Course: Methodology /English 3

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Course title Methodology /English 3
Course code KAN/ME3E
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Kupilíková Pavlína, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Nováková Ludmila, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Černá Lucie, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Teaching the language skills: reading with comprehension and writing, integrating the skills in relations to cross-curricular use; Assessing the learners' language abilities (language skills and systems), assessment tools; motivation strategies; developing learner's autonomy; European Language Portfolio, Common European Framework for Languages; teaching materials (different types of teaching materials including course books, criteria for choosing and evaluating the materials, resources, designing and adopting materials).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Discussion, Multimedia supported teaching, Students' portfolio, Skills demonstration, Task-based study method, Seminar classes, Individual study, Students' self-study, Self-study of literature
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 20 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15) - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 20 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 30 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Team project (50/number of students) - 10 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
KAN / ME2
be familiar with basic principles of effective classroom management of English lessons / including all the items in the detailed lesson plan and basic classroom language; be familiar with a variety of techniques for the lesson; be familiar with the principles and procedures of teaching some language skills - listening with comprehension and speaking; be able to find some language activities in various resources including the Internet; be familiar with the subject's metalanguage
Skills
apply the basic principles of effective management of English lessons /including detailed lesson planning and using basic classroom language; explain and justifies the use of chosen techniques for the lesson; describe the principles and procedures of teaching listening with comprehension and speaking; implement theoretical knowledge about teaching language skill in own lesson planning - either when focusing each skill separately or integrating them; find some language activities in various resources including the Internet and evaluate how appropriate they are for pupils' language development and for the key competences development; self-evalute own skills and describes own strengths and weaknesses in English language teaching skills; use the subject's metalanguage.
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
describe the principles and procedures of teaching reading with comprehension and writing; explain assessment metalanguage; be familiar with a variety of different evaluation tools (including European Language Portfolio); describe strategies and activities essential for English learners' motivation and independence; be familiar with a variety of teaching materials (including supplementary); be familiar with a relationship between the RVP ZV and CEFR and describe the CEFR language levels.
Skills
implement the principles and recommended procedures of teaching reading with comprehension and writing; explains and uses assessment metalanguage; evaluates the appropriatness of the use of a variety of different evaluation tools; implements the theoretical knowledge when assessing pupils' language; describes strategies and activities essential for English learners' motivation and independent; analyses and evaluates how useful the teaching materials are according to the criteria reflecting current needs (e.g. new trends, National Framework for Education, learners differences etc.); explains the relationship between the RVP ZV with CEFR and describes the CEFR language levels; self-evaluates own teaching skills and describes own strengths and weaknesses in English language teaching skills.
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Multimedia supported teaching
Task-based study method
Skills demonstration
Self-study of literature
Individual study
Students' portfolio
Discussion
Seminar classes
assessment methods
Oral exam
Test
Seminar work
Continuous assessment
Self-evaluation
Portfolio
Recommended literature
  • Rámcový vzdělávací program pro základní vzdělávání. Stařeč: Infra, 2005. ISBN 80-86666-24-7.
  • Společný evropský referenční rámec pro jazyky : jak se učíme jazykům, jak je vyučujeme a jak v jazycích hodnotíme. 2. české vyd. Olomouc : Univerzita Palackého, 2006. ISBN 80-244-1425-2.
  • HADFIELD, J. & HADFIELD, C. Introduction to Teaching English. Oxford: Oxford University Press,, 2008. ISBN 978-0-19-441795-8.
  • Ioannou-Georgiou, Sophie; Pavlou, Pavlos; Maley, Alan. Assessing young learners. 1st pub. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-19-437281-2.
  • JANG, E. Focus on Assessment.. Oxford: Oxford University Press,, 2014. ISBN 978-0-19-400083-3.
  • Little, D. a Perclová, R. Evropské jazykové portfolio.. Praha, MŠMT, 2001.
  • Reilly, Jackie; Reilly, Vanessa. Writing with children. 1st pub. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-19-437599-4.
  • SLATTERY, M. & WILLIS, J. English for Primary Teachers: a handbook of activities and classroom language.. Oxford: Oxford University Press,, 2001. ISBN 0-19-437563-3.


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