The client:

University of Rostock, Germany

About the client:

The University of Rostock has 14,000 students and 2,933 staff members (in the medical care sector: 2,926) and offers fascinating perspectives into nearly all scientific fields. With its four profile lines Life, Light and Matter / Maritime Systems / Aging Science and Humanities / Knowledge-Culture-Transformation, the university is a leader in interdisciplinary research in the areas of natural and technological sciences, medicine, life sciences, humanities and cultural studies.

The opportunity:

The University of Rostock is inviting proposals for a 5-day course to cover “Effective English Medium Instruction – tools and principles for academic faculty teaching staff”

Course participants:

Up to 15 teaching staff drawn from the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences within the university, who will be responsible for the future delivery of faculty academic programmes through English

Course structure, delivery, length, date and location:

Modular, 5 days, full-time, face-to-face, onsite in Rostock, to take place on dates to be agreed within university winter semester October 2021 to January 2022 (Covid-19 travel restrictions permitting)

Themes to be addressed: 

General approaches to English Medium Instruction

• Advantages of EMI in Higher Education. Teaching strategies to facilitate comprehension
• Believing in bilingualism and making it work in the classroom
• Management of the multilingual classroom: experiences, strategies and challenges
• Challenges of English-Medium Instruction in university lectures
• Basic interpersonal communication skills

Planning and Assessment

• Lesson planning
• Implementing and evaluating written tasks in the bilingual classroom.
• Material design

Materials and resources

• Adapting teaching materials
• Use of ICTs (Information and communication technology) in bilingual higher education
• Use of E-ELP (European Language Portfolio) or Europass

Experiences in plurilingual classrooms

• Classroom experiences
• Teaching in English to classes with a high number of students: alternatives to facilitate participation and communication
• Experiences in the planning and implementation of subject specific strategies

Resources and strategies

• Using virtual tools 
• Resources and strategies to develop proactive teaching material in the bilingual classroom
• Design and use of educational resources to promote interaction when working in small groups 
• Finding resources for teaching in English and enhancing student involvement and participation

Course provider responsibilities:

Materials design, course delivery, trainer fee, trainer travel arrangements and costs, trainer accommodation arrangement and costs

Action required:

Submission of a proposal of the programme and price (including trainer fees and travel costs) by midday Central European Time on 30 June 2021

Contact:

Ailsa Kienberger, Head Education & Society, British Council Germany: ailsa.kienberger@britishcouncil.de