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Ten steps for designing new degree programmes or improving existing ones

1. Is there a need? Determine, consulting stakeholders, whether there is really a need for the proposed course of study.

2. Define the profile and the key competences. Find out what competences are actually useful for employment, personal culture and citizenship (see inside this guide for a list).

3. Define the learning outcomes indicating the most important competences (choose around 10 key competences with reference to the cycle level indicators; see inside this guide).

4. Decide whether to ‘modularise’ (course units can be of a random number of ECTS credits, or else of a set number, e.g. 5, hence “modularised”).

5. Define the learning outcomes and the key competences in each module or course unit (the lists of competences inside this guide will help).

6. See how those competences can best be formed and assessed, using a variety of approaches to learning, teaching and assessment.

7. Check that all the key generic and subject specific competences have been taken into account.

8. Describe the programme and the course units, indicating the learning outcomes in terms of competences.

9. Check for balance. 10. Implement, monitor and improve.

LANGUAGE Pocket Guide

Towards a Central Asian Higher Education Area

www.tucahea.org

Sub

ject

Sp

ecifi

c C

om

pet

ence

s fo

r La

ngu

age

Ability

to c

om

munic

ate

in o

ne’

s firs

t la

ngu

age

in d

iffe

rent w

ays

(ora

l, w

ritten

) an

d c

onte

xts

Ability

to c

om

munic

ate

in the

targ

et lan

guag

e in

diffe

rent w

ays

(ora

l w

ritten

) an

d c

onte

xts

(gen

eral

, busi

nes

s,

acad

emic

, pro

fess

ional

, an

d m

ultilin

gual

).K

now

ledge

of gr

amm

ar a

nd a

bility

to a

pply

gra

mm

atic

al p

rinci

ple

s in

the

langu

age/

s le

arned

.A

bility

to b

uild o

ne’

s vo

cabula

ry, to

use

it w

ith p

reci

sion.

Ability

to iden

tify

diffe

rent re

gist

ers

of ex

pre

ssio

n a

nd to u

se them

appro

pri

atel

y in

com

munic

atio

n.

Ability

to w

rite

corr

ect an

d e

ffec

tive

as a

ppro

pri

ate

for

diffe

rent ca

tego

ries

of re

ader

sA

bility

to s

pea

k co

rrec

tly

and e

ffec

tivel

y in

the

langu

ages

know

n, as

appro

pri

ate

to the

audie

nce

.A

bility

to r

ead a

nd lis

ten, dis

tingu

ishin

g an

d a

nal

ysin

g th

e lingu

istic

and n

on-l

ingu

istic

aspec

ts o

f a

text

.A

bility

to d

evel

op a

nd a

pply

effec

tive

stra

tegi

es for

lear

nin

g la

ngu

ages

Ability

to u

tilise

com

pute

r-as

sist

ed lan

guag

e le

arnin

g m

ethods.

Ability

to r

ecogn

ise

and u

se n

on-v

erbal

mea

ns

of co

mm

unic

atio

nK

now

ledge

of th

e so

cial

and h

isto

rica

l as

pec

ts n

eces

sary

for

lear

nin

g an

d u

sing

the

targ

et lan

guag

e/s.

Ability

to r

ecogn

ize

and s

olv

e lingu

istic

pro

ble

ms

Aw

aren

ess

of th

eore

tica

l ap

pro

aches

in lan

guag

e le

arnin

g an

d tea

chin

g an

d a

bility

to a

pply

appro

pri

ate

met

hodolo

gies

in p

ract

ice.

Ability

to s

earc

h for,

retr

ieve

, an

alys

e an

d p

roce

ss info

rmat

ion in the

targ

et lan

guag

e.A

bility

to p

rese

rve,

eva

luat

e, a

nd p

rese

nt nat

ional

val

ues

in the

langu

age

lear

ned

.A

bility

to d

evel

op lan

guag

e sk

ills

continuousl

y ov

er tim

e.A

bility

to tra

nsl

ate

and inte

rpre

t diffe

rent ty

pes

of te

xts

and c

orp

ora

.C

apac

ity

to thin

k an

d g

ener

ate

idea

s in

the

langu

age

lear

ned

.A

bility

to u

se the

targ

et lan

guag

e in

pra

ctic

al s

ituat

ions.

Ability

to u

se the

langu

age

lear

ned

in o

ne’

s pro

fess

ional

fiel

d.

Ability

to u

se the

appro

pri

ate

met

hodolo

gies

for

diffe

rent ty

pes

of lingu

istic

rese

arch

.A

bility

to r

eflec

t cr

itic

ally

on w

ides

pre

ad e

rrors

and m

isco

nce

ptions

rega

rdin

g la

ngu

age

and lan

guag

e beh

avio

ur.

Ability

to w

ork

with m

ass

med

ia s

ourc

es in lea

rnin

g la

ngu

ages

.A

war

enes

s of th

e his

tory

, ge

ogr

aphy

, ec

onom

ics,

liter

ature

(et

c.) re

lating

to the

targ

et lan

guag

e.A

bility

to u

se lin

guis

tic

dat

a in

the

const

ruct

ion o

f lingu

istic

argu

men

tation.

Aw

aren

ess

of th

e diffe

rence

s an

d s

imilar

itie

s bet

wee

n the

targ

et a

nd the

nat

ive

langu

age.

Cap

acity

of se

lf-e

valu

atio

n in lan

guag

e le

arnin

g.A

bility

to d

evel

op s

elf-

motiv

atio

n in lan

guag

e le

arnin

g

Mo

st i

mp

ort

ant

Gen

eral

an

d S

ub

ject

Sp

ecifi

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om

pet

ence

s fo

r H

isto

ry

Gen

eral

com

pet

ence

s

GC

27 A

bility

to w

ork

au

tonom

ousl

yG

C29 A

bility

to m

ake

dec

isio

ns

GC

8

Ability

to lea

rn incl

udin

g au

tonom

ous

lear

nin

g G

C10 K

now

ledge

of th

e pro

fess

ional

fiel

dG

C13 A

bility

to lea

d p

eople

and

work

in a

tea

m

GC

25 A

bility

to a

pply

know

ledge

in

pra

ctic

e G

C22 T

ole

rance

and r

espec

t fo

r oth

ers

GC

1

Ability

to a

nal

yze

and

synth

esiz

e G

C6

Ability

to innov

ate

GC

20 A

bility

to p

reve

nt an

d

reso

lve

conflic

ts

Spec

ific

com

pet

ence

s

SC1

Ability

to c

om

munic

ate

in the

nat

ive

langu

age

(wri

tten

and o

ral)

in d

iffe

rent si

tuat

ions

SC2,4

,9

Ability

to c

om

munic

ate

in the

targ

et lan

guag

e (o

ral an

d w

ritten

) in

var

ious

situ

atio

ns

(gen

eral

, busi

nes

s, a

cadem

ic, pro

fess

ional

an

d m

ulti-

lingu

al) (a

t B

2 lev

el)

SC6

Ability

to w

rite

corr

ectly

and e

ffec

tivel

y, tak

ing

into

acc

ount

diffe

rent ca

tego

ries

of re

ader

sSC

5

Ability

to r

ecogn

ize

the

diffe

rence

bet

wee

n e

xpre

ssio

ns

and

regi

ster

s to

use

them

acc

ord

ingl

y in

com

munic

atio

n

SC9

Ability

to d

evel

op a

nd im

ple

men

t ef

fect

ive

stra

tegi

es in lan

guag

e le

arnin

gSC

10

Ability

to a

pply

met

hods

of st

udy

ing

langu

ages

usi

ng

com

pute

rsSC

18

Ability

to s

ave,

mea

sure

and p

rese

nt nat

ional

val

ues

in the

targ

et

langu

age

SC17

Ability

to c

ontinuousl

y w

ork

on the

dev

elopm

ent of la

ngu

age

skills

SC

20

Ability

to u

se the

targ

et lan

guag

e in

pra

ctic

al s

ituat

ions

SC28

Cap

acity

of se

lf-e

valu

atio

n in lan

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