Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in Russian Language

This study programme is intended for graduates of bachelor study of the same field. The basic aim of education in Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in Russian is to prepare a fully qualified teacher of Russian with solid knowledge and skills in the field of Russian language and its teaching methodology.

By studying the master's degree, the graduate will acquire pedagogical and psychological knowledge that will be used in the practice of primary school teachers. The professional conduct of the graduate will be conditioned by the broader pedagogical and psychological knowledge of educational and pedagogical practices. The study is based on the interdependence of theory and practice.

Teaching in the combined mode of study combines full-time and distance learning, i.e. learning takes place through educational blocks, consultations and individual students' preparation. Part-time study is supported by a number of study materials in electronic format for independent work of students and distance learning.

After successfully completing his/her studies the graduate is able to:

• master the spoken and written language at level C1 + according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages;
• apply all lessons learned in education;
• study the professional literature which is between linguistics and language teaching methodology and draw practical conclusions for their teaching practice;
• select appropriate literary texts for teaching and work with them in a way that will stimulate students' interest and develop their language skills and their personality;
• plan and implement teaching, use a combination of different forms and methods of teaching, including modern techniques, information technologies and strategies;
• apply basic specifics of working with pupils with special educational needs in Russian language teaching;
• continue professional development based on self-reflection and autonomy.
• plan, implement and reflect their own teaching at the appropriate level of established professional competencies;
• use the basic professional terminology and information sources of pedagogical and school psychology;
• use basic methods and tools of pedagogical diagnostics in practice and to obtain data available for individual pupil / client support and data for working with the group, class college;
• explain and to reflect the principles of inclusive education;
• create an inclusive classroom environment, apply at least some strategies of individualisation and differentiation in teaching;
• describe and explain on a specific example from their portfolio individually specific learning processes.

Graduates are fully qualified to work as a teacher of Russian language at primary and lower secondary school and at the corresponding stage of grammar schools.

The skills acquired during the studies also provide full qualification for the work of teachers at Russian language schools, language clubs in primary and lower secondary schools and free-time centres, educational centres, etc.

• Teacher of the second level of primary school
• Teacher of language school authorised for state language examinations

The teaching practice is conceived as a coherent and gradated system with an emphasis on interconnection with theory and reflection and self-reflection of the student as a teacher.

The aim of the teaching practice is to acquire the professional competences necessary in the daily work of the teacher, to become acquainted with the roles which the teacher enters into in their work, to realize their own professional needs and to gradually take responsibility for the planning, implementation and evaluation of lessons. Throughout the teaching practice, students get a real idea of what a teacher's everyday work involves.

The teaching practice forms a coherent system of consecutive subjects. In the follow-up master's programmes, these are the subjects Teaching Practice 1 (1st semester), Teaching Practice 2 (2nd semester) and Teaching Practice 3 (3rd semester). In total, this makes up 280 hours (double-subject programme), followed by Seminar on Teaching Practice. Students enrol in the Seminar on Teaching Practice 1 twice during their studies (in the first and second semesters). The aim of the reflection is to provide students with a space for sharing and reflecting on experiences from their own teaching practice and helping them to deepen their reflective and self-reflective skills.

The system of teaching practice is regularly evaluated both through open and closed questions, both by students and the mentor teachers. The reflective seminars are also evaluated.

The length of the master's thesis ranges is min. 65 standard pages, i.e. 117 000 characters including gaps (without attachments). The student chooses the topic of his final work from the following areas: linguistics, didactic of Russian or literature.

More detailed information and instructions for preparing the master's thesis are available at the Department's website: http://katedry.ped.muni.cz/rustina/informace-pro-studenty/pokyny-k-vypracovani-zaverecnych-praci-na-krjal

Students also have the opportunity to choose the topic of his thesis from the areas offered by the Department of Pedagogy. More detailed information and instructions are available at the Department's website: http://katedry.ped.muni.cz/pedagogika/zaverecne-prace

After completion of the Master's studies, it is possible to continue further studies in Ph. D. degree programme Didactics of foreign language - Russian language (after satisfying the admission requirements): https://www.ped.muni.cz/pro-uchazece/doktorske-studium/23888-didaktika-ciziho-jazyka.