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Full
time teacher training course on Modern Languages
Information required for application form:
inst code name:
SUSX
inst code:
S90
course code:
R9X1
Institute Profile
The University of Sussex is situated on a modern
campus, set in acres of leafy parkland, on the
edge of the South Downs. It is a medium-sized
campus, small enough to be friendly and welcoming,
but large enough to offer a lively social life
and a wide range of extra-curricular activities.
The seaside city of Brighton is only a few minutes
away.
Impressively, the University pioneered the model
of school-based teacher training, which has now
been adopted by all training institutions in England.
Local schools have joined the University to form
the Sussex Consortium for Teacher Education and
Research and are equal partners in training teachers.
The result of this long-established relationship
is that the trainees receive excellent support,
both from their placement schools and from the
experienced teachers or 'mentors', who have volunteered
to train new teachers and provide models of good
practice.
About the Course
The course prepares you to teach two languages,
usually French to GCSE and A Level, or French
to GCSE and another European language to A Level.
The University of Sussex Language Institute provides
an excellent high-tech resource in order to develop
linguistic skills and confidence, with special
attention paid to the second foreign language.
We also offer you the possibility of continuing
your development at the Goethe Institute in Germany,
at the end of the PGCE.
The course provides essential training in teaching
grammar in a meaningful context. Components include
the National Curriculum, creative methods for
teaching GCSE and AS/A Level, assessment and differentiated
group work. We also explore the use of drama,
music, games and ICT to make language teaching
fun and accessible to a wide ability range.
Entry Requirements
A relevant first degree, from a United Kingdom
higher education institution or equivalent qualification
is necessary. Applicants with a foundation degree
will need to supplement this qualification with
at least 60 credits at HE, level 3. Also, an 'A'
level or degree in French, or its equivalent,
or French as a native language as well as English
and mathematics GCSE at grade C or above.
The University has set out clear guidelines of
the type of person they require. They are looking
for applicants with:
- Effective communication skills
- Recent experience in a British modern foreign
language classroom
- Experience with young people or schools
- The ability to evaluate practice and to address
weaknesses
- A commitment to developing children as individuals
- An awareness of current educational developments
- Initiative, flexibility and responsiveness to
change
- A sense of responsibility
- Strong organisational skills
- The ability to work in a team
- Experience gained outside the educational system.
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