Engels Eerste Addisionele Taalopleiding (Senior Fase- en VOO-opleiding)
English First Additional Language Education (Senior Phase and FET Teaching)
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Registrasies sluit
2 Julie 2025
Ideale Kursusganger
Die kursus is ideaal vir enige voornemende of huidige Engelse onderwysers wat bemagtig wil word met ʼn diepgaande kennis oor die onderrig van Engels as ʼn addisionele taal op skoolvlak.
Datums
Die kursus sal oor ses weke strek, in die tweede semester 2025. Die sessies (ses in totaal) word aanlyn via Teams aangebied.
Datum: Maandag 7 Julie 2025. Week 1 – Oriënteringsweek
Datum: Maandag 14 Julie 2025. Week 2 – Learning Unit 1: English proficiency
Datum: Maandag 21 Julie 2025. Week 3 – Learning Unit 2: Engaging with the English First Additional Language curriculum
Datum: Maandag 28 Julie 2025. Week 4 – Learning Unit 3: Pedagogical content knowledge
Datum: Maandag 4 Augustus 2025. Week 5 – Learning Unit 3: Pedagogical content knowledge (continued)
Datum: Maandag 11 Augustus 2025. Week 6 – Learning Unit 4: Lesson plans
KURSUSAANBIEDERS
Dr. Nic de Jager
Dr. Nic de Jager is ʼn senior dosent in die Fakulteit Opvoedkunde en spesialiseer in Engels vir beide die BEd- en NGOS-programme. Hy het ʼn baccalaureusgraad in Onderwys (Senior Fase- en Verdere Onderwys en Opleiding)-onderwys aan die Noordwes-Universiteit verwerf, en daarna ʼn BAHons in Engels-onderwys, ʼn MA in Toegepaste Taal en Geletterdheidsonderwys en ʼn PhD in Onderwys aan die Universiteit van die Witwatersrand. Dr. De Jager se passie vir onderrig en opvoeding lê in die kunste, letterkunde en verskeie digitale platforms, en die geleenthede wat hierdie areas vir kreatiewe uitdrukking en selfverwesenliking bied. Hy praktiseer sedert 2011 as onderwyser, vakhoof en dosent by verskeie sekondêre sowel as tersiêre onderriginstellings, onder meer Wits-universiteit en Tshwane-universiteit van Tegnologie. Hy het sodoende grondige praktykervaring as opvoeder in beide die hoërskool- en universiteitskonteks opgedoen. Sy navorsingsfokus is multimodale pedagogiek, spesifiek die toepassing van alternatiewe onderrigstrategieë in die ontsluiting van voorgeskrewe vakkennis. Sy gepubliseerde werk sluit akademiese artikels asook ontwerpe vir boekomslagte in. Sy nuutste gepubliseerde artikel is getiteld “A Planet in Distress: Cross-Curricular Integrations of Visual Texts in the Mainstream Learning Context” (De Jager & Steyn, 2023).
KURSUSLEIER
Dr. Nic de Jager | nic@akademia.ac.za
English First Additional Language Education (Senior Phase and FET Teaching)
This short course provides a comprehensive and in-depth overview of English First Additional Language Teaching, for both PGCE students and practicing teachers in the Senior Phase and FET (Further Education and Training) Teaching. The course covers a wide variety of subject-specific topics, as well as relevant issues in the language teaching milieu to equip students with specialised knowledge and skills in the linguistic as well as literary aspects of English. In this way, students can enter the language classroom with confidence and expertise in English as the language of learning and teaching (LoLT). The course is accredited at SACE and carries a total of twenty professional development points.
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COURSE CONTENT
- To develop high-level English First Additional Language (FAL) teaching knowledge.
- To integrate subject content and pedagogical knowledge, that will enable students to teach English FAL at Senior and FET level effectively.
- To focus on the integration of subject content knowledge; knowledge of the relevant curriculum policy; and relevant pedagogical knowledge.
- To enable students to apply the integrated knowledge, i.e. the English FAL teaching knowledge, in practice.
IDEAL COURSE PARTICIPANT
This course is ideal for any prospective or current English teachers who wish to be empowered with in-depth knowledge of the instruction of English as an additional language at school level.
DATES
The course will run over six weeks, in the second semester of 2025.
The sessions (six in total) will be presented online via Teams.
Date: Monday 7 July 2025. Week 1 – Orientation week
Date: Monday 14 July 2025. Week 2 – Learning Unit 1: English proficiency
Date: Monday 21 July 2025. Week 3 – Learning Unit 2: Engaging with the English First Additional Language curriculum
Date: Monday 28 July 2025. Week 4 – Learning Unit 3: Pedagogical content knowledge
Date: Monday 4 August 2025. Week 5 – Learning Unit 3: Pedagogical content knowledge (continued)
Date: Monday 11 August 2025. Week 6 – Learning Unit 4: Lesson plans
REGISTRATIONS CLOSE
2 July 2025
Course presenters
Dr Nic de Jager
Dr Nic de Jager is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Education and specialises in English for both the BEd and PGCE programmes. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Education (Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching) from the North-West University, a BAHons in English Education, an MA in Applied Language and Literacy Education and a PhD in Education from the University of the Witwatersrand. Dr De Jager’s passion for teaching and education lies in the arts, literature and various digital platforms, and the opportunities these areas offer for creative expression and self-realisation. Since 2011 he has practised as teacher, subject head and lecturer at various secondary as well as tertiary education institutions, including Wits University and Tshwane University of Technology. In doing so, he has gained in-depth practice experience as an educator in both the high school and university contexts. His research focus is multimodal pedagogy, specifically the application of alternative teaching strategies in unlocking prescribed subject knowledge. His published work includes academic articles as well as designs for book covers. His latest published article is titled as “A Planet in Distress: Cross-Curricular Integrations of Visual Texts in the Mainstream Learning Context” (De Jager & Steyn, 2023).
COURSE LEADER
Dr. Nic de Jager | nic@akademia.ac.za
