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Lecturer(s)
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Reimannová Irena, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Černá Monika, doc. PaedDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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The concept of method in ELT. The Grammar-Translation Method. The Direct Method. The Audiolingual Method. TPR. Suggestopedia. The Silent Way. The Natural Approach. Community Language Learning. Communicative Approaches: Communicative Language Teaching. Content-Based Instruction / CLIL. Task-Based Language Teaching. Current Trends & Eclecticism.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities, Monitoring, Skills training, Work-related activities
- Contact teaching
- 39 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 75 hours per semester
- Team project
- 6 hours per semester
- Independent critical reading
- 20 hours per semester
- Preparation for an exam
- 10 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Teaching English as a Foreign Language I is one of the core subjects of the Professional module. It draws on the basic components of student teachers professional competence acquired in the undergraduate programme. Therefore, it aims to further develop students´ skill to orientate in complex issues related to the content and process of teaching / learning English to primary / lower secondary school learners, namely in the area of methods and approaches in ELT.
Student teachers' professional competence is developed and systemized mainly in the area of managing ELF teaching / learning processes in formal education with synchronic and diachronic analysis of the ELT methods and approaches.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination, Work-related product analysis, Didactic test, Discussion
1. active participation in seminars and completing the assigned tasks (answers to questions, observation sheets, etc.) 2. knowledge of the theoretical background of approaches, methods, and techniques in ELT 3. application of selected teaching techniques in one's own microteaching (teamwork): - designing a lesson plan including two selected techniques related to the approaches and methods in ELT and including teaching aids - rationale behind the techniques included in the lesson plan (link to the theory discussed) and reflection of the process of planning - teaching a lesson based on the plan 4. oral exam (scheduled on the same day as microteaching): interview based on the submitted materials and microteaching performance including a list of literature (all the materials have to be submitted five days before the exam). Study materials and support are provided in LMS Moodle.
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Recommended literature
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Brown, D.H. Principles of Language Learning and Teaching, 6th ed.. London: Pearson Education, 2014.
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Hall, Graham (ed.). The Routledge Handbook of English Language Teaching. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.
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Hall, Graham. Exploring English Language Teaching. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011.
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Howatt, A. P. R. A history of English language teaching. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-19-442185-6.
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Janíková, Věra a kol. Výuka cizích jazyků. Praha: Grada, 2012.
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Larsen-Freeman, Diane. Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching. Cambridge, 2014.
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Larsen-Freeman, Diane. Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.
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Richards, Jack C. and Theodore S. Rodgers. Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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Stern, H. H.. Fundamental concepts of language teaching. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. ISBN 0-19-437065-8.
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