AJ1405 Teaching Practice

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/0/1.6. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jana Chocholatá, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Alena Dobrovolná, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
AJ1102 Practical Language 1B
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Abstract
Students will
make themselves familiar with a school environment and with the system of language education;
try out teaching in small groups of learners under the supervision of a mentor teacher;
teach three lessons;
analyse their lessons and suggest changes;
keep a reflective journal.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to
demonstrate their knowledge of the school environment and their knowledge of the Czech system of language education;
try out teaching in small groups of learners under the supervision of a mentor teacher;
teach three lessons independently;
analyse their lessons and suggest changes;
reflect on their teaching performance/experience in their reflective journal.
Key topics
  • Students are in schools for one week, 15 hours.They will have a preparation and reflective seminar at the faculty.
  • Preparation seminar - aims, organization, cooperation with mentors and schools
  • Induction session in the school
  • Shadowing a language teacher, observations
  • Material prepration, planning
  • Cooperative teaching
  • Independent teaching
  • Reflective seminar, lesson analysis.
Study resources and literature
    required literature
  • GOWER, Roger; Diane PHILLIPS and Steve WALTERS. Teaching practice handbook. Oxford: Macmillan, 2005, viii, 215. ISBN 1405080043. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Observations, interviews, cooperative and autonomous planning, teaching, reflections.
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
Active participation in the seminars and school work. Reflective journal and lesson plans.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024, Autumn 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
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