Course: Project II

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Course title Project II
Course code KAA/PROJ2
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
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.
  • Reimannová Irena, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Professional competence of English language teacher written annotation, analysis and alteration of own video-recordings (UCPX1 recordings and analysis). Professional competence of English language teacher - creation of 1 observation sheet. Professional competence of English language teacher - critical evaluation of a textbook, creating and presenting a databank of teaching materials.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Methods of individual activities, Monitoring, Skills training, Work-related activities
Learning outcomes
Project II is integrated with Teaching Practice II and aims at the development of student teachers´ professional competence in teaching English at lower secondary schools. Reflective strategies and techniques help activate professional knowledge base for teaching namely in the areas of content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge and develop professional teaching skills necessary for material development and evaluation.
Students will develop their professional teaching competence within the framework of a three-stage cycle planning - teaching - analysing. Furthermore, their skills in the area of material development and evaluation will evolve.
Prerequisites
unspecified

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

The credit is awarded on the basis of creation and analysis of own observation sheet; the completion and presentation of the databank of teaching materials (one activity for a swop shop); list of literature (studied, used for/in lessons).
Recommended literature
  • Cunningsworth, Alan. Choosing your coursebook. Oxford: Heinemann, 1995. ISBN 0-435-24058-7.
  • Nunan, David. Designing tasks for the communicative classroom. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. ISBN 0-521-37915-6.
  • RICHARDS, J.C.; LOCKHART, C. Reflective Teaching in Second Language Classrooms. Cambridge University Press, 2000.


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 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): English Language Teacher Education (2013) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter