Course: Teaching Learners with Specific Learning Difficulties

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Course title Teaching Learners with Specific Learning Difficulties
Course code KAA/VSPU
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Černá Monika, doc. PaedDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Understanding the concept of Special Educational Needs. Specific learning difficulties. Learner with dyslexia learning English. Exceptionally gifted learners. Individual learner differences. Differentiation. Specific teaching techniques in teaching English to learners with SEN. Material teaching aids.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities, Demonstration, Skills training, Work-related activities
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to develop student teachers´ professional competence in the area of special educational needs. Attention will be paid mainly to learners with specific learning difficulties (SpLD) and to exceptionally gifted learners. Student teachers will learn to identify selected special educational needs and reflect them in lesson preparation.
Students develop their professional competence namely in the area of pedagogical diagnostics and differentiation. They will acquire specific strategies and techniques which may be effectively used in teaching skills and sub-skills in heterogeneous groups including learners with SpLD and exceptionally gifted learners.
Prerequisites
unspecified
KAA/DAJ1

Assessment methods and criteria
Work-related product analysis, Discussion, Student portfolio analysis

1. active participation in face2face seminars (80%) 2. completing tasks assigned during the term (in relation to UCPX1) 3. participation in a group discussion at the end of the term (the date will be specified)
Recommended literature
  • Broomfield, H., Combley, M. Overcoming Dyslexia.. Whurr Publishers, 1996.
  • Grenarová, R.; Vítková, M. Cizojazyčná výuka a nadaný žák. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2010. ISBN 978-80-210-5375-5.
  • Hříbková, Lenka. Nadání a nadaní : pedagogicko-psychologické přístupy, modely, výzkumy a jejich vztah ke školské praxi. Praha: Grada, 2009. ISBN 978-80-247-1998-6.
  • Hurtová, D., Strnadová, I., Šigutová, M. Anglický nápadníček. OUP, 2006.
  • Layton, L., Deeny, K. Sound Practice: Phonological Awareness in the Classroom.. Fulton (David) Publishers Ltd., 2002.
  • OTT, P. How to Detect and Manage Dyslexia. Oxford : Heinemann Educational Books, 1997.
  • ZELINKOVÁ, O. Poruchy učení. Praha: Portál, 2003.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): English Language Teacher Education (2013) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): English Language Teacher Education (2013) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer