PdF:NJ_G511 Linguistics Practice - Course Information

NJ_G511 Linguistic Concepts for Teachers - Practice

Extent and Intensity

0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Tomáš Káňa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Roland Anton Wagner, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Tomáš Káňa, Ph.D.
Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Helena Rytířová
Supplier department: Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education

Timetable of Seminar Groups

NJ_G511/Kombi01: Fri 21. 2. 17:00–17:50 učebna 63, Fri 21. 3. 17:00–17:50 učebna 63, Fri 25. 4. 17:00–17:50 učebna 63, T. Káňa, R. Wagner
NJ_G511/Prez01: each even Wednesday 17:00–17:50 učebna 72, T. Káňa, R. Wagner

Prerequisites

NOW( NJ_G500 Linguistic for Teachers )
Sufficient receptive and productive language competence in German in order to be able to follow the course in German.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

The course offers additional exercises covering the material of the lectures “Linguistics for Teachers”. The aim is to consolidate and deepen the material dealt with in the lecture through practical exercises. In addition, the exercises offer a forum in which students can discuss their personal experiences with teaching and learning foreign languages, applying the linguistic concepts presented in the lectures. A further aim of the exercises is to help students prepare for the final exam held at the end of the lectures.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, students should be able
- to characterize the different linguistic disciplines on which modern foreign language didactics are based;
- to applicate the linguistic concepts introduced during the lectures to concrete material found in textbooks of German as a foreign language,
- to analyse and interpret authentic language material in order to find out rules and regularities holding in the foreign language;
- to make reasoned decisions on material to be choose for foreign language classes at a certain level.
In addition, students acquire a critical attitude towards normative statements concerning language and language use.

Syllabus

• 1. Linguistic basics of today´s foreign language teaching – from grammar to pragmatics;
• 2. Texts as a crucial unit in teaching and learning German as a foreign language;
• 3. Linguistic data in teaching and learning;
• 4. Approaches to describing and interpreting material from textbooks for German as a foreign language; assigning exercises and explanations in textbooks to certain models of grammar;
• 5. Discussing personal experiences with language acquisition in formal and informal contexts; comparison of statements in the literature with cases of language acquisition according to the personal experience of the students;
• 6. Strategies in formulating written texts for final examinations (describing, analysing, evaluating; planning texts by arranging notes; explicitly formulating the point under consideration).

Literature

• Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache : ein internationales Handbuch. Edited by Hans-Jürgen Krumm. Mouton: De Gruyter, 2010, s. i-xiii. ISBN 9783110240252. info

Teaching methods

Exercises, class discussion; short homework according to in-class assignment

Assessment methods

Credits can be acquired through participating in class discussions and handing in the assigned homework.

Language of instruction

German

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 3 hodiny v kombinované formě.

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