Specialist teacher training (secondary school) 1.S2.EP.TTP.AP.48
Course objectives
- how to teach various skills to teenage learners
- how to teach grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation to teenage learners
- how to assess teenage learners
- how to correct errors of teenage learners
- how to work with a coursebook and other materials - secondary school level
- how to teach learners with disabilities - secondary school level
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Course content
1. Teaching various EFL skills to teenage learners (reading, writing, speaking and listening)
2. Teaching EFL sub-systems to teenage learners(grammar, pronunciation).
3. Principles of testing, guidelines for preparing tests, testing techniques oral and written assessment and testing of teenage learners.
4. Error correction, L1 vs L2 in the classroom of teenage learners;
5. Multimedia in EFL classroom of teenage learners
6. Coursebook evaluation; adapting authentic materials to teaching secondary school learners,
7. Elements of teaching learners with specific learning difficulties at the secondary school level.
8. Classroom management at the secondary school level.
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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity
power point presentations, video activities, group discussion, pair-work/group-work activities, micro-teaching, reading assignments, ICT tools - MS Teams
Field of study
Student workload
Study level
Education profile
Type of course
obligatory courses
The semester in which the subject is carried out
Mode
Requirements
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes acc to PQF 2019 - specific to teacher profession
Knowledge
Students know and understand:
1. modern theories related to teaching and learning of tennage learners and their application (N_W02/P7S_WG; M_N_D1.W06)
2. approaches, methods and techniques used in teaching learners at the secondary school level (N_W04/P7S_WG;P7S_WK; M_N_D1.W05; M_N_D1.W07; M_N_D1.W010; M_N_D1.W013)
Skills
Student can:
3. choose, design materials and teaching techniques, including ICT techniques to effectively use them in planning lessons at the secondary school level (N_U02/P7S_UW; M_N_D1.U01; M_N_D1.U07)
4. plan classroom activities that develop of learners' interests in language; use suitable management techniques; analyse material distribution at the secondary school level (N_U04/P7S_UW; M_N_D1.U02; M_N_D1.U03; M_N_D1.U05)
5. diagnose learners' skills; construct a test to assess learners' skills; monitor and assess learners’ work; communicate with learners adapting to their developmental level at the secondary school level (N_U11/P7S_UW/P7S_UK; M_N_D1.U04; M_N_D1.U08; M_N_D1.U09; M_N_D1.U010; M_N_D1.U011)
6. reflect upon own professional development using observation tools, including cooperation with learners' parents at the secondary school level (N_U01/P7S_UW; M_N_D1.U06)
Social competences
Student is ready to:
7. function in a competent, responsible and ethical way in the teaching profession, popularize knowlegde and critical use of resources including the Internet at the secondary school level (N_K01/P7U_KO; N_K06/P7U_KO; M_N_D1.K02; M_N_D1.K04; M_N_D1.K08)
8. adapt work methods to the needs and different learning styles of learners; develop their cooperation skills, curiosity, cognitive activity and independence, as well as logical and critical thinking in language activities for the secondary school level (M_N_D1.K01; M_N_D1.K05; M_N_D1.K07)
9. build relationship with other members of teaching community based on trust and communication; build a system of values and develop ethical attitudes of learners and stimulate them for lifelong learning through independent work at the secondary school level (N_K02/P7U_KO; M_N_D1.K06; M_N_D1.K09)
Assessment criteria
Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes
1. Active participation in classes - 30% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,6,7,8,9)
3. Preparation of lesson plans or short tests - 30% of the final grade (outcome 4,5,8)
4. End of term test of key conceptes and techniques - 40% of the final grade (outcome 1,2)
pass at 60% of the final grade
Bibliography
Reading list
Harmer, J. (2015). The practice of English language teaching. Harlow: Pearson.
Scrivener, J. (2011) Learning Teaching. London: Macmillan.
Tanner, R., & Green, C. (1998). Tasks for teacher education. London: Longman.
Ur, P. (2012). A course in English language teaching. Cambridge: CUP.
A range of on-line resources and texts for EFL teachers.
Additional information
Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system: