Procedural matters

TU team:
Daniel Coll
Alex Romenski
Merilyn Meristo
Sirle Kivihall
Tuuli Oder

Cf. folder
Estonian phone code: 372+
Emergency/ambulance/police:
112
TU Language Centre office:
A - 435
Tel. 372 6409126, secretary Tiiu Rumen

We have ~ 10 000 students, incl.
700 foreign students from 54 countries.
We have over 1100 staff members, including 567 academic staff members
*69% of Tallinn University alumni work as experts or managers.
We have one of the highest percentages of foreign academic staff in Estonia-
10% .
Continued education, open learning and Student
Academy courses annually visited by ~ 15 000 learners .
We have partnership agreements with 54 universities across the globe.
*Source: Estonian higher education alumni research, 2009

MISSION
To support the sustainable development of Estonia through high
quality research and study, education of intellectuals, public discussions and promotion of academic partnership.
By developing research carried out in Estonian and for the
development of Estonia, the university integrates into European education and research area, then through that integration contributes to the development of Estonia as a country with a smart
economy and an astute organisation of society.

VISION
Tallinn University has the leading role in promoting and developing an intelligent lifestyle in Estonia, thus supporting both Estonian sustainability, as well as selfactualization for individuals.

STRATEGIC
GOAL
By focusing resources and activities we aim to develop interdisciplinary research-based focus fields:
educational innovation;
healthy and sustainable
digital and media culture;
cultural competences; society and open governance.

According to the TU Academic Charter the university’s basic values are
openness, quality, professionalism and unity.

The University main Campus stands between
Narva Road and Uus-Sadama Street (15 064 m2)

This building is symbolized by laboratories
(including for psychology, computers, spectometry, chromatography, cellular biology and biochemistry).
Institute of Informatics
Institute of Communication
Institute of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Institute of Psychology
Institute of Political Science and Governance
Academic Library study center
Conference Centre, Information Centre
Lecture theatre Maximum
'star' – ambitious goals
Built in 2012. Architect Ignar Fjuk.

The Baltic Film and Media School in the courtyard of the university is the most modern one in Europe, accommodating a film pavilion, TV studio, make up and wardrobe rooms, sound studio, cinema
SuperNova with 105 seats, library, film rental centre and Estonian Digital Centre .
SuperNova is Estonia's only university cinema which welcomes all film enthusiasts and has
'new' – rejuvenation and development
Estonia's first 4K resolution projector .
Built in 2012.
Architects Karli Luik, Maarja Kask, Ralf Lõoke.

A spacious and refulgent building with lecture halls, working spaces for researchers, the Tallinn Hall, the Rectorate.
- Estonian Institute for Population Studies
- Estonian Institute of Humanities
- Institute of Educational Sciences
- Confucius Institute
- Institute of Fine Arts
- Institute of International and Social Studies
- Institute of Social Work
- Institute of Ecology
'sea' – freedom and openness
Built in 2006. Architects Mattias Agabus,
Eero Endjärv, Raul Järg, Priit Pent and Illimar Truverk.

Silva is a typical example of the Soviet
Architecture .
- Catherine's College
- Institute of Communication
- Institute of Estonian Language and Culture
- Institute of Germanic and Romance
Languages and Cultures
- Institute of Information Studies
- Institute of Slavonic Languages and Cultures
'forest' – science, scientists - Institute of Psychology
- Language Centre
- Student Union administrative office
Built in 1982.
Architect Ester Liiberg.

Ursa is located in the courtyard of the university. In the course of time, it has become a creativity centre for art students and home to sports teams .
Institute of Fine Arts
Studios
Sport halls
Built in 1964.
'bear' – determination

The oldest building of the university which was initially built for the Tallinn English
College . The architecture of this building, characteristic of late 1930s , is under heritage protection .
-Assembly Hall
-Institute of Fine Arts
-Centre for Innovation in Education
-Open University training centre
-Centre for Continuing Education
-Tallinn University Press
-Administrative units
-Choirs, folk dance and sports clubs
Built in 1938.
Architects Alar Kotli and Erika Nõva.
'land' – academic traditions and rigor

high expectations /dissatisfaction/ reaction timeline…………………………………………….ca 25 yrs!

1. 1900-1960’s: methods central approach
2. 1960-1990’s: communicative approach
3. 1990’s….- communicative- competence based approach

4xC:
-creativity
-critical thinking
-communication
-co-operation

CEFR http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/linguistic/

http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/
http://www.englishprofile.org/index.php/wordlists

Language for Specific Purposes or
Language and Communication for
Professional Purposes
(i.e communication in the professional setting)

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Needs analysis:
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Micro level (individual learner)
Meso level (workplace )
Macro level (society )

http://www.proflang.org/in-english/cef-professionalwebsite-handboo/

A.Background information
B.Occupational information
C.Context information
D.The most frequent routine situations
E.The most demanding situations
F.Snapshot

How the information found in the profile can be translated into language and communication practices in the workplace
The activity design should aim to mirror real-life practice as closely as possible

- linguistic content of a course
(before we can teach a language, we need to decide what linguistic content to teach; once content has been selected, it is organised into teachable units and arranged into a sequence (syllabus)

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- generally referred to as language teaching methodology (types of activities, procedures, techniques).
Once a set of teaching methods has been standardised and fixed in terms of principles and associated practices it is generally referred to as a method (e.g TPR,
Audiolingualism), i.e method is a standardised methodology

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- learning outcomes, i.e what learners are able to do as a result of instruction. Often described in the terms of performance, competencies and skills

Input Process Output
Syllabus Methodology Learning outcomes

or

InputProcessOutput
Implementing forward design:
Content-
Syllabus-
Methodology-
Outcomes-
Assessment

Process Input
Output
Implementing central design: assessment outcomes content teaching content outcomes assessment

Output- Input- Process
Implementing backward design:
Outcomes-
Content-
Methodology-
Assessment

It depends