PdF:AJ4402 Methodology of English Languag - Course Information
AJ4402 Methodology of English Language Teaching 1B
Faculty of EducationSpring 2021
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Linda Nepivodová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Světlana Hanušová, 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 - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- AJ4402/01: Mon 10:00–11:50 učebna 7, L. Nepivodová
AJ4402/02: Thu 8:00–9:50 učebna 53, L. Nepivodová
AJ4402/03: Thu 10:00–11:50 učebna 53, L. Nepivodová - 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
- there are 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The students will be able to understand various factors that influence the process of language learning and acquisition. They will be able to identify individual differences among learners and develop appropriate instructional strategies to accommodate every learner in an inclusive classroom.
- Learning outcomes
- Students will: -be familiar with the theories of language acquisition, -be able to read academic texts about new developments in the field of the second language acquisition, -understand specific learning needs and their implications for foreign language teaching, -be able to identify learners´specific needs, -be able to plan and apply activities that accommodate individual learners´needs, -suggest appropriate learning strategies to their learners, -apply differentiation in teaching a heterogeneous class and develop further in this field, -compile their teaching portfolios as an ongoing task, -reflect on their professional development with the use of the portfolio.
- Syllabus
- 1. First language acquisition 2. Bilingualism and multilingualism 3. Second language acquisition theories 4. Individual differences in language learners 5. Factor of age 6. Learner beliefs 7. Learning styles 8. Learner strategies 9. Learner autonomy and its development 10.Learners with SpLD 11.Learner training, language learning advising 12.Differentiation
- Literature
- required literature
- LIGHTBOWN, Patsy and Nina Margaret SPADA. How languages are learned. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993, xv, 135. ISBN 0194371697. info
- recommended literature
- BROWN, H. Douglas. Teaching by principles : an interactive approach to language pedagogy. 3rd ed. White Plains: Pearson Education, 2007, xvii, 569. ISBN 9780136127116. info
- SCRIVENER, Jim. Learning teaching : a guidebook for English language teachers. Oxford: Macmillan Heinemann English language teaching, 1994, vi, 218. ISBN 0435240897. info
- OXFORD, Rebecca L. Language learning strategies :what every teacher should know. Boston: Heinle & Heinle, 1990, xxii, 342. ISBN 0-8384-2862-2. info
- Teaching methods
- Seminars, workshops, discussions, reading.
- Assessment methods
- Credit requirements: attendance active participation in sessions and online test
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2021, recent)
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