AJ2BP_USAJ Introduction to English Language for Teachers

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2005
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Josef Hladký, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJ2BP_USAJ/01: Tue 13:45–14:30 učebna 60
AJ2BP_USAJ/02: Tue 16:20–17:05 učebna 30
AJ2BP_USAJ/03: Tue 17:10–17:55 učebna 60
AJ2BP_USAJ/04: Tue 18:00–18:45 učebna 60
AJ2BP_USAJ/05: Tue 18:50–19:35 učebna 60
Prerequisites
Basic linguistic knowledge from the secondary school
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The scope of linguistics, the history of linguistics, varieties of English, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics and ethnolinguistics affecting language teaching strategies.
Syllabus
  • 1 Linguistics, the scope of linguistics 2 Phonetics, phonology and morphology 3 Syntax and semantics 4 Pragmatics, discourse analysis 5 Language types, Indo-European languages, language change 6 Some modern schools and movements and educational psychology 7 Modern writing systems, writing in the classroom 8 Psycholinguistics, language learning stzrategies 9 Sociolinguistics, heterogeneous classes, different nationalities in one classroom. 10 Ethnolinguistics, learners and their individuality 11 Varieties of English, what a language student should learn 12 Styles, slang, artificial languages, computer processing of language
Literature
  • Cambridge approaches to linguistics. Edited by Jean Aitchison. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. info
  • YULE, George. The study of language [Yule, 1996]. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996, xiii, 294. ISBN 0-521-56851-X. info
  • SCRIVENER, Jim. Learning teaching : a guidebook for English language teachers. Oxford: Heinemann, 1994, vi, 218 p. ISBN 0-435-24089-718. info
  • RIVERS, Wilga M. Interactive Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990, 228 s. ISBN 0-521-31108-X. info
  • FROMKIN, Victoria and Robert RODMAN. An introduction to language. 4th ed. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1988, xiv, 474 s. ISBN 0-03-006532-1. info
  • KATZNER, Kenneth. The languages of the world. London: Routledge, 1986, x, 376. ISBN 0415046041. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
kolokvium
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2005, recent)
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