![]() PGCE Secondary Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) with Mandarin - University of Exeter The PGCE in Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) offers a course in Mandarin to graduates who are keen and eager both to bring to life within the 4 walls of the classroom the Mandarin language and Chinese culture, which they themselves love, and to nurture a life-long interest in language learning in their pupils. The course enables you to explore the challenges that face both teachers and learners of the Mandarin language in Britain today, the strategies for language acquisition in all its practical skills and the need for cultural awareness within the global dimension. The University-based term offers a solid grounding in the communicative approach to language teaching, which also puts emphasis on language as structure, as recommended in the National Curriculum. This part of the course is run almost entirely as interactive, practical workshops and seminars. The school-based terms are spent in dynamic MFL departments of a wide choice of schools across the South West. The 2010 Ofsted inspection acknowledged the quality of the training provision by experienced practitioners and has been impressed by the coherent link established between the professional studies element and the MFL module as well as the high quality support given to students. Provision is made for students to develop competence in French as a second teaching MFL, and trainees are required to teach this second language for a substantial part of their time on school placements. The use of Information and Communications Technology is developed to enhance the future teacher's own skills as well as to contribute to the preparation for effective MFL teaching in the 21st century. Duration 36 weeks. (One academic year) University of Exeter, Graduate School of Education, St Luke's Campus Heavitree Road Devon, Exeter EX1 2LU United Kingdom Fax Phone Phone: +44 (0) 1392 72 3009 Tuition charges Tuition fees: Please check website for details. Other Categories: Chinese Teacher Training Courses |