AJ0411 Teaching Practice

Faculty of Education
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Světlana Hanušová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jana Chocholatá, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Alena Dobrovolná, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
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
• to experience teaching English as a foreign language in Czech schools • to compare different teaching approaches and methods • to observe lessons with a specific focus and learn from the findings • to plan, teach and reflect on the lessons
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to • demonstrate their knowledge of the school environment and their knowledge of the Czech system of language education; • try out teaching in small groups of learners under the supervision of a mentor teacher; • teach three lessons independently; • analyse their lessons and suggest changes; • reflect on their teaching performance/experience in their reflective journal.
Syllabus
  • The number of lessons and observations will be negotiated with each Erasmus student individually based on their current teaching experience and needs. Maximum number of observations is ten and maxim number of taught lessons is five. Each student should prepare suggestions for their teaching programme prior to the meeting with the teaching practice coordinator.
Literature
  • UR, Penny. A course in language teaching : practice and theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996, xiii, 375. ISBN 0-521-44994-4. info
  • GOWER, Roger, Diane PHILLIPS and Steve WALTERS. Teaching practice handbook. New edition. Oxford: Macmillan Heinemann, 1995, viii, 215. ISBN 0-435-24059-5. info
  • SCRIVENER, Jim. Learning teaching : a guidebook for English language teachers. Oxford: Heinemann, 1994, vi, 218 p. ISBN 0-435-24089-718. info
Teaching methods
class observation, teaching practice
Assessment methods
Before teaching practice: the student has to prepare a tentative teaching practice plan which should include the teaching experience so far, personal aims of the teaching practice in the Czech Republic and the number of observations and teaching lessons. Required materials after teaching practice: lesson plans (written before the lessons!), can be typed or handwritten + handwritten comments added after the lessons. Report from observations (1000 words).
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Předmět je nabízen pouze studentům v programu Erasmus.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 2 hodiny.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2021, recent)
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