDF

Dates: September 8-18; 8:30 am-4:00 pm weekdays; Afternoon program arranged by department.
Location: 180 Hagerty Hall; elsewhere as specified
Course Goals: The 801 course is intended as the beginning of a continued process of professional development that will extend throughout your career. The lectures, teaching practica, and materials presented in the morning and afternoon sessions will provide you with the basic tools and understandings that you will need to begin your development as a teacher of university-level language and culture

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First Meeting

Tuesday, September 8, 2009; 180 Hagerty Hall

8:30
Welcome: Dean John Roberts, College of Humanities
8:45
Introduction to course and distribution of syllabus, introduction of faculty, introduction to OSU students, Professor Diane Birckbichler
9:30
Break: room 186
10:00
First General Session, Lecture
11:00
Introduction to peer teaching and assignment
11:30
1st Day Lesson: A Concrete Example
12:00
International students meet with Karen Sobul
Specific language sessions (ask your coordinator for the specific starting and ending times)


Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009

8:30-10:30
Mixed language practicum/discussion sessions; 5-min. "1st day in the classroom" techniques
10:30-11:00
Break
11:00-12:00
General session; Lecture
Assignment: 10-min lesson: focus on vocabulary
12:00-12:15
Vocabulary Lesson
12:15-1:30
Lunch
1:30-5:00
Specific language sessions (see departmental syllabus)


Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009

8:30-10:30
Mixed language practicum/discussion sessions; 10-min lesson: focus on vocabulary
10:30-11:00
Break
11:00-12:00
General session; Lecture
Assignment: 10-min lesson: focus on vocabulary (continued)
12:00-1:30
Lunch
1:00-2:00
20 minute video of practice teaching
1:30-5:00
Specific language sessions (see departmental syllabus)


Friday, Sept. 11, 2009

8:30-10:30
Mixed language practicum/discussion sessions; 10-min lesson: focus on vocabulary
10:30-11:00
Break
11:00-12:00
General Session
12:00-1:30
Lunch
1:30-5:00
Specific language sessions (see departmental syllabus)


Monday, Sept. 14, 2009

8:30-9:30
University Policy Session
9:30-10:30
University Policy Session
10:30-11:00
Break
11:-00-12:00
General session; Lecture
12:00-2:00
Lunch
2:00-5:00
Specific language sessions (see departmental syllabus)


Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009

9:00-10:00
University Policy Session
10:00-10:30
Break
10:30-11:45
General session
Assignment: 20-min extended teaching lesson
11:45-1:30
Lunch
1:30-5:00
Specific language sessions (see departmental syllabus)


Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009

8:30-10:30
Mixed language practicum/discussion sessions; 20-min extended lessons
10:30-11:00
Break
11:00-12:00
General session; Lecture
Assignment: 20-min extended teaching lesson (continued)
12:00-1:30
Lunch
1:30-5:00
Specific language sessions (see departmental syllabus)


Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009

8:30-10:30
Mixed language practicum/discussion sessions; 20-min extended lessons
10:30-11:00
Break
11:00-12:00
General session; Lecture
Assignment: 20-min extended teaching lesson (continued)
12:00-1:30
Lunch
1:30-5:00
Specific language sessions (see departmental syllabus)


Friday, Sept. 18, 2009

8:30-10:30
Mixed language practicum/discussion sessions; 20-min extended lessons
10:30-10:45
Break
10:45-11:45
General Session Lecture
11:45-12:15
Course evaluation
1:00-5:00
Specific language sessions (see departmental syllabus)


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