Faculty of Humanities
School of Environment, Education and Development
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Academic Year:
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Course Unit Title:
Lecturer(s):
2014-15
1
EDUC70040
Language Education as Intercultural Practice
Richard Fay
% of evaluations
completed:
Positive points from
the evaluations:
Criticisms raised:
44%
How you will
address the
evaluations:
excellent quality of the course notes.
excellent course notes. Well structured, clear and interesting
This course as delivered to distant students this semester was almost totally
lacking discussion and interaction with tutor and other participants. As this was
the only unit I was following this semester I felt very isolated and in danger of
becoming demotivated despite the excellent quality of the course notes
This course is clearly labelled as resource-based learning (rather than the more
interactive elearning some students expect after their previous studies). That said, this
year, as a result of a prolonged period of critical ill-health for my father (requiring
amongst other things almost daily hospital trips for seven weeks followed by intensive
activity to establish home-based care for him), I was not as active as I usually I am and
distance students clearly felt this. Next year, I will put in place the level of tutor online
engagement that I did in previous years thereby, I hope, better meeting students’
expectations in this regard. The suggestion made by one student that a teaching
assistant might be helpful is a good one as my overall portfolio of teaching, especially in
semester 1 remains high.
PLEASE RETURN FORM BY EMAIL TO: daniel.chung@manchester.ac.uk