UZAJ2037 Teaching Practice

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
James Edward Thomas, M.A. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Prerequisites
UZAJ2023 UZAJ2034
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
In this course, the students are trainee teachers. They teach the weekly course AJ91010 whose students are elementary learners of English studying other subjects at Masaryk University. The trainees deal with a wide range of issues, applying theoretical knowledge of language, language acquisition and practical methodology to lesson planning and teaching. The planning involves groups for team teaching as the students become aware of their students' strengths and weakness and meet the course requirement to cover the four skills and systems, to use a variety of resources and modes of teaching. After the teaching, trainees reflect on their work and that of their colleagues in feedback sessions run by the trainers.
Syllabus
  • Warmers, can-do statements and, getting to know you. Needs analysis - determine pronunciation issues as you’ll be teaching them. Choose one unit from a suitable textbook. Select the material that can be covered in 2 lessons. Continue that unit. Start with revision. Special lesson dedicated to pronunciation and dictionary work – using Underhill Sound Foundations and Macmillan dictionary workbook Grammar point – a verb tense/aspect. Read appropriate material in Lewis’ English verb, a communication activity from Penny Ur, Jill Hadfied. Pre-teach all necessary language and run the activity. Provide feedback. Provide homework. Writing lesson. A real world activity for your students, e.g., reviews, reports, abstracts. Provide models. Features of the genre. See Harmer’s genre review kit. Sub-skills to teach. A skills lesson involving at least one of the systems. A Christmas lesson.
Literature
  • GERNGROSS, Günter, Herbert PUCHTA and Scott THORNBURY. Teaching grammar : creatively. 1st pub. [Innsbruck]: Helbling Languages, 2006, 267 s. ISBN 9783902504296. info
  • THORNBURY, Scott. How to teach speaking. Edited by Jeremy Harmer. Harlow: Pearson, 2005, iv, 156. ISBN 0582853591. info
  • HARMER, Jeremy. How to teach writing. Harlow: Longman, 2004, vi, 154. ISBN 9780582779983. info
  • THORNBURY, Scott. How to teach vocabulary. Harlow: Longman, 2002, vi, 185. ISBN 0582429668. info
  • KELLY, Gerald. How to teach pronunciation. Edited by Jeremy Harmer. Harlow: Longman, 2000, vi, 154. ISBN 0582429757. info
  • THORNBURY, Scott. How to teach grammar. Edited by Jeremy Harmer. First published. Harlow: Pearson, 1999, ix, 182. ISBN 9780582339323. info
  • HARMER, Jeremy. How to teach English : an introduction to the practice of English language teaching. 1st publ. Harlow: Longman, 1998, x, 198. ISBN 0582297966. info
  • HARMER, Jeremy. The practice of English language teaching. New edition. London: Longman, 1991, 296 s. ISBN 0582046564. info
Teaching methods
The teaching is done by the students (trainees). The trainers provide support during lesson planning, usually done by the students through forum discussions in ELF (Moodle) and commented on by teachers. Trainers attend the lessons and lead feedback sessions afterwards.
Assessment methods
Cumulative assessment based on the quality of lesson plans, the development of teaching skills.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2022.
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