APTE - Elective Course: AI as Teaching and Learning Assistant in EFL

TU Dresden | semesterübergreifend APTE - Elective Course: AI as Teaching and Learning Assistant in EFL

“ AI as Teaching and Learning Assistant in EFL” is one of several courses within the module APTE (Advanced Practice of Teaching English). The seminar engages with questions such as: How can Large Language Models (LLMs) support teachers in fostering reflection, judgment, and creativity? How might AI-assisted feedback enhance human interaction and reinforce the teacher’s role in learning? During the course, students will develop the competences needed to foster digital media literacy in their learners. They will explore and work on task designs that support reception, production, as well as interaction, for use in school contexts. This course is open for all school forms.

The Prüfungsleistung APTE-Komplexe Leistung consists of a portfolio which integrates tasks related to all mandatory APTE courses and to your selected elective course.

RELATED MODULES

This course can be studied and credited either in the context of the module Advanced Practice of Teaching English (APTE) (option 1) or in your supplementary studies ("Ergänzungsbereich") (option 2).

Option 1 : In the context of the module APTE, this course represents one of serveral elective courses offered, one of which must be chosen. Apart from the elective courses, the module APTE includes the mandatory courses APTE-Units (phases 1/2/3: pre/while/post-SPB), APTE-SPB and APTE-Classroom English. Note: In the context of the APTE module, each of the elective courses covers only 1 SWS.

Option 2 (SO 2012-13) : In the context of your supplementary studies ("Ergänzungsstudien"), this course is one of serveral courses specifically tailored to the needs of TEFL students and offered in the context of the following modules: Grundschule: EGS-SEGS1; Oberschule EGS-SEOS-1/2/3; Gymnasium: EGS-SEGY-1/2/3; Berufsbildende Schulen: EGS-SEBS-1/2/3 (1 SWS, 2 LP, Projektarbeit, graded). You can find them in the catalogue ("Katalog Ergänzungsstudien") and select one or more of them. Note: In the context of "Ergänzungsstudien" according to SO 2012-13, each of the elective courses covers only 1 SWS.

Option 2 (SO 2023-24) :In the context of supplementary studies ("Ergänzungsstudien"), this course represents one of serveral courses offered in the context of the module EGS-SEGY/BS/OS/GS-SB-1 (“Vertiefte bildungswissenschaftliche und fachdidaktische Aspekte“. To complete the module, two courses need to be selected. In the catalogue ("Katalog Ergänzungsstudien") you can find this module, which is specifically tailored to the needs of TEFL students, under the title "Core Aspects of Teaching English in Depth" (4 SWS, 5 LP, Komplexe Leistung, graded). Note: In the context of the "Ergänzungsstudien" according to SO 2021-22, each of the elective courses covers 2 SWS - and the whole module 4 SWS.

EXAM

if studied in the APTE module according to option 1: The Prüfungsleistung APTE-Portfolio (in SO 2023-24: Komplexe Leistung) integrates tasks related to all APTE courses mentioned above.
if studied in "Ergänzungsstudien" according to option 2 (SO 2012-13): You will complete a "Projektarbeit" in each of your selected courses.
if studied in "Ergänzungsstudien" according to option 2 (SO 2023-24): You will complete a "Projektarbeit" in each of the two selected courses. Both "Projektarbeiten" will form a "Komplexe Leistung".

ORGANISATION

Participants need to enrol via OPAL (see Einschreibung). They will decide at the beginning of the course whether they want to study it according to option 1 (APTE module) or option 2 ("Ergänzungsstudien": either SO 2012-13 or SO 2021-22). Crediting according to both options at the same time is not possible, of course!