AJU5304 Teaching practice 2

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Nicola Catherine Fořtová, B.A., M.A. (lecturer)
Mgr. Linda Nepivodová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jitka Sedláčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Formanová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jitka Sedláčková, Ph.D.
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 (in Czech)
AJU5103 EFL Didactics III && AJU5401 Practical English Exam && AJU5402 Oral Practical English Exam
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
Students spend 2-3 weeks in a selected secondary schools to develop professionally. Students will observe their mentor and their peers, prepare and teach EFL lessons on their own and with their peers, take part in reflective and feedback sessions, shadow their mentor in everyday school activities. Students compile a portfolio for future reference, which will be worked with at the final State exam.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, a student will be able to: 1. Prepare suitable plans for English language lessons in line with the focus of the course and school (e.g. General English, the culture and literature of English-speaking countries, inter-cultural communication, ESP) 2. Select, adapt and supplement material appropriate to the student needs and institutional settings and teach a class with an awareness of different student needs and learning preferences. 3. Teach and team-teach language lessons demonstrating effective execution of their planning and adjusting their teaching appropriately to actual circumstances of teaching English in upper-secondary classrooms. 4. Analyse and reflect on their own teaching, classroom planning and practice and give and receive constructive feedback. 5. Construct, administer, mark and evaluate a progress test 6. Manage everyday tasks of a secondary school teacher, for example, filling in a class register.
Syllabus
  • Students participate in external teaching at a selected secondary school. The number of hours to be spent at the school and their distribution according to individual activities are specified by course teachers. Students arrange their teaching practice in accordance with the information given here: https://www.phil.muni.cz/student/pedagogicke-praxe Students realize their practice during the teaching period of the semester. Students start their practice only after: 1. The administrative process of the practice arrangement is completed. 2. The semester introductory meeting at the department (this is realized in connection to the corresponding Reflective Seminar)
Literature
    required literature
  • Rámcový vzdělávací program daného typu školy (dostupné z www.rvp.cz)
  • Individual school educational programmes relevant to the secondary school placement
  • Gower, R., Phillips, D., & Walters, S. (2005). Teaching Practice Handbook. Oxford: Macmillan.
    recommended literature
  • Harmer, J. (2007). The practice of English Language Teaching. Harlow: Longman.
  • Thornbury, S. (2005). How to teach speaking. Harlow: Longman.
  • Thornbury, S., (1999). How to teach grammar. Harlow: Longman.
  • Underhill, A. (1994). Sound Foundations. Oxford: Macmillan Heinemann.
  • Parrott, M. (2010). Grammar for English Language Teachers. Cambridge: CUP.
  • Scrivener, J. (1994). Learning Teaching: A guidebook for English Language Teachers. Oxford: Macmillan Heinemann.
  • Crooks, G. (2003). A Practicum in TESOL: Professional Development through Teaching Practice. Cambridge: CUP.
  • Rámcový vzdělávací program pro gymnázia, available for download at: http://www.nuv.cz/file/159
Teaching methods
Students teach under the supervision of mentors, complete observation tasks, take part in everyday secondary school activities
Assessment methods
To pass the course successfully students need to: - Participate in external practice at a selected secondary school in accordance with the instructions of course teachers. - Submit all the required documents (reflective diary, (self)evaluation document in pdf, portfolio, in some cases Agreement) by the deadline specified for the particular semester. Details regarding the documents and the deadline are described here: https://www.phil.muni.cz/student/pedagogicke-praxe
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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