PdF:AJ_SLD Specific Learning Difficulties - Course Information
AJ_SLD Teaching English to Learners with Specific Learning Difficulties
Faculty of EducationAutumn 2005
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Dr. Rita Chalmers Collins (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
- Mon 15:30–17:05 učebna 12, Wed 15:30–17:05 učebna 64
- 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
- there are 10 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- This course will examine theories and techniques for teaching English as a foreign language to learners with specific learning disabilities. Information, resources and examples of teaching methods used in the United States will be provided. Students will examine ways to integrate valuable practices into classroom settings.
- Syllabus (in Czech)
- This class meets weekly. Each session will include a warm-up exercise, brief lecture, group activity and a dialogue journal. Students will complete one written essay and a group oral presentation. Articles will be posted on the Internet for supplemental reading. WEEK TOPIC 1 Introduction and overview 2 Defining Learning Disabilities 3 Some applicable theories 4 General US classroom practices (SLD) 5 Classroom accommodations 6 Teaching EFL to SLD population 7 Testing and documentation 8 Teaching methods 9 Classroom accommodations 10 Current methods in Czech schools 11 Comparison of methods and theories 12 Review and wrap-up
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2005, recent)
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