Tailoring language courses: task chaining, life skills

HRADILOVÁ, Alena. Tailoring language courses: task chaining, life skills. In Languages for Specific Purposes in Higher Education conference, the University of Oxford Language Centre, Velká Británie, 7.9.2017. 2017.

Basic information

Original name

Tailoring language courses: task chaining, life skills

Authors

HRADILOVÁ, Alena (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Languages for Specific Purposes in Higher Education conference, the University of Oxford Language Centre, Velká Británie, 7.9.2017, 2017

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

60200 6.2 Languages and Literature

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14640/17:00098250

Organization unit

Language Centre

Keywords in English

syllabus cognitive thinking experiential learning life skills soft skills

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Abstract

V originále

The talk describes the journey of teachers who decided to abandon the traditional topic based syllabus to focus on life skills. We crossed the border between pedagogy and andragogy and moved from atomized language skills practice to task chaining. We will share such examples from courses of Legal English and illustrate how students perceive the variety of teaching methods and types of learning, and how students’ complaints on mixed ability classes miraculously disappeared.