Didaktika anglického jazyka 2

Introduction and requirements

Welcome to the second semester of didactics. In this semester, we will reflect on how to teach skills (speaking, reading, listening, writing) and cover the remaining overarching topics from the final exam list.

Focus will be placed on reflection of your teaching and your professional development. We will work on your portfolios so that they are helpful in your final exam and especially for your own professional development.

No silly questions

Please ask in the seminar or via email if anything is not clear.

AI use in the course

In the course, the use of AI is permitted for learning but not for cheating.
It is acceptable to use AI for brainstorming ideas, basic proofreading, and suggestions for improvement.
It is unacceptable to have a text generated, translated or reformulated.
Remember to acknowledge all innovative ideas that are not yours. For generated ideas, use in-text citations. At the end of each assignment, state how you worked/did not work with AI.
When in doubt, consult your teacher.

Requirements:

Attendance - in person, in both sessions. In serious circumstances, please contact me.

Portfolio - for details please see below. Work in progress to be presented on 29th November.

Lesson observation and reflection and peer feedback - for details please see below. Deadline: 29th November in information system.

Annotated chapters on two topics of your choice from the reading offered for this semester. For details see below. Deadline: 29th November

Final discussion on annotated chapters and portfolio - in groups, with the teacher (online). Explain how your portfolio is structured; how your reflections of your professional development are represented in the portfolio. Explain your reflections on the chapters and how they influenced your teaching this semester. Date to be agreed in the first session.

Portfolio

Deadline: work in progress to be presented on 29th November.

Portfolio is a set of artefacts that document (evidence) your professional development. These can include: annotated lesson plans with reflections, reflections on observations, tests you have created, materials you have studied with personal reflections and many more.

Portfolio should be structured, selective, representative of your professional development and comprehensible to the "audience".

Criteria on which your portfolio will be assessed:

- the portfolio has a structure the student can explain and justify

- theory and practice are linked in the artefacts

- there is evidence of reflection on your practice and development

- there is evidence of how you set goals for yourself, challenge yourself or suggest improvements for your practice

- the artefacts are authentic and created/reflected upon by the student

- min. 10 artefacts by the end of the semester; it would be advisable to extend the portfolio for the final exam to help you when discussing the final exam topics.

An introduction to portfolios (it is aimed at kindergarten and primary school teachers but it explains the gist of portfolios well; in Czech) https://munispace.muni.cz/library/catalog/view/1013/3143/791-3/0#preview

Lesson observation and reflection

Deadline: 29th November

Procedure:

Ask a colleague to observe your lesson. Try to focus their attention on a specific feature in line with your professional development aims for this semester. (Alternative: you observe another teacher's lesson)
Ask the colleague to take notes during the lesson.
Have a chat with your colleague about what they saw.
Write a reflection of what you learned from the experince (the observation itself, the chat afterwards).
Hand in your reflection (min. length 1800 characters) in the IS - see Vzájemné hodnocení.
Provide feedback on your peers' reflections - in the IS - see Vzájemné hodnocení by 8th December. Explanation: This means that you are going to read what other people in our course wrote and provide feedback on it based on questions I will provide. In turn, you will receive feedback on your reflection from the people in your course.
Make changes to your own reflection (incorporating the feedback on your reflection you have received) and hand it in by email by 31st December with changes tracked.

Criteria for assessment:

- evidence of reflection on your professional development

- minimum length

Annotated chapters

Deadline: 29th November

Choose chapters on two separate topics from the reading provided in this interactive syllabus. Read through the chapters, highlight ideas that made you think, inspired you, reminded you of important aspects of teaching etc. Comment on the ideas - what is your perception, how they relate to your practice, what inspiration they give you for the practice (not each idea needs to be commented on using all these aspects).

Bring the annotated chapters to our second session (printed version, electronic version on computer/tablet/.... - whatever works for you when going through the chapters and whatever will allow you to discuss the chapters and your ideas in class).

Criteria for assessment:

- evidence of reflection on the chapters

- evidence of linking the ideas to your own practice

- evidence of thorough reading

FINAL CRITERIA TO BE ESTABLISHED IN THE FIRST SESSION