Workshop: Introduction to Didactics and Teaching Methodology in English
An eight-session series, each session is designed to be independent of the others, so that participants may attend any number desired to the extent they feel useful. Additional assistance, resources, and information may be provided upon request.
- https://www.uni-giessen.de/de/fbz/zentren/ggl/curriculum/Postdocs/workshops/2026/didactics_english_teaching2026
- Workshop: Introduction to Didactics and Teaching Methodology in English
- 2026-10-23T09:00:00+02:00
- 2026-12-11T12:00:00+01:00
- An eight-session series, each session is designed to be independent of the others, so that participants may attend any number desired to the extent they feel useful. Additional assistance, resources, and information may be provided upon request.
23.10.2026 09:00 bis 11.12.2026 12:00 (Europe/Berlin / UTC200)
GGL seminar room 24, Leihgesterner Weg 52
Postdocs and doctoral candidates of the JLU
An eight-session series, each session is designed to be independent of the others, so that participants may attend any number desired to the extent they feel useful.
Dates (everytime from 9:00am - 12:00pm)
23.10.2026 Session 1: Introduction: What is teaching? What is learning? Definitions and working models
30.10.2026 Session 2: Learner types: The different types of learners, and approaches to reach them
06.11.2026 Session 3: Setting parameters: Determining what to teach and what not to teach, and why
13.11.2026 Session 4: Teaching styles: Different ways to provide learning opportunities
20.11.2026 Session 5: Material management: Ways to handle information transfer, activities, exercises
27.11.2026 Session 6: Focus on assessment: Methods of evaluating, providing feedback, testing
04.12.2026 Session 7: Classroom management: Creating and maintaining a productive learning environment
11.12.2026 (LAST) Session 8: Review and Revision: Lead-in to the first day of class
Aims
Aims: The series is designed to support GGL students as they prepare to teach in English. The foci of the sessions will be twofold: First to provide general information of the fundamentals of teaching, and second, to improve participants’ English language skills for use in providing instruction in the laboratory or classroom. Each session will consist of a theoretical topic or topics, followed by time for small groups of participants to actively produce exercises and activities designed to allow them the opportunity to put what they have learned into practice.
General Structure of three blocks of each session
- Introduction to and discussion of theory and methods (about 60 min.)
- Small group exercises designed to produce teaching example activities, focusing on the theory, methods and language related to the topic(s) of the day (about 60-90 min.)
- Group presentation of activities developed in the second block (the remaining time, about 60-90 min.)
Two short breaks will be included in each session.
Registration (max. 10 participants)
For detailed question please direct contact the trainer (Contact: englishopportunities@yahoo.de)