This is an overview of the didactic principles that the Language Centre uses in its language teaching.
Principles of language teaching
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Language of instruction = target language. The target language, i.e. the language that the participants want to learn, must be used as the language of instruction.
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The language teaching must be as concrete as possible. In courses for specific groups, the teaching must dovetail with the situations that the participants will face in the language that is being learnt. Read more...
Student
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The student should be at the centre of the educational process.
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The student must have an active learning attitude and an active role in the educational process. Read more...
Teacher
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The teacher must let the students work as actively as possible during contact hours.
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The teacher must organize the lessons in such a way that the students are given an active role in the educational process. Read more...
Fellow students
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Fellow students play an active role in the educational process.
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Students and fellow students must take an active role and attitude when using working methods where cooperation is involved, such as peer assessment and cooperative learning.
Contact time
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The teacher contact time must be optimally used; lessons will only include activities that actually need a teacher to be present.
Electronic Learning Environment
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The Electronic Learning Environment is a learning tool in addition to the teacher.
The Language Centre aims to efficiently use the computer as a communication tool. In the coming years the electronic learning environment Nestor will be used not only during lectures but also in the general courses and, where possible and desirable, in specific courses.
