PLIN022 Using Corpora in Teaching Czech as a Foreign Language

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Barbora Hrabalová (lecturer), doc. PhDr. Zdeňka Hladká, Dr. (deputy)
Mgr. Simona Khatebová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Hana Žižková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zdeňka Hladká, Dr.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jaroslava Vybíralová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even Tuesday 14:00–15:40 G13
Prerequisites
Advanced knowledge of corpus work is not required, only basic computer skills. The course is also offered to the students of Czech language and literature and other filological disciplines.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those 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, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of this course is to introduce students to the discipline Czech as a foreign language and to show how to use corpus data and corpus tools in teaching Czech for foreigners. The course is focused on deductive approach (creating corpus-based teaching materials) as well as inductive (students' direct work with corpus tools). The main aims of this course are: using frequent analysis for a presentation of grammar, creating corpus-based and corpus-driven teaching materials, using learner corpora and error analysis. Students will work on exercises which will be later published on the official website of Czech National Corpus.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able:
- to describe corpus tool that can be used in teaching Czech as a foreign language;
- to create various exercises using these tools;
- to use this tools in her/his personal teaching experience Student will get better insight into problematics of Czech as a foreign language.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the discipline Czech as a foreign language, methods of language teaching 2. Using corpus in teaching Czech as a foreign language – deductive and inductive learning 3. The role of the grammar, frequency and its using for presentation of grammar 4. Written and spoken Czech, the role of colloquial Czech, teaching of variants in declension and conjugation 5. Authentic language and authentic texts in teaching, model sentences – authentic, invented and edited 6. Pattern grammar, teaching of collocations and lexical patterns 7. Language skills (reading, writing, speaking, listening), work with the text and reading strategies 8. The typology of exercises – a tool for creating online activities and games for teaching 9. Analysis of the textbooks of Czech as a foreign language, teaching without any intermediary language 10. Data Driven Learning (DDL) – corpus as a complement to a dictionary and a textbook 11. Learner corpora, language acquisition and error analysis 12. Learner corpora of Czech and their using for research and teaching
Literature
  • ŠTINDLOVÁ, Barbora. Žákovský korpus češtiny a evaluace jeho chybové anotace. Vydání první. V Praze: Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy, 2013, 223 strana. ISBN 9788073084639. info
  • ČERMÁK, F. Korpusová lingvistika Praha 2011. 2 Výzkum a výstavba korpusů. Praha: NLN, 2011. info
  • CVRČEK, Václav. Mluvnice současné češtiny. Vyd. 1. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum, 2010, 353 s. ISBN 9788024617435. info
  • AIJMER, Karin. Corpora and Language Teaching. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2009. info
  • HRDLIČKA, Milan. Gramatika a výuka češtiny jako cizího jazyka : k prezentaci gramatiky českého jazyka v učebnicích češtiny pro cizince. Vyd. 1. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2009, 158 s. ISBN 9788024615271. info
  • ČEMUSOVÁ, Jana and Barbora ŠTINDLOVÁ. Sborník Asociace učitelů češtiny jako cizího jazyka (AUČCJ) 2006-2007. Praha: Akropolis, 2007. info
  • SINCLAIR, John McHardy. How to use corpora in language teaching. Philadelphia: J. Benjamins, 2004, vi, 307. ISBN 9027222835. info
  • Cizí jazyk čeština. Vyd. 1. Praha: ISV nakladatelství, 2002, 150 s. ISBN 80-85866-98-6. info
  • Computer learner corpora, second language acquisition, and foreign language teaching. Edited by Sylviane Granger - Joseph Hung - Stephanie Petch-Tyson. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2002, viii, 245. ISBN 1588112934. info
  • Computer learner corpora, second language acquisition, and foreign language teaching. Edited by Sylviane Granger - Joseph Hung - Stephanie Petch-Tyson. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2002, viii, 245. ISBN 1588112934. info
  • HUNSTON, Susan and Gill FRANCIS. Pattern grammar : a corpus-driven approach to the lexical grammar of English. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2000, xi, 288. ISBN 1556193998. info
  • JOHNS, T. Should you be persuaded. Two samples of data-driven learning materials. Classroom Concordancing: ELR Journal, 4, s. 1–16. 1991. info
  • TRIBBLE, C and G JONES. Concordances in the Classroom. London: Longman, 1990. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, discussion and corpus work
Assessment methods
Assessment: class participations, seminar tasks
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on course enrolment limitations: Studenti navazujícího magisterského programu Čeština jako cizí jazyk (specializace) musí mít splněný předmět CJBB178.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2024.
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