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for academic year 2025/2026
Palacký University Olomouc

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Course: Sustaining Languages: Developing language materials and supporting literacy for low-resource languages

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Course title	Sustaining Languages: Developing language materials and supporting literacy for low-resource languages
Course code	DAS/SULA
Organizational form of instruction	Seminary
Level of course	Bachelor
Year of study	not specified
Semester	Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits	5
Language of instruction	Czech, English
Status of course	Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction	Face-to-face
Work placements	This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components	None
Course availability	The course is available to visiting students

Lecturer(s)
Kratochvíl František, M.A., Ph.D. Bond Francis Charles, Ph.D. Saad Georges, PhD.
Course content
1. Literacy and Language Vitality 2. Cultural background, visual documentation, and cultural customization 3. Language acquisition and vocabulary development 4. Early reading development and problems 5. Early reading materials: Alphabet books, Picture dictionaries, Story books 6. Effectiveness/evaluation of literacy materials
Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
This course consolidates the knowledge about language acquisition and its consequences for early reading in a range of communities. It systematically studies the function and development of literacy in various cultures and educational systems. The course also reveals the latest tools in early literacy material design and evaluation. Students gain first-hand experience in this field through a book project, spanning the length of the entire course. The knowledge about various aspects of early reading in various cultures will be put to use in designing early literacy materials for a number of languages. The materials may range from alphabet books, early dictionaries, storybooks, to interactive e-books.
Prerequisites
unspecified
Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified Students will be assessed by: 30%: Survey and presentation detailing the literacy practices and visual culture of the target language chosen for the book project. Assignments may include illustrating a research question that is of general interest, proposing a research design that addresses this question, writing a review on a specific topic, and generating a model that could explain the possible findings. 50%: Book project creating a single literacy material to for a language of choice (less familiar languages are expected to be the target). The project requires close collaboration between the linguist and the illustrator - each taking responsibility for the relevant part of the project. 20%: Testing suite will be a collection of additional materials that come with the book project aimed to test and evaluate effectiveness of the chosen project. Students are expected to familiarize themselves with curriculum design and evaluation so that they can collect structured feedback from the language communities about the book project, enabling future improvement of the material.
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Study plans that include the course

Faculty	Study plan (Version)	Category of Branch/Specialization	Recommended year of study	Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Asian Studies, Specialization Indonesian Language and Culture (2019)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Japanese Philology (2019)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Korean for Practice (2024)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Vietnamese Philology (2019)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Asian Studies, Specialization Vietnamese Language and Culture (2019)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Chinese Studies (2019)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Vietnamese Philology (2023)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Chinese Studies (2019)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Chinese Studies (2023)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Chinese Studies (2019)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Korean for Business (2023)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Chinese Studies (2023)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Chinese for Practice (2024)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Chinese Studies (2023)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Vietnamese Philology (2019)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Asian Studies (2019)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Asian Studies, Specialization Chinese Language and Culture (2019)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Asian Studies, Specialization Japanese Language and Culture (2019)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Asian Studies, Specialization Korean Language and Culture (2019)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Chinese Studies (2019)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Indonesian Studies (2022)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Vietnamese Philology (2023)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Vietnamese for Practice (2024)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Indonesian Studies for Tourism (2023)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Chinese Studies (2023)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Korean Studies (2023)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -

Palacký University Olomouc, date of update: 23.10.2025 23:53. Data created for academic year 2025/2026