PEDAGOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON AN ENGLISH-TAUGHT COURSE IN COMMUNICATION ADDRESSED TO NON-PHILOLOGIST MA STUDENTS

Authors

  • Vlad-Georgian MEZEI Faculty of Letters, Babeş-Bolyai University. Email: vlad.mezei@ubbcluj.ro.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbphilo.2024.4.11

Keywords:

English as a Medium of Instruction, Content and Language Integrated Learning, higher education, MA students, pedagogical approach

Abstract

Pedagogical Reflections on an English-Taught Course in Communication Addressed to Non-philologist MA Students. Supporting cross-border didactic and research cooperation, increasing visibility in international rankings, promoting multicultural academic environments, facilitating student exchange, attracting international students, encouraging staff mobility and improving graduate employability are some of the driving forces behind the efforts of most universities towards internationalisation. Babeş-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, as a multicultural international higher education institution, actively supports academic training and communication in international languages. According to one of the stipulations included in the language policy of the University, each master’s programme must comprise at least two courses taught in an international language in compliance with CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) methodological principles. The present paper draws on the author’s experience as a tutor of such an English-taught course in techniques and methods of negotiation and communication addressed to students enrolled in a master’s programme called Management of Sports Organizations and Activities at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport of Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca. The article discusses the development of a coherent pedagogical strategy for this particular course focusing mainly on aspects such as designing the course syllabus, selecting compulsory bibliography, preparing teaching scenarios, creating instructional materials, delivering in-class instruction, conducting assessment and collecting feedback from students.

 

REZUMAT. Reflecții pedagogice asupra unui curs de comunicare cu predare în limba engleză adresat unor masteranzi nefilologi. Sprijinirea cooperării transfrontaliere în domeniile didactic și ştiinţific, creşterea vizibilităţii în clasamentele internaționale, promovarea unui mediu academic multicultural, facilitarea schimburilor de studenți, atragerea de studenţi internaționali, încurajarea mobilităţii cadrelor didactice și îmbunătăţirea şanselor pe piața muncii a absolvenţilor sunt câteva dintre motivele pentru care universitățile depun eforturi pentru internaționalizare. Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca, România în calitate de instituţie de învăţământ superior multiculturală şi multilingvă sprijină în mod activ instruirea academică şi comunicarea în limbi de circulaţie internaţională. Conform uneia dintre stipulările politicii lingvistice a Universităţii, orice program masteral trebuie să conţină cel puţin două cursuri predate într-o limbă de circulaţie internaţională în concordanţă cu principiile metodologiei CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning). Această lucrare are ca punct de pornire experienţa autorului ca titular al unui asemenea curs de tehnici şi metode de negociere şi comunicare adresat unor masteranzi în cadrul programului Managementul Organizaţiilor şi Activităţilor Sportive organizat la Facultatea de Educaţie Fizică şi Sport a Universităţii Babeş-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca. Articolul prezintă dezvoltarea unei strategii pedagogice coerente pentru acest curs concentrându-se îndeosebi pe aspecte precum elaborarea fişei disciplinei, selectarea bibliografiei obligatorii, alcătuirea unor scenarii didactice, crearea materialelor didactice, predarea la clasă, asigurarea examinării şi colectarea feedback-ului de la studenți.

Cuvinte-cheie: Engleza ca mijloc de predare, Învățarea Integrată a Conținutului și a Limbii, învățământ superior, studenţi masteranzi, abordare didactică

 

Article history: Received 10 January 2024; Revised 25 June 2024; Accepted 15 October 2024;
Available online 10 December 2024; Available print 30 December 2024.

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2024-12-10

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MEZEI, V.-G. (2024). PEDAGOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON AN ENGLISH-TAUGHT COURSE IN COMMUNICATION ADDRESSED TO NON-PHILOLOGIST MA STUDENTS. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Philologia, 69(4), 237–256. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbphilo.2024.4.11

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