A2BK_ZJAZ Introduction to Linguistics for Teachers

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2007
Extent and Intensity
0/0/12. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Martin Adam, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová
Prerequisites
Basic linguistic knowledge from the secondary school
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields 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
  • 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
  • Interactive language teaching. Edited by Wilga M. Rivers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987, xvii, 228. ISBN 0-521-31108-X. info
  • KATZNER, Kenneth. The languages of the world. London: Routledge, 1986, x, 376. ISBN 0415046041. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Požadavky k zápočtu: 80% účast na seminářích + zápočtový test
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2007, recent)
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