Workshop: Teaching Methods for EMI Settings

Unlocking Your Full Potential in English-medium Teaching

Workshop: Teaching Methods for EMI Settings

With the introduction of English-taught master’s programmes and the BBE, more and more classes at WU are taking place in English. This represents an exciting opportunity for lecturers to expand their teaching portfolio. At the same time, research has shown that the change to English-medium Instruction (EMI) brings a range of challenges as well as benefits for students and teachers. High expectations on both sides as well as new course formats require lecturers to consider their teaching practices and whether these are optimal for the specific context of EMI at WU. 

This workshop series will help you shift your perspective, exchange experiences and offer you insights that will help you unlock your full potential for ensuring quality in your English-taught course. It consists of the following three workshops:
 

• Competences for EMI
• Language for Classroom Management in EMI Settings
• Teaching Methods for EMI Settings

We recommend taking part in all three workshops of the series, but a participation in only one or two workshops is also possible. Please be aware that you have to sign up for each of the three workshops individually. If you want to sign up for "Teaching Methods for EMI Settings", please click "Register" at the bottom of this page. If you want to sign up for other workshops of the series as well, please follow the specific link of the favoured workshop above.

Target Group

All lecturers who are currently teaching in English as well as those who will do so in the future are welcome to join our workshops.

Workshop Content

This hands-on workshop will focus on:
 

• Tools and techniques for encouraging interaction in EMI classrooms
• Teacher presentation skills for maximising comprehension
• Designing visual aids to support learning

In this workshop participants will try out different didactic tools and thereby expand their teaching repertoire for the EMI setting.

Location, Date and Time

Thursday, 7 May 2020, 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm

All registered participants will be informed of the location by email one week before the event.

Fees and Registration

This workshop is open to a limited number of participants. The registration deadline is 23 April 2020.

Please note that you should notify us before the registration deadline if you are unable to attend the workshop. Otherwise the full fee will be charged. Please let the Personnel Development and Planning Office know if you will not be attending. There are often waiting lists for the workshops, and this will give one of your colleagues the chance to attend. In addition, if we can fill the vacancy with someone from the waiting list, no cancellation charges will apply for you.

To sign up for the workshop "Teaching Methods for EMI Settings", please click "Register" at the bottom of this page. By registration for this workshop, you accept our terms and conditions “Workshop and Event Registration Information Sheet”. Further information on the collection of personal data can be found in the document “Information obligations pursuant to Art. 13 and 14 of the GDPR”.

For any further information please contact Nina Rath ( Nina.Rath@wu.ac.at, Ext. 6173).

The course fee is €10.

Trainer

	Mag. Barbara Filzmoser   Barbara Filzmoser graduated from University of Vienna with a degree in English and French, Lehramt (teaching qualifications), She taught at secondary schools, and worked as a lecturer at Universities of Applied Sciences and various other institutions in Vienna; As of October 2016, she is a full-time lecturer at the Institute of English Business Communication at the Vienna University of Economics and Business.
	Dr. Barbara Schmidt-Unterberger   Barbara completed her PhD in Applied Linguistics on English-​taught degree programmes at business and economics universities, including a case study investigating the programme design of English-​taught master’s programmes at WU. She is currently Senior Lecturer at the Institute for English Business Communication and coordinates the EBC 1 programme. She teaches EBC 1, EBC 2 and, at the Institute for Business Education, the elective course “English as a Teaching Language”. She has published numerous articles on English-medium Instruction and has given presentations at international conferences on EMI and higher education policy.