Speaking activity on an academic course

Do the following stages loosely relate to your academic courses?

What kinds of spoken forms i.e. seminars, workshops and lectures take place at each stage?

Do you agree with the balance of spoken forms? Do you have any reservations? If so, why?

Stage

areas

tasks

Introductory stage

Mapping the terrain

—  Overview – “shrinking” the subject

—  Methodologies

—  Principle theoretical concepts

—  Exemplary objects


Students work with grasping the discipline and getting to know its terrain



Stage

areas

tasks

Intermediary stage:

Plotting the map

—  More detailed view of key areas in the discipline

—  History of the discipline

—  Key questions and paradigm shifts


Students put methods and concepts to work within teacher-directed tasks or constraints

Students apply the principle of charity in understanding and accepting the key questions,
methodologies and conceptual tools in a positive light

Students gain a historical understanding of developments and shifts in the field.



Stage

areas

tasks

Exit Stage – the moment of critique

—  Pedagogical activities

—  Current readings in the field

—  Seminal readings and works


Students critically engage in their subject area

Students have an experience of being a participant in an academic community of practice



  Jo Eastlake 2013