SIW5900 The Master's Thesis Emneplan

The teaching method will be based on a task approach, where a reflexive learning method will be the working method. The sessions in Caen, as an intensive and immersive session, will permit an appropriation of French as an elected language that the in-service students integrate so that they can be its emissary in their own class and country. Every module is seen as having two goals that work together: learning and teaching French.

Collaborative work in groups is encouraged, not only during the sessions in Oslo and in Caen, but also by e-learning method: peer-learning, exchange of good practices moderated and supervised by a teacher, collaborative and individual digital portfolio.

The organisation is as follows:

• one week compulsory intensive course in Caen in the summer: courses in the classrooms of the university, school outings and investigations in the city
• online period with supervision: online courses, tasks on the learning platform, feedback from peers and teachers, an online course delivered in synchronous time (frequency to be defined).
• two-day seminar at OsloMeet: classroom teaching.

The following coursework requirements must be approved before the student can take the exam:

80 % attendance and participation in face-to-face weeks and virtual sessions.

- One written assignment related to French culture and society (200 words +/- 10 %).

- One oral presentation related to French culture and society (5 minutes, online).

- One written assignment related to subject didactics (300 words +/- 10 %).

- One oral presentation related to French language (10 minutes, online).

The course requirements aim to enhance oral and written skills, integrating a task focused on vocabulary and grammatical structures. Further they aim to evaluate students’ ability to assess and select teaching and learning materials according to the age, the level, and the objectives of the target learners (pupils in classes 5-10).

Oral exam: Individual oral exam of a duration of 30 minutes. The student will be given a task to prepare 24 hours before the oral examination. The theme of the task will be picked from the topics of everyday life in France, by using authentic materials including literature and/or art. In addition, the student will have to link this to reflections about how this theme can be approached in the classroom through an action-oriented approach as a 30 minute lesson conducted in French.

All aids are allowed.

Written exam: Home exam of a duration of 4 hours. A written text of ca. 400 words. The exam consists of a reflection on foreign language learning acquisition in a classroom setting.

All aids are allowed.

The exam is constituted by two exams. The result of the two exams are combined and weighed equally.

The exams are in French.

New/postponed exam

The resit/rescheduled exam is organised in the same way as the ordinary exam. You resit the exam you did not pass.

All aids are allowed.

A grade scale with A being the highest grade and E the lowest pass grade is used. The grade F means that the student has failed the exam.

The exam will be assessed by two internal examiners. An external programme supervisor will be used in accordance with the Guidelines for Appointment and Use of Examiners at OsloMet.

1. Language: Oral and written communication and skills integrating a task focused on vocabulary and grammatical structures

2. Culture and society in French-speaking countries, including cultural, historical and geographical and everyday life knowledge about France and French-speaking countries through visual art, literature, song and cinema and cultural events.

3. Subject didactics with a task-oriented approach: how to choose and use a French textbook?

4. Subject didactics with focus on acquisition: what kind of learner am I?

Students are awarded grades on a descending scale from A to E for pass and F for fail.

The master's thesis will be assessed by two examiners. At least one examiner must be external. Neither examiner will be involved in the supervision of the master's thesis in question.