PdF:AJ4402 Methodology of English Languag - Course Information
AJ4402 Methodology of English Language Teaching 1B
Faculty of EducationSpring 2022
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Linda Nepivodová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Světlana Hanušová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- AJ4402/01: Mon 8:00–9:50 učebna 53, L. Nepivodová
AJ4402/02: Tue 12:00–13:50 učebna 12, L. Nepivodová
AJ4402/03: Tue 14:00–15:50 respirium (5. nadzemní podlaží), L. Nepivodová - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Lower Secondary School English Language Teacher Training (programme PdF, N-AJ2A) (2)
- Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme PdF, M-ZS5)
- Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme PdF, N-ZS)
- Lower Secondary School English Language Teacher Training (Eng.) (programme PdF, N-ZS)
- Lower Secondary School English Language Teacher Training (programme PdF, N-AJ2) (2)
- Lower Secondary School English Language Teacher Training (programme PdF, N-ZS)
- Course objectives
- The students will be able to understand various factors that influence the process of language learning and acquisition. They will be able to identify individual differences among learners and develop appropriate instructional strategies to accommodate every learner in an inclusive classroom.
- Learning outcomes
- Students will:
-be familiar with the well-known theories of language acquisition,
-be able to read academic texts about new developments in the field of the second language acquisition,
-understand specific learning needs and their implications for foreign language teaching,
-be able to identify learners´specific needs,
-be able to plan and apply activities that accommodate individual learners´needs,
-suggest appropriate learning strategies to their learners,
-apply differentiation in teaching a heterogeneous class and develop further in this field,
-compile their teaching portfolios as an ongoing task,
-reflect on their professional development with the use of the portfolio. - Syllabus
- 1. Theories of the first language acquisition 2. Theories of the second language acquisition 3. Individual differences in language learners 4. Affective factors 5. Learner strategies 6. Learner autonomy and its development 7.Learners with SpLD 8.Error Analysis 9.Differentiation
- Literature
- required literature
- LIGHTBOWN, Patsy and Nina Margaret SPADA. How languages are learned. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993, xv, 135. ISBN 0194371697. info
- recommended literature
- SCRIVENER, Jim. Learning teaching : a guidebook for English language teachers. Oxford: Macmillan Heinemann English language teaching, 1994, vi, 218. ISBN 0435240897. info
- OXFORD, Rebecca L. Language learning strategies :what every teacher should know. Boston: Heinle & Heinle, 1990, xxii, 342. ISBN 0-8384-2862-2. info
- Teaching methods
- Seminars, workshops, discussions,reading.
- Assessment methods
- Credit requirements: 1.attendance and active participation 2.assigments 3.portfolio/ test
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2022, recent)
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