CREATING A RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE ONLINE COURSE
COURSE AIM: Development of methodological competence in using new educational models and technologies in the work of a teacher of Russian as a foreign language.
48 hours, 6 weeks (Start date: October 10, 2018)
FREE OF CHARGE
CERTIFICATE OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
FOR WHOM
- International teachers of Russian who work in Chinese universities
- Russian proficiency level – C2
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF THE COURSE
It is hard to imagine a modern educational process without electronic teaching aids. Blended learning technologies allow using a wide range of methods and techniques for teaching Russian as a foreign language, open up the potential for creating an individual educational path. Teaching techniques in the electronic environment are constantly developing and the educational capabilities of online courses are of great interest to linguists, specialists in the teaching methodology, and educators. This course is designed for academic instructors who are eager to apply modern techniques for teaching Russian as a foreign language.
COURSE CONTENT
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DESIGN OF ONLINE COURSE (WEEK 1)
The course participants will get an insight into the basic principles of designing online courses (OC), learn the requirements for the structure of OC, and plan the schedule of a future course.
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DEVELOPMENT OF STUDY MATERIALS (WEEK 2)
Students will learn about the main requirements for preparation of text materials, presentations, images, video and audio files, and assignments (tests, individual and group tasks) that will be included in the online course.
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TECHNOLOGIES AND TECHNIQUES FOR FORMING LINGUISTIC AND COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE (WEEK 3)
Students will get familiar with the three types of competence in the process of teaching Russian as a foreign language, complete tasks to master grammatical skills in all types of speech activity.
The course attendees will work on teaching materials with the help of which linguistic and communicative competence will be developed.
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CONTROL OF THE ACQUIRED LINGUISTIC AND COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE (WEEK 4)
The course participants will create tasks that will check the gained linguistic and communicative competence.
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COURSE UPLOADING TO THE DISTANCE LEARNING PLATFORM (WEEK 5)
The course attendees will get an insight into the system of distance learning at SUSU and upload their e-learning courses in compliance with the requirements for ELC structure.
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COURSE QUALITY ASSESSMENT (WEEK 6)
The attendees may familiarise themselves with the colleagues’ unique developments and discuss the unconventional approaches and interesting techniques.
The best works will be admitted to the competition of unique Russian as a foreign language online courses.
LECTURERS
Deputy Director of the Institute of Open and Distance Education
Associate Professor of the Department of Russian as a Foreign Language
Associate Professor of the Department of Russian as a Foreign Language