TY Modules Booklet Polish - Flipbook - Page 2
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Guidelines
Guidelines for Transition Year beginners’ course
1. Aims
2. Planning your course
3. Teaching and learning
4. Students’ progress
1. Aims
The TY beginners’ course has been designed for schools and teachers who would like to introduce German,
Italian, Spanish or Polish as a heritage language at beginner level in Transition Year. Transition Year modules can
provide an opportunity to expose students to new languages and cultures. The modules in this course have been
formulated with this goal in mind and also aim to act as a structured support to teachers.
The course takes into account that the Transition Year programme in schools has to be flexible and this is
reflected in the way it is adaptable both in terms of time and content. The course has been designed in
collaboration with practising language teachers.
By the end of the course, the students will have developed their linguistic, digital, personal and intercultural
awareness skills.
2. Planning your course
The course consists of six modules designed under the following headings:
1) Introduction to the country/ies
2) Myself and others
3) Hobbies
4) Food and shopping
5) Holidays and festivals
6) Intercultural awareness
Each module consists of three or four tasks. Each task description includes a topic overview, a description of the
task, main learning outcomes, necessary resources and links, expected length of time, key language, suggested
scaffolding activities, self-assessment and key skills. Teachers can decide which or how many tasks they would
like to carry out in a given module. The modules have been designed to support teachers by cutting down on
preparation time. They can be used as they are or can be easily adapted to suit the needs and interests of
students.
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