AJUPP03S Teaching practice 3

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jitka Sedláčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Linda Nepivodová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Formanová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jitka Sedláčková, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJU2401 Practical English Exam && AJU2402 Oral Practical English Exam
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields 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
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course aims are to provide students with real-life experiences from secondary schools. Students observe and shadow their mentor, and prepare and teach lessons in tandem and individually. Students reflect on their experiences in personal written reflections and prepare a portfolio to demonstrate their professional development.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the students will be able - to cooperate with a mentor/introducing teacher, - to observe lessons and reflect on the observations, - to plan English language skills/systems lessons for classes of various proficiency and age levels that contain appropriate lesson aims and stages, suitable interaction patterns, a balance of activities, appropriate timing for different stages, analysis of language with a clear focus on meaning, form and use, and anticipated problems and solutions, - to create detailed lesson plans to support their teaching, - to teach a 45-minute English language skills/systems lesson demonstrating effective execution of their planning, adjusting their language appropriately to the level, identifying and correcting errors, and managing and organizing the class. - to analyse their own teaching classroom planning and practice and reflect on their teaching in speaking and writing.
Syllabus
  • Students participate in external teaching at a selected secondary school. The number of hours spent at the school and their distribution according to individual activities is stated here: https://www.phil.muni.cz/student/pedagogicke-praxe. Students realize their practice during the teaching period of the semester. Students start their practice only after the administrative process of the practice arrangement is completed. The practice is continuous. The students are expected to spend about 1 - 2 days for 10 weeks in the school.
Teaching methods
practice in secondary school (observation, tandem teaching, teaching, feedback and reflection with mentor and alone).
Assessment methods
To pass the course the students are required to: 1. Contact their mentor within one week of receiving the contact details. 2. Discuss their professional development plan and aims with their mentor at the beginning and during the practice. 3. Spend the required number of hours in school doing the activities described at the official website https://www.phil.muni.cz/student/pedagogicke-praxe/pokyny-pro-studujici#praxe2 and strive for the maximum development of the students whose education they contribute to during the teaching practice. 4. Cooperate with the mentor, and show maximum flexibility on the student's part. 5. Demonstrate professionalism (responsibility, punctuality, preparation, adhering to the rules of the school). 6. Strive for their professional development. Based on the evidence in their reflective diary and portfolio, students continuously evaluate their professional development with the help of their mentor. At the end of the teaching practice, students fill out the self-reflection instrument based on continuous evaluation. 7. Submit required documents by the date set for the particular semester in Homework vaults in IS. 8. Contact the manager of the teaching practice and the university lecturer immediately in case when any problems or barriers during the teaching practice occur.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
https://www.phil.muni.cz/student/pedagogicke-praxe
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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