POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN FRENCH FOR TEACHING AT POST PRIMARY LEVEL

Program Overview

It offers a range of modules in French language, literature, culture, and pedagogy, allowing students to tailor their program to meet Teaching Council requirements. The program can be completed in one year full-time or two years part-time and is taught by experienced academics from the Department of French Studies.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

Objectives:

• To provide domestic and international candidates with an opportunity to complete the subject-specific credits required to be accredited as a French teacher at the post-primary level by the Teaching Council of Ireland.
• It follows a three-pronged approach:
• Intensive studies in the areas of French language skills.
• Literary, cultural and film studies of the French-speaking world.
• French linguistics and language pedagogy.
• Allows applicants to register for up to 30 ECTS from a range of French-specific credits.
• Open to domestic and international candidates.
• Suitable for individuals who already teach in the post-primary system and want to add French as an additional subject to their skillset.
• Can be of interest to international candidates (including native speakers of French) who have completed their teacher education and require up to 30 ECTS credits in French to register as teachers of the language.
• All graduates of this program must hold a PME or equivalent and will be required to submit themselves for individual evaluation by the Teaching Council of Ireland.

Outline:

• Applicants can choose up to 30 ECTS from the following modules:
• Advanced Translation 1
(5 credits, offered in Semester 1)
• Maternal Counternarratives
(10 credits, offered in Semester 1)
• Indigenous women's writing in Quebec
(5 credits, offered in Semester 2)
• French Linguistics
(5 credits, offered in Semester 1)
• Pedagogical Approaches to Teaching French as a Foreign Language
(10 credits, offered in Semester 2)
• Advanced Translation 2
(5 credits, offered in Semester 2)
• Ecriture et Identité: Marguerite Yourcenar
(10 credits, offered in Semester 2)
• Huguenot Life Writing
(5 credits, offered in Semester 2)
• Narratives of Conflict in Twentieth Century France
(5 credits, offered in Semester 1)

Teaching:

• The program is taught by experienced and qualified academics from the Department of French Studies.

Careers:

• Graduates of the program can pursue careers as French teachers at the post-primary level in Ireland.

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