BEd in Pre-Primary Education / Бакалавр педагогики в Области Дошкольного Образования

Course Details

Course Information Package

Course Unit TitleTHE TEACHING OF LANGUAGE AT PRE-PRIMARY EDUCATION
Course Unit CodeLAN102
Course Unit Details
Number of ECTS credits allocated5
Learning Outcomes of the course unitBy the end of the course, the students should be able to:
  1. Analyze the concept ‘language knowledge’.
  2. Describe the psychological, social, and linguistic conditions in language teaching
  3. Illustrate the official specifications of language teaching in Greece and Cyprus.
  4. Describe the communicative-functional methodological principle according to which the infant acquires his/her native language by communicating with others in real communicative situations.
  5. Analyze ways of effective cultivation of oral speech and phonological awareness, language structure, reading, and writing according to contemporary linguistic and pedagogical perceptions.
  6. Describe activities of oral speech, language structure, reading, writing, and literature.
  7. Present the basic aims of the activities of language teaching as well as the goals, the materials, and the indicative process of each activity.
  8. Explain ways of guiding children and creating environment that promotes learning.
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
PrerequisitesNONECo-requisitesNONE
Recommended optional program componentsNONE
Course Contents•The conditions of infants: The language knowledge, the psychological, social, and linguistic conditions, the official specifications of language teaching.
•The teaching methodology: The communicative-functional methodological principle according to which the infant acquires his/her native language, activities of language teaching.
•The teaching of oral speech: Characteristics of oral speech, phonetics and phonology, phonological awareness, activities of oral speech.
•The teaching of language structure: The concept of language structure, the teaching of language structure in pre-primary education, activities of language structure.
•Literature as language genre and its teaching: Linguistics and literature, language and literature as history and as social and cultural products, creativity and diversity in language, language and literature as arts, literary and non-literary language in teaching, activities of literature.
•The teaching of reading: The concept of reading, teaching reading in nursery school, activities of reading.
•The teaching of writing: Characteristics of written language, teaching writing in nursery school, literacy, multiliteracies, activities of writing.
Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks
  • Ταφά, Ευ. (2001). Ανάγνωση και γραφή στην προσχολική εκπαίδευση. Αθήνα: Ελληνικά Γράμματα
  • Χατζησαββίδης, Σ. (2002). Η γλωσσική αγωγή στο νηπιαγωγείο: Δραστηριότητες για την καλλιέργεια της επικοινωνιακής ικανότητας και του γραμματισμού. Θεσσαλονίκη: Εκδόσεις Βάνιας
References
  • Αναγνωστόπουλος, Β. Δ. (1998). Γλωσσικό υλικό για το νηπιαγωγείο. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Καστανιώτης
  • Γιαννικοπούλου, Α. (1998). Από την προανάγνωση στην ανάγνωση. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Καστανιώτης.
  • Κακανά, Δ. και Τσολάκη, Κ. (1999). Η ανάπτυξη της γραφής στη προσχολική ηλικία (2η Εκδ.). Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Καστανιώτη.
  • Βυγκότσκι, Λ. (1993). Σκέψη και γλώσσα. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Γνώση
  • Γάκου, Ε. (2002). Προαναγνωστικές Δραστηριότητες. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Καστανιώτη.
  • Γιαννικοπούλου, Α. (2003). Εικονογραφημένα παιδικά βιβλία. Η συμβολή τους στην κατάκτηση του γραμματισμού. Σύγχρονο Νηπιαγωγείο, 33, 8-13
  • Καλλέργη, Η. Ε. (2000). Γλώσσα και παιδική λογοτεχνία. Σύγχρονο Νηπιαγωγείο, 15, 9-13.
  • Καφετζάκη, Σ. (2003). Γλωσσική καλλιέργεια. Το ετυμολογικό στο νηπιαγωγείο: Παρακτικές εφαρμογές. Σύγχρονο Νηπιαγωγείο, 33, 36-41.
  • Κουτσουβάνου, Ε. (1998). Μορφές και τρόποι εργασίας στο νηπιαγωγείο (2η Έκδ.). Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Οδυσσέας.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The teaching consists of lectures that provide the theoretical background, discussions of language teaching in pre-primary education, presentations of activities of language teaching, and research by the students. The criteria for selecting the specific activities, techniques and materials are based on the philosophy and principles of teaching the functional use of language. The preparation of research project aims to further develop the pedagogical and research skills of students, develop critical thought and to prepare them for the teaching practice.

Assessment methods and criteria
Midterm30%
Assignments10%
Final Exam60%
Language of instructionGreek
Work placement(s)NO

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