This document summarizes the Masters in Teaching English program at the University of Nice. The 2-year program covers disciplinary knowledge of English literature and culture; didactic knowledge around teaching skills and methods; teaching practice including a placement; and preparation for the CAPES teaching certification exams. Coursework is organized into blocks covering these areas, with classes taught by university faculty and partner teachers/inspectors. Students will complete a teaching placement in November/December and sit the CAPES written exams in March as a precaution for the oral exams in June. The document provides program objectives, partners, course schedules, and next steps for student evaluation and communication.

1. 9 September 2013 S. Whyte
MASTERS inTEACHING
ENGLISH
Information meeting

2. 9 September 2013
MÉTIERS DE L’ENSEIGNEMENT
DE L’ÉDUCATION
ET DE LA FORMATION
Etudes anglophones - CAPES - Enseignement collège / lycée
MASTER 2 LANGUES
ANGLAIS ENSEIGNEMENT
MEEF 1
M2 Ens
9 September 2013 S. Whyte

3. Masters in
Teaching English
✤ objectives
✤ partners
✤ programmes & timetables
✤ ongoing organisation

4. What do you need to know to
teach English?

5. ability to
speak English
teaching skills
knowledge about English
language and culture
understanding of how
people (teenagers) learn
awareness of institutional
opportunities & constraints
acquaintance with
theories of second
language acquisition
and teaching

6. Where do you learn these skills?
English proficiency
teaching skills
English language and culture
transversal competences
(educational psychology, ICT)
institutional opportunities & constraints
second language acquisition & teaching

7. Teaching blocs or modules
English proficiency
teaching skills
English language and culture
transversal competences
(e.g., educational psychology)
institutional opportunities & constraints
second language acquisition & teaching
Disciplinary
knowledge
Teaching
profession
Teaching practice
Research
Didactic knowledge

8. national blueprint for
Masters inTeaching
✤ disciplinary (disciplinaire)
✤ didactic (didactique)
✤ research (recherche)
✤ teaching context (culture
commune, exercice du métier)
✤ teaching practice (mise en
situation professionnelle)
Not M2
M2
M2
Not M2
Not M2
MÉTIERS DE L’ENSEIGNEMENT DE L’ÉDUCATION
ET DE LA FORMATION
MEEF 1

9. Block 1: disciplinary knowledge
1. disciplinaire
2. didactique
3. recherche
4. culture commune :
l’exercice du métier
5. mise en situation
professionnelle
Disciplinary
knowledge
Teaching
profession
Teaching practice
Research
Didactic knowledge
• Literature: Mme Liénard,
M Gutleben
• Civilisation: M Revest
• Translation: M Gutleben,
M Oustinoff
• Grammar: M Merle
• Audio/video: Mme Tortel,
Mme Hildenbrand
Wednesday,
Thursday,
Friday
CARLONE
CAPES preparation

10. CAPES exams
Written
(each coefficient 2)
1: Composition
5-hour synthesis in English of extracts from English literary works
and/or texts of cultural/historical relevance with respect to the
two literary themes and cultural notions which currently figure in
high school English programmes (collège and lycée).
2: Translation
5-hour translation into English or French (no choice) plus French
essay including linguistic (grammatical) and cultural factors
which affect the translation.
Disciplinary
knowledge

11. CAPES exams
Oral (each coefficient 4)
1: Professional practice
A one-hour exam (30 minutes English, 30 minutes French) based on a collection of resources
(texts, images, audio/video, pedagogical, textbook extracts) related to one literary theme or
cultural notion in current secondary English programmes. First the candidate synthesises the
documents in English (20 minutes) then justifies and develops this presentation in a 10-minute
exchange. Then the candidate presents suggestions for the pedagogical exploitation of the
documents by identifying relevant literary, cultural and linguistic elements and proposing
classroom activities (20 minutes in French) and justifies these choices in a 10-minute exchange.
Candidates have three hours' preparation time.
2: English comprehension and teaching
A one-hour exam (30 minutes English, 30 minutes French) based on an authentic audio or video
document (3 minutes) related to a cultural notion from the secondary English programmes, and
a collection of resources including learner productions and institutional texts. The candidate
first presents the document and explains its pedagogical value in English (30 minutes). Then
the candidate analyses the accompanying texts in French (30 minutes). Candidates have two
hours' preparation time
Disciplinary
knowledge
Didactic knowledge

12. 1. disciplinaire
2. didactique
3. recherche
4. culture commune :
l’exercice du métier
5. mise en situation
professionnelle
Disciplinary
knowledge
Teaching
profession
Teaching practice
Research
Didactic knowledge
ex-IUFM
• Mme Laboz
secondary teachers/trainers
• Mme McClure
• M Bessière
inspectors
M Abolivier
Mme Octor
Block 2: didactic knowledge
Tuesday Liégard
CAPES preparation

13. 1. disciplinaire
2. didactique
3. recherche
4. culture commune :
l’exercice du métier
5. mise en situation
professionnelle
Disciplinary
knowledge
Teaching
profession
Teaching practice
Research
Didactic knowledge
Block 4: Culture commune
• ESPE instructors: Monday
• Gestion des obstacles à
l’apprentissage des
langues (GOAL): Mme
Whyte (Friday)
• ICT: Mme Whyte
(Friday)
CARLONE

14. 1. disciplinaire
2. didactique
3. recherche
4. culture commune :
l’exercice du métier
5. mise en situation
professionnelle
Disciplinary
knowledge
Teaching
profession
Teaching practice
Research
Didactic knowledge
Block 5:Teaching practice & research
• Action research: Mme
Whyte (Friday, Carlone)
• Teaching placement: Mme
Laboz (Tuesday, Liégeard)
2 weeks Nov/Dec in schools

15. http://unice.fr/lettres/departements/anglais/emploi-du-temps

16. ✤ admissibles: 3-day teaching placement (Mon, Tues, Thurs)
✤ non admissibles: possibility of teaching placement?
✤ orals in June => Agir en fonctionnaire (Bardière, Tues 10-12h)
✤ written exams in March (as precaution) => blocs 1 & 2
✤ disciplinary and didactics blocs => literary/civilisation/grammar +
oral practice = CAPES preparation
MASTER 2 LANGUES
ANGLAIS ENSEIGNEMENT
M2 Ens
9 September 2013 S. Whyte

17. http://unice.fr/lettres/departements/anglais/emploi-du-temps

18. Masters in
Teaching English
✤ objectives
✤ partners: UNS, ESPE, Académie
✤ programmes & timetables
✤ ongoing organisation

19. To do ...
✤ evaluation (CC/équivalences)
✤ semester 2
✤ focus on course content and
independent study
✤ develop student network (FB?
MEEF 1)
✤ communicate with moderation
ME
YOU

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