UZAJ2035 Syllabus, Lesson and Material Design for ELT

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
James Edward Thomas, M.A. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 14:10–15:45 G22
Prerequisites
UZAJ2022 Language Acquisition
UZAJ2033 ELT Methodology I
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course is taught concurrently with UZAJ2034 ELT Methodology II, both of them building on UZAJ2033 ELT Methodology I. Methodology III deals with broader issues in language teaching. While the trainees are doing Methodology II and III, they are undertaking the course UZAJ203 - Practice teaching.
By the end of this course, trainees should have an understanding of key issues and elements of language testing and assessment. They should be able to construct and conduct quality tests and assessments.
Trainees gain knowledge and skills in key aspects of using ICT in language teaching
Trainees refine their view of language per se which allows them to create lessons that integrate skills and systems. This leads to quality materials design
Trainees become familiar with key concepts such error correction, feedback, fluency and accuracy, double processing, task-based learning
Trainees become familiar with modes of fostering learner independence, a.k.a learning to learn
Through the process of designing a whole course, trainees get to hypothetically realise the plethora of language learning methods and procedures that they have become familiar with and make principled choices
ultimately trainees learn that every practical thing they do in the classroom has a reason grounded in theory.
Syllabus
  • 1. Testing 2. Assessment 3. Error Correction, Collection and Analysis 4. Learning Strategies 5. From Vocabulary to Syntax 6. Integrating Skills and Systems 7. Teaching English in English 8. Music in the Language Classroom 9. Global Issues and Social Responsibility 10. Course Design
Literature
  • BROWN, H. Douglas. Teaching by principles : an interactive approach to language pedagogy. 3rd ed. White Plains: Pearson Education, 2007, xvii, 569. ISBN 9780136127116. info
Teaching methods
Seminars using loop input where possible. Students involved in problem solving tasks, task-based learning, participating in demonstration lessons and analysing them, giving their own presentations, producing sample work based on input, preparation for practice teaching.
Assessment methods
The course concludes with the submission of a course design that manifests the wide range of linguistics, language acquisition and methodological aspects of our field.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
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