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2022
Designing a task-based course for special educators
HOCHMANOVÁ, DitaBasic information
Original name
Designing a task-based course for special educators
Name in Czech
Metoda TBL v navrhování kurzů pro speciální pedagogy
Authors
Edition
LSP4Employability: Language skills for employable graduates, 2022
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Language
English
Type of outcome
Prezentace na konferencích
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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Language Centre
Keywords (in Czech)
metoda TBL, zaměstnatelnost studentů, měkké dovednosti
Keywords in English
task-based learning, employability, soft skills
Změněno: 30/8/2022 14:31, Mgr. Dita Hochmanová, Ph.D.
Abstract
V originále
This paper presents the design of a series of task-based courses of English for special educators at B1-B2 level recently introduced at Masaryk University, Czech Republic. Following the need to progress from traditional forms of teaching to more contemporary approaches, the courses are centred on a set of tasks, which students complete and present as their portfolio. Rather than fulfilling the idea of teaching specific content related to special education in English, the tasks and scaffolding activities included in the courses have the ambition to develop transferable skills which have been identified as crucial for successful graduation and future career by specialists in the field. First, the presentation explains how the tasks included in the courses are related, integrated and sequenced to provide the students with a meaningful structure of skills they will find useful in their future practice. Then, it shows how the tasks align with the CEFR framework and assesses how the participants responded to the assignments in course evaluation surveys. Finally, the paper describes the experience of running the courses online at the times of pandemic and discusses the challenges and possibilities of teaching transferable communication skills on online platforms.