PLIN022 Using Corpora in Teaching Czech as a Foreign Language

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Pavlína Vališová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zdeňka Hladká, Dr.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 14:10–15:45 L11
Prerequisites
Advanced knowledge of corpus work is not required, only basic computer skills. The course is also offered to the students of Czech language and literature and other filological disciplines.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of this course is to introduce students to the discipline Czech as a foreign language, and to show how to use corpus data and corpus tools in teaching Czech for foreigners. The course is focused on deductive approach (creating corpus-based teaching materials) as well as inductive (students´s direct work with corpus tools). The main aims of this course are: using frequent analysis for presentation of grammar, creating corpus-based and corpus-driven teaching materials, using learner corpora and error analysis.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the discipline Czech as a foreign language, methods of language teaching 2. Using corpus in teaching Czech as a foreign langure – decuctive and inductive learning 3. The role of the grammar, frequency and its using for presentation of grammar (Bonito) 4. Written and spoken Czech, the role of colloquial Czech, teaching of variants in declension and conjugation (korpus SyD) 5. Authentic language and authentic texts in teaching, model sentences – authentic, invented and edited (Bonito) 6. Pattern grammar, teaching of collocations and lexical patterns (Korpus SyD, Sketch Engine) 7. Language skills (reading, writting, speaking, listening), work with the text and reading strategies 8. The typology of exercises, Hot Potatoes – a tool for creating on-line activities and games for teaching 9. Analysis of the textbooks of Czech as a foreign language, teaching without any intermediary language 10. Data Driven Learning (DDL) – corpus as a complement to a dictionary and a textbook (Bonito, Korpus SyD) 11. Learner corpora, language acquisition and error analysis 12. Czech learner corpora CZESL and ROMi and their using for research and teaching
Literature
  • ČERMÁK, F. Korpusová lingvistika Praha 2011. 2 Výzkum a výstavba korpusů. Praha: NLN, 2011. info
  • CVRČEK, Václav. Mluvnice současné češtiny. Vyd. 1. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum, 2010, 353 s. ISBN 9788024617435. info
  • AIJMER, Karin. Corpora and Language Teaching. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2009. info
  • HRDLIČKA, Milan. Gramatika a výuka češtiny jako cizího jazyka : k prezentaci gramatiky českého jazyka v učebnicích češtiny pro cizince. Vyd. 1. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2009, 158 s. ISBN 9788024615271. info
  • ČEMUSOVÁ, Jana and Barbora ŠTINDLOVÁ. Sborník Asociace učitelů češtiny jako cizího jazyka (AUČCJ) 2006-2007. Praha: Akropolis, 2007. info
  • SINCLAIR, John McHardy. How to use corpora in language teaching. Philadelphia: J. Benjamins, 2004, vi, 307. ISBN 9027222835. info
  • Cizí jazyk čeština. Vyd. 1. Praha: ISV nakladatelství, 2002, 150 s. ISBN 80-85866-98-6. info
  • Computer learner corpora, second language acquisition, and foreign language teaching. Edited by Sylviane Granger - Joseph Hung - Stephanie Petch-Tyson. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2002, viii, 245. ISBN 1588112934. info
  • HUNSTON, Susan and Gill FRANCIS. Pattern grammar : a corpus-driven approach to the lexical grammar of English. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2000, xi, 288. ISBN 1556193998. info
  • JOHNS, T. Should you be persuaded. Two samples of data-driven learning materials. Classroom Concordancing: ELR Journal, 4, s. 1–16. 1991. info
  • TRIBBLE, C and G JONES. Concordances in the Classroom. London: Longman, 1990. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, discussion and corpus work
Assessment methods
Assessment: class participations, seminar tasks and final seminar paper (a lesson plan)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2022.
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