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Scots Language Teacher CPD – Course Guide

5. Assessment

B. Application Tasks

These tasks are central to your learning in this course. They focus on your application of what you have learned in your own classroom.

Successful engagement with section 4 of each unit will be work towards the successful completion of the course certificate requirements. You must successfully meet the criteria of Application tasks for at least five units out of Units 2 to 7. One of these must be the task for Unit 7.

Note that the application tasks for all units have the same wording:

Using the notes and ideas that you began to gather during the tutorial, complete steps 1-5.

  1. In your own time, continue planning your chosen activity, adding more detail where required.

  2. Try out the planned activity with your learners. You might want to gather some feedback from your learners about the activity as well, which you can bring to the course and share with your fellow students.

  3. Write an account of 250 to 300 words, highlighting the successes and challenges you encountered when applying what you have learned in terms of pedagogy and Scots language/use. It may be helpful to consider these questions:

    • What do you think worked particularly well in your classroom application?

    • Is there anything you would do differently if you were to repeat this lesson?

    • What are the next steps for your learners?

    • How will you provide further opportunities to practise and reinforce the use of the Scots language?

  4. Then post your reflective account in the unit forum.

  5. Read and comment constructively on an application task post by another colleague.

Make sure to submit any element which requires forum interactions with the group as timely as possible, since a meaningful exchange can only happen when all students engage with each other within the dedicated time frame. Your tutors will remind you of these time frames and will moderate the discussions in the course forum.

You will need to complete the Application tasks as a preparation for the professional recognition tasks.

Your tutor will monitor your work on the Application tasks throughout the course.