PdF:AJ9402 Methodology of English Languag - Course Information
AJ9402 Methodology of English Language Teaching 1B
Faculty of EducationSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 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: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education - 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
- Lower Secondary School English Language Teacher Training (programme PdF, N-AJ2A) (2)
- Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme PdF, M-ZS5)
- Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme PdF, N-ZS)
- Lower Secondary School English Language Teacher Training (Eng.) (programme PdF, N-ZS)
- Lower Secondary School English Language Teacher Training (programme PdF, N-AJ2) (2)
- Lower Secondary School English Language Teacher Training (programme PdF, N-ZS)
- Course objectives
- The students will be able to understand various factors that influence the process of language learning and acquisition. They will be able to identify individual differences among learners and develop appropriate instructional strategies to accommodate every learner in an inclusive classroom.
- Learning outcomes
- Students will:
-be familiar with the theories of first and second language acquisition,
-be able to read academic texts about new developments in the field of the second language acquisition,
-understand specific learning needs and their implications for foreign language teaching,
-be able to identify learners´specific needs,
-be able to plan and apply activities that accommodate individual learners´needs,
-suggest appropriate learning strategies to their learners,
-apply differentiation in teaching a heterogeneous class and develop further in this field,
-compile their teaching portfolios as an ongoing task,
-reflect on their professional development with the use of the portfolio. - Syllabus
- 1. Theories of the first language acquisition 2. Bilingualism and multilingualism 3. Theories of the second language acquisition 4. Individual differences in language learners 5. Factor of age 6. Learner beliefs 7. Learning styles 8. Learner strategies 9. Learner autonomy and its development 10.Learners with SpLD 11.Differentiation 12.Broadening the scope of language education.
- Teaching methods
- Seminars, workshops, discussions,reading.
- Assessment methods
- Credit requirements: 1.attendance (studying materials in moodlinka in case of absence) 2.active participation in seminars 3.seminar paper
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: kombinované studium: výuka v blocích. - Teacher's information
- https://moodlinka.ics.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=448
The students who are spending a semestr abroad (Erasmus, Waco or other study stays) should contact Ms. Hanušová and negotiate their involvement in the course. It is possible to register the course provided that the students can communicate with course instructor weekly.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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