PdF:AJ2BP_OSJA Language Acquisition - Course Information
AJ2BP_OSJA Language Acquisition
Faculty of EducationSpring 2005
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Světlana Hanušová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Světlana Hanušová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová - Timetable
- Tue 12:00–12:45 učebna 59
- 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
- Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme PdF, M-ZS4)
- Course objectives
- Language Acquisition is a relatively new field of study which seeks to understand the processes of learning a native (FLA - First Language Acquisition) or a second language (SLA - Second Language Acquisition). An understanding of second language acquisition is extremely useful for language teachers as it can help them develop appropriate instructional strategies. The seminar focuses on the key concepts of SLA and their application in the language classroom. Moreover, a number of recent ELT methods and approaches are presented and discussed.
- Syllabus
- 1. Introduction, aims and objectives, basic terminology. 2. Factors influencing language acquisition. 3. Stephen Krashen and his language acquisition model. 4. Language acquisition and age: Quantitative research presentation. 5. Learning styles and Multiple Intelligences. 6. Learning strategies. Learner training. 7. Traditional methods of ELT: Grammar-Translation Method, Direct Method. 8. Traditional methods of ELT: Audio-Lingual Method. 9. Humanistic approaches: Total Physical Response, Suggestopedia. 10. Communicative Approach and Post-Method Era. 11. Research presentations
- Literature
- LIGHTBOWN, Patsy and Nina Margaret SPADA. How languages are learned. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993, xv, 135. ISBN 0194371697. info
- ELLIS, Rod. Second language acquisition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997, x, 147 s. ISBN 0-19-437212-X. info
- OXFORD, Rebecca L. Language learning strategies :what every teacher should know. Boston: Heinle & Heinle, 1990, xxii, 342. ISBN 0-8384-2862-2. info
- SINCLAIR, Barbara and Gail ELLIS. Learning to learn English : a course in learner training : teacher's book. 1st ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989, vi, 154. ISBN 0521338166. info
- ELLIS, Gail and Barbara SINCLAIR. Learning to learn English : a course in learner training : learner's book. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989, viii, 118. ISBN 0521338166. info
- LARSEN-FREEMAN, Diane. Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching. Oxford: University Press, 1986, 142 s. ISBN 0-19-434133-X. info
- Approaches and methods in language teaching : a description and analysis. Edited by Jack C. Richards - Theodore S. Rodgers. 7. vyd. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991, viii, 171. ISBN 0521320933. info
- Assessment methods (in Czech)
- Credit requirements: 1.80% attendance 2.active participation 3.seminar paper and presentation based on small-scale research
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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