PdF:JVp018 Eng. for Special Educators - D - Course Information
JVp018 English for Special Educators - D
Faculty of EducationSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Anna Bízková Doleželová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Dita Hochmanová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Mirjana Georgieva Slavíková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Radim Herout (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Radim Herout
Language Centre, Faculty of Education Division – Faculty Branches of University Departments – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jitka Autratová
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Education Division – Faculty Branches of University Departments – Faculty of Education - Prerequisites
- JVp017 Eng. for Special Educators - C
A pass in JVp017 English for Special Educators - C. - 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
- Speech and Language Therapy (programme PdF, N-LOG)
- Special Education (Specialization 1 - Speech and Hearing Impairments) (programme PdF, N-SPZPA)
- Special Education (Specialization 2 - Visual Impairments) (programme PdF, N-SPZPA)
- Special Education (Specialization 3 - Behavioral Disorders) (programme PdF, N-SPZPA)
- Special Education (Specialization 4 - Intellectual Disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorders) (programme PdF, N-SPZPA)
- Special Education (Specialization 5 - Multiple Disabilities) (programme PdF, N-SPZPA)
- Special Education (Specialization 6 - Special Adult Education) (programme PdF, N-SPZPA)
- Special Education for Adults (programme PdF, N-SPD)
- Special Education - Communication Techniques (programme PdF, N-SPD)
- Special Education (programme PdF, N-SPD)
- Special Education (programme PdF, N-SPD, specialization Logopedy)
- Special Education (programme PdF, N-SPD, specialization Ostatní pedie)
- Special Education (programme PdF, N-SPD, specialization Více vad)
- Special Education for Teachers (programme PdF, N-SPD)
- Special Education (Specialization 1 - Speech Therapy and Hearing Impairment) (programme PdF, N-SPZP)
- Special Education (Specialization 2 - Education of Individuals with Visual Disability) (programme PdF, N-SPZP)
- Special Education (Specialization 3 - Behavioral Disorders) (programme PdF, N-SPZP)
- Special Education (Specialization 4 - (Education of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorders) (programme PdF, N-SPZP)
- Special Education (Specialization 5 - Multiple Disabilities)) (programme PdF, N-SPZP)
- Special Education (Specialization 6 - Special Education in Adulthood) (programme PdF, N-SPZP)
- Special Arts for Education (programme PdF, N-SS)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Special Education (programme PdF, N-SS)
- Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in Special Education (programme PdF, N-ZS)
- Course objectives
- A B2 course whose mission is to develop students' language in receptive (reading, listening), productive (speaking, writing), and interactive modes of communication. Its further aim is to foster autonomy in students by providing them with opportunities to regulate their own learning process (open glossary). It also offers tasks that will enable students to develop their academic skills, for example researching sources, arguing a point, synthesizing information, giving feedback, mediating information, and problem-solving. Also, the course materials provide a wide range of activities that are aimed at helping students to acquire specialist vocabulary.
- Learning outcomes
- By the end of the course, the student will be able to: understand spoken texts dealing with SNE issues at B2 level of the CEFR; understand written texts dealing with SNE issues at B2 level of the CEFR; produce an argumentative synthesis; provide peer review; present a persuasive talk and write a report. They will also be able to use specialist terminology related to selected topics.
- Syllabus
- Subject-specific topics: 1) Specific learning difficulties 2) Autism spectrum disorders 3) ADHD 4) Down syndrome Academic skills: - researching sources, - arguing a point, - synthesising information, - giving feedback, - mediating information and - problem-solving Grammar (self-study): - conditionals; articles; countable and uncountable nouns; some, any, no…; reported speech; selected B2 structures; prepositional phrases; transitional expressions; phrasal verbs.
- Literature
- required literature
- Course materials in the IS MUNI
- recommended literature
- SEAL, Bernard. Academic encounters : reading, study skills, and writing : content focus, human behavior. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999, xii, 88. ISBN 9780521476607. info
- MCCARTHY, Michael and Felicity O'DELL. Academic vocabulary in use. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, 176 stran. ISBN 9780521689397. info
- CRAVEN, Miles. Listening extra : a resource book of multi-level skills activities. 1st ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, 136 s. ISBN 0521754623. info
- REDMAN, Stuart and Ruth GAIRNS. Test your English vocabulary in use : pre-intermediate & intermediate. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000, 142 s. ISBN 0521779804. info
- MCCARTHY, Michael and Felicity O'DELL. Test your English vocabulary in use : upper-intermediate. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, 150 s. ISBN 052166568X. info
- PRODROMOU, Luke. Grammar and vocabulary for first certificate : with key. Essex: Longman, 1999, 319 s. ISBN 9780582400184. info
- HASHEMI, Louise and Barbara THOMAS. Cambridge grammar for first certificate : with answers. 1st ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, xii, 260. ISBN 0521533368. info
- Teaching methods
- Weekly ninety-minute seminars designed to develop and practise both language competencies (productive, receptive & interactive) and soft skills (researching, synthesising, explaining, presenting, problem-solving and collaborating).
- Assessment methods
- Credit requirements: 1) Attendance (only two undocumented absences are allowed), completing in-term tasks/home preparation for classes, active participation in classes; 2) Submitting writing assignments: an argumentative synthesis & a report; 3) Giving a talk about the synthesis 4) Giving peer feedback on the synthesis, talk, and report; 5) Contributing to an open glossary 6) Oral exam: presenting the tasks the student has worked on throughout the semester and reflecting on the process of accomplishing them.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Information on completion of the course: Kurz je ukončen písemnou a ústní zkouškou na úrovni B2 SERRJ.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Počet míst v kurzu je limitován kapacitou pracoviště.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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