PdF:NJ_G500 Linguistic for Teachers - Course Information
NJ_G500 Linguistics for Teachers
Faculty of EducationSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person. - Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Tomáš Káňa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Roland Anton Wagner, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Tomáš Káňa, Ph.D.
Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Helena Rytířová
Supplier department: Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education - 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
- there are 10 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- Acquiring a solid overview of linguistics; establishing a critical attitude towards linguistic norms; gaining knowledge in using authentic language sources for linguistic data
- Learning outcomes
- After finishing this course the students - have a global overview of all theoretical linguistics topics, especially of those relevant for modern foreign language teaching. - they have a critical attitude towards linguistic norms; - they are able to derive knowledge about the language and about linguistic phenomena from authentic language sources.
- Syllabus
- 1. Introduction: Language from the point of view of communication and problems of language description – some basic approaches and points of disagreement among their adherents
2. The significance of linguistics for teaching foreign languages – the different linguistic disciplines as reference points for foreigm language teaching - 3. How can linguistic concepts be applied in teaching foreign languages? Two case studies exploiting the concept of internal word structure and valence chunk
- 5. The contribution of semantics and semiotics to the field of intercultural communication
- 6. Language and pragmatics: Language as a tool for achieving things; speech acts and their realisation
- 7. Some specifics of German with respect to language structure and pragmatics: a comparative perspective form the angel of Czech/Slovak
- 8. Sources and tools of linguistic research: the modern state of the art and possible application in language teaching
- 9. Basic knowledge on language acquisition and the development of German as a first and a second language
- 1. Introduction: Language from the point of view of communication and problems of language description – some basic approaches and points of disagreement among their adherents
- Teaching methods
- lectures
- Assessment methods
- At the end of the lectures, students have to pass a written and an oral exam. A minimum of 60 % of the overall amount of points is required in order to pass the written exam.
- Language of instruction
- German
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Note related to how often the course is taught: každý druhý týden v kombinované formě.
General note: K předmětu se nabízí cvičení (NJ_G511).
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 6 hodin v kombinované formě. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Teacher's information
- Additional exercises accompanying the lectures are recomended NJ_G511 Linguistic Concepts for Teachers - Practice (further discission and training for the examination). For more details see the intractive syllabus of this course.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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