English language didactics I - OPNA3A012A
Title: Didaktika anglického jazyka I
Guaranteed by: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
Faculty: Faculty of Education
Actual: from 2021
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 6
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/2, C+Ex [HT]
Extent per academic year: 0 [hours]
Capacity: 20 / 20 (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: prof. Aline Germain-Rutherford
PhDr. Bohuslav Dvořák, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): Gamze Korbek, Ph.D.
Is co-requisite for: OPNA3A013A
Is pre-requisite for: OPNA3A026A, OPNA3A022A
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Annotation -
The aim of the course is to develop the knowldge basis of the teaching profession. Based on the ability to set aims, communicative competemcy, lesson planning etc., and in coordination with the principles of teaching language systems, within the framework of this course the students will get acquainted with the basic principles of the development of language skills, both in the theoretical as well as practical way. Microteaching, including its evaluation and self-evaluation, supports the development of the ability to set aims, plan, realize and evaluate the students´ own teaching as well as the teaaching of their colleagues. For the purposes of their microteaching and consquent reflection the students will use observation feedback forms. Topics: 1 Receptive language skills: listening and reading 2 Productive language skills: speaking and writing 3 Production of their own teaching materials/activities 4 Microteaching within the framework of individual skills + the follow up reflection
Last update: Dvořák Bohuslav, PhDr., Ph.D. (04.09.2021)
Descriptors -

5 credits

independent literature sources study - 20 hours/semester

work with supllementary materials - 20 hours/semester

doing homework - 19 hours/semester

no seminar work

Last update: Dvořák Bohuslav, PhDr., Ph.D. (04.09.2021)
Course completion requirements -

Course requirements:

- attendance (80%)

- active participation in class incl. prescribed reading and homework

- lesson plans carried out within micro-teaching sessions

Last update: Dvořák Bohuslav, PhDr., Ph.D. (04.09.2021)
Literature -

Required titles - selected chapters from: 

 Brown, H. (2001). Teaching by principles: an interactive approach to language pedagogy. 2nd ed. White Plains, NY: Longman. ISBN 978-013028283.

Harmer, J. (1991). The Practice of English Language Teaching. Longman. ISBN 0-582-40385-5.

Gover, R., Phillips, D., & Walters, S. (1995).  Teaching Practice Handbook. Heinemann. ISBN 0435240595.

Scrivener, J. (2011).  Learning Teaching: the essentials guide to English language teaching. Oxford: Macmillan.  ISBN 978-1-4050-1399-4.

 

 

Recommended titles:

  • WILSON, JJ. (2008). How to Teach Listening. Harlow: Pearson Education, 2008. 
  • ALDERSON, C. N. (2005). With a Chapter on Testing Reading by J. Charles. Teaching reading skills in a foreign language. Second edition. Oxford: Macmillan, 2005. 
  • GOH, C. C. M., BURNS, A. (2012) Teaching speaking: a holistic approach. New York: Cambridge University Press.
  • HARMER, J. (2004). How to Teach Writing. Harlow: Longman.
  • HARMER, J. (1998). How to Teach English. London: Longman.
  • HENDRICH, J. et al. (1988). Didaktika cizích jazyků. SPN Praha.
  • BROWN, H. (2014). Principles of Language Learning and Teaching. 6th ed. NY: Pearson Education ESL.
  • HEDGE, T. (2000). Teaching and Learning in the Language Classroom. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • THORNBURY, S. (2006). An A – Z of ELT. Oxford: Macmillan
Last update: Dvořák Bohuslav, PhDr., Ph.D. (04.09.2021)
Requirements to the exam -

The exam consits of 3 parts: 1 written test covering theoretical knowledge about language skills - (it is necessary to achieve minimally 60% of total number of marks) + the follow up theoretical analysis of the test

                                          2 oral feedback on selected homework

                                          3 presentation of 3 works selected from the recommended reading list

 

Last update: Dvořák Bohuslav, PhDr., Ph.D. (04.09.2021)
Syllabus -

Topics:
1 Receptive language skills: listening and reading
2 Productive language skills: speaking and writing
3 Production of their own teaching materials/activities
4 Microteaching within the framework of individual skills + the follow up reflection

Last update: Dvořák Bohuslav, PhDr., Ph.D. (04.09.2021)