UCJAM018 Teaching English as a Foreign Language

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 0 credit(s). Type of Completion: -.
Guaranteed by
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
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
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • 1. Presentations, explanations and feedback. (effective presentation, explanations and instructions, kinds of assessment, mistake versus error, fluency versus accuracy, ways of correcting and assessing language skills)
    2. Practice activities and testing. (characteristics of effective practice activities, practice techniques, kind of exercises, giving assignment, sequencing, reasons for testing, kinds of tests, elicitation techniques, preparing and assessing a test)
    3. Teaching pronunciation and vocabulary. (what does pronunciation involve, improving learner's pronunciation, what needs to be taught, remembering vocabulary, presentation, practice and testing)
    4. Teaching listening and speaking. (what does real/life listening involve, learner difficulties, stages of listening activities, problems with speaking activities, fluency and accuracy based exercises, presentation, practice and testing)
    5. Teaching grammar, reading and writing. (grammatical structures, grammatical meaning, overt and covert grammar,types of reading, efficient and inefficient reading, stages of reading activities, written versus spoken text, presentation, practice and testing)
    6. Audio-visual aids. (Kinds and usage of audio-visual aids - black board, pictures, worksheets, work card, OHP, cassette player versus CD player, video, PC etc)
    7. Coursebook and course content - the syllabus and educational framework. (advantages and disadvantages of using a coursebook, qualities of a textbook, choosing a textbook , what is syllabus, types of syllabi, from RVP to + ŠVP, key competences and cross-curricular topics in English, expected output, types of non-linguistic content and methods of teaching them)
    8. Lesson planning, preparation and classroom interaction. (preparing a lesson plan, ways of varying a lesson, ordering components of a lesson, classroom interaction types, their usage, advantages and disadvantages, questioning - reasons for questioning, effective questioning)
    9. Teacher development - practice and reflection. (various ways of teacher development)
    10. Common European Framework of Reference and the New "Maturita" Exam. (the function and principles of CEFR, terminology, context of using language, levels and descriptors, structure of the exam, structure and level of the foreign language exam, its parts and assessment)
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2012, Summer 2013, Winter 2013, Summer 2014, Winter 2014, Summer 2015, Winter 2015, Summer 2016, Winter 2016, Summer 2017, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020.
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