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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Get-to-know activities for first lessons How to motivate learners, trends of the 21st century Learning Styles and their importance in language learning (visual, auditory, bodily-kinesthetic, tactile) Multiple Intelligences (logical-mathematical, linguistic, spatial and new multiple intelligences according to Howard Gardner) Classroom management (atmosphere, routines, discipline, using English and mother tongue, pair and group work, cooperative teaching x teacher-centred teaching) Assessment, error correction, feedback Teaching language skills: reading, writing Internet sources for teachers
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Demonstration, Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
- Homework for Teaching
- 30 hours per semester
- Attendace
- 40 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Course Credit
- 5 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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This course is an introduction to the teaching of English to speakers of other languages (TESOL. The course will develop awareness of current trends in language teaching and learning. Through a programme of lectures, discussions, seminars and practical teaching activities we will explore the educational contexts in which English is taught. The course will also focus on teaching methods and practical materials that students might find useful in their teaching practice and career. The course deals with a wide range of matters relating to foreign language teaching to teenage and adult students. It aims to help students gain competences in teaching English.
This course aims at helping the students gain an overview of the theoretical issues as well as practical skills in language learning. Students will also gain practical competences in teaching English through microteaching.
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Prerequisites
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A working knowledge of English (C1)
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Dialog, Systematic Observation of Student, Visitation
80% attendance (2 absences = 2 x 90 minutes) active participation in class discussions and activities doing assignments covering all topics (lesson plans, microteaching, activities)
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Recommended literature
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Harmer, J. (2007). The Practice of English Language Teaching. Fourth Edition. Book with DVD. Harlow: Longman.
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Kerr, P. (2014). Translation and own-language activities.
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Lightbown, P., Spada, N.M. (2013). How languages are learned 4th edition.
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Seymour, D., & Popova, M. (2003). 700 classroom activities: conversation, functions, grammar, vocabulary. Oxford: Macmillan.
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Ur, P. (2012). A Course in English Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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