UZAJ2011 Aspects of Language for Teachers

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Naděžda Kudrnáčová, CSc. (lecturer)
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
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
There are no pre-requisites for this course, other than to be accepted and enrolled in the Teacher training program of which this is a compulsory subject.
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 35 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/35, only registered: 0/35
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The principal aim of this course is to make the students' knowledge of language and English in particular, conscious. Thus, by the end of this course, the students are expected to:
know about all levels in the hierarchy of language
have a clear understanding of what words and phrases are
recognise the significance of the periphrastic and holophrastic nature of English
understand how the grammar of vocabulary relates to syntax
be aware of the overriding significance of different types of context
be able to distinguish organisational language from propositional
have a comprehensive grasp of phonological issues as they pertain to English

Equipped with such knowledge, trainees are expected to be able impart English to learners through lesson material they design and execute.
Syllabus
  • The following areas of linguistics are covered in this course, but not in this order. Rather, the course introduces linguistic concepts through discovery processes using corpora, thus they appear along with specific corpus skills. Choice in language
  • Corpus linguistics
  • Language as probabilistic
  • Definitions of 'word', multi-word units (chunks/bundles etc)
  • Collocation, colligation
  • Different grammars, e.g. neo-Firthian linguistics, construction grammar, system functional grammar, linear unit grammar.
  • Language hierarchy
  • Lexis and Semantics - lexicogrammar
  • Phonology
  • Spoken and written language
  • Parts of speech, e.g. types of adjectives and their syntactic and semantic roles
  • Varieties of language: regional, domain, register
  • Morphology
Literature
    required literature
  • THOMAS, James Edward. Discovering English with Sketch Engine. Brno: Versatile, 2015, 223 pp. Integrated Approaches in Language Education 1. ISBN 978-1-326-23213-9. Discovering English with Sketch Engine info
    recommended literature
  • O'KEEFFE, Anne, Michael MCCARTHY and Ronald CARTER. From corpus to classroom : language use and language teaching. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007, xv, 315. ISBN 9780521616867. info
  • THORNBURY, Scott. Beyond the sentence : introducing discourse analysis. 1st pub. Oxford: Macmillan, 2005, 192 s. ISBN 9781405064071. info
  • HOEY, Michael. Lexical priming : a new theory of words and language. First published. New York: Routledge, 2005, xiii, 202. ISBN 0415328624. info
  • SINCLAIR, John McHardy. How to use corpora in language teaching. Philadelphia: J. Benjamins, 2004, vi, 307. ISBN 9027222835. info
  • STUBBS, Michael. Words and phrases : corpus studies of lexical semantics. Oxford [England] ;: Blackwell Publishers, 2001, xix, 267. ISBN 063120833X. info
  • STUBBS, Michael. Text and corpus analysis :computer-assisted studies of language and culture. Oxford: Blackwell, 1996, xix, 267 s. ISBN 0-631-19512-2. info
  • SINCLAIR, John McHardy. Corpus, concordance, collocation. Edited by Ronald Carter. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991, xviii, 179. ISBN 0194371441. info
Teaching methods
This is an e-learning course. Students are required to work through the required book from beginning to end and use the associated course in ELF for support and learning activities.
Assessment methods
Throughout the semester students are required to read extensively and discuss in online forums their responses to the readings. Students also perform direct research on linguistic phenomena. There is an online terminology test. The course concludes with group presentations of the pedagogical implications of their findings.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: Intensive course. Dates will be announced.
Teacher's information
https://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf2/course/view.php?id=3809
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022.
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