PdF:AJB_UALE Using Authentic Literature - Course Information

AJB_UALE Using Authentic Literature in English Classes

Extent and Intensity

0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Naděžda Vojtková (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Světlana Hanušová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová

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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Teacher Training in Foreign Languages - English Language (programme PdF, B-SPE)
• Studies to Extend Teaching Qualification for Primary Schools (programme PdF, C-CV, specialization English Language)
• Lower Secondary School and Language School Teacher Training in English Language (programme PdF, N-ZS)
• Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in Foreign Languages - English (programme PdF, B-ZS)

Course objectives

Students will investigate various literary genres and they will try to use them for teaching in English classes. They will justify using authentic literature in the classes, look at the criteria of choice and then they will go through the process of using them. They will choose their own texts and design pre-, while and post- reading activities. They will try them out in microteaching sessions.

Syllabus

• 1. - 4. sessions (September) Rationale for using authentic literature, criteria of selection, some examples of activities, reflection, action plan September - January Independent work - selecting the text, designing activities, compiling project log, consultations on Moodle 5. - 9. sessions (January) Sharing experience, microteaching, feedback, reflection, evaluation

Literature

• COLLIE, Joanne and Stephen SLATER. Literature in the language classroom : a resource book of ideas and activities. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987, vi, 266. ISBN 0521312248. info

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Students will be assessed on their active participation in the sessions and they will submit their project log with lesson plans and activities

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.

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