Classroom Discourse Competence

In language learning contexts, the role of the language teacher is a particularly crucial one: it is the teacher who, through and with their use of (the foreign) language, has a significant influence on the extent to which language learners are linguistically/cognitively activated, and thus determines whether processes of language learning are initiated and promoted, or perhaps even impeded or prevented. Thus, it is of utmost importance for language teachers to acquire a high level of classroom discourse competence (CDC) - a professional competence that goes far beyond the notions of FL proficiency and communicative competence. Located at the intersection of theory, classroom research and practical approaches to (E)FL teacher education, Classroom Discourse Competence: Current Issues in Language Teaching and Teacher Education offers university students, trainee teachers, in-service teachers and teacher educators a comprehensive conceptualization of CDC (Part I). Furthermore, the chapters in this book explore facets of CDC (Part II) and present good-practice examples of CDC development in the context of pre-service teacher education (Part III).

Dr. phil. Katrin Thomson ist seit 2017 als Akad. Rätin am Lehrstuhl für Didaktik des Englischen an der Universität Augsburg tätig. Ihre Promotion schloss sie an der Universität Jena ab, und nach dem Referendariat arbeitete sie an den Universitäten Münster und Wuppertal. Von 2020 bis 2021 vertrat sie die Professur für Fachdidaktik Englisch an der Universität Regensburg.

Part I - Introduction: Classroom Discourse and Classroom Discourse Competence Katrin Thomson Introduction. Classroom Discourse Competence (CDC) in Foreign Language Teaching and Language Teacher Education Katrin Thomson Conceptualizing Teachers' L2 Classroom Discourse Competence (CDC): A Key Competence in Foreign Language Teaching Part II - Exploring the Facets of L2 Classroom Discourse Competence Anna Rosen The Interplay between Teacher Input and Student Language in the Foreign Language Classroom. Focus on Conversational Competence Ralf Gießler Classroom Discourse Skills to Support Lexical Learning Jochen Baier / Emily Brehm Prompts as a Means of Scaffolding Literary Discourse Katrin Thomson L2 Classroom Management Competence in Pre-Service EFL Teacher Education. A Classroom Discourse Perspective on a Neglected Issue Charlott Falkenhagen / Sieglinde Spath Teacher Discourse Competence in CLIL Katalin Schober Teaching Pupils with Hearing Impairment in EFL Contexts. Towards Inclusive Classroom Discourse Strategies Part III - Practical Approaches to CDC Development in Pre-Service Teacher Education René Koglbauer / Jon Haines / Paul Seedhouse Video Enhanced Observation. Enhancing Reflection, Pedagogy and Students' Learning Karen Glaser Enhancing Pre-Service Teacher Training through Inquiry-Based Learning. An Analytic-Reflective Classroom Videography Assignment in the English Teaching Practicum Holger Limberg Classroom Corpora as Tools for Reflective Practice in Pre-Service Teacher Education . Olaf Jäkel Revisiting an Old Acquaintance: Exploring the IRF Pattern in Corpus Data from 5th Grade EFL Lessons Gabriele Blell / Friederike von Bremen Teaching Classroom Discourse Competence through Lesson Observation. Educational Resources Designed for EFL Teacher Training Katrin Thomson Enhancing EFL Classroom Discourse Competence at Pre-Service University Level. ClaDis - A TEFL Course for Advanced Student Teachers Sandra Stadler-Heer Developing Novice Teachers' Classroom Discourse Competence through Micro-Teaching and Reflective Practice Contributors