Teaching English as a foreign language 15-DJANG-NA-14

Teaching content:
- The aims of teaching English
- The National Curriculum and other educational documents
- The communicative approach and task-based teaching
- A foreign language lesson: types, elements, planning
- Classroom management, classroom interaction
- Teacher language: explanations, questions, instructions, feedback, L1 use
- Teaching language subsystems: vocabulary and grammar

Module learning aims

Defining the aims of learning and teaching a foreign language (L2) in primary and secondary school; Providing students with knowledge about basic principles of L2 teaching in the communicative approach; Providing students with the principles of language use (including the use of the native language) by the teacher in an L2 lesson; Acquainting students with the principles and techniques of introducing and practicing new language (vocabulary and grammar); Providing students with the principles of planning and organizing L2 courses and lessons.

Major

English philology (teaching specialisation) First semester of a four semester course. Continued as 15-DJANG-NA-24 in the second semester

Methods of teaching for learning outcomes achievement

Discussion, work with texts, case analysis, problem-based teaching, activating methods, e.g. brainstorming, groupwork

Student workload (ECTS credits)

4 ECTS

Cycle of studies

1st cycle

Module type

compulsory

Year of studies (where relevant)

Year 2

Course coordinators

Aleksandra Wach

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student:
Knows the aims of teaching English in the Polish school at primary and secondary levels in relation to educational documentation;
Can select the right teaching materials for a given group of learners, considering their specific needs;
Can formulate explanations, questions, instructions and feedback in L2 and L1, taking into account learners' level;
Can organize work in the classroom;
Knows the principles and techniques of introducing and practicing language subsystems (vocabulary and grammar);
Can plan an L2 lesson with the use of appropriately selected audiovisual aids.

Assessment criteria

Written test, project, multimedia presentation, portfolio

Bibliography

Brown, H.D. 2007. Teaching by principles. An interactive approach to language pedagogy. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall Regents.
Harmer, Jeremy. 2012. Essential teacher knowledge. Harlow: Pearson Longman.
Harmer, Jeremy. 2014. The practice of English language teaching. (5th edition.) Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.
Johnson, Keith. 2008. An introduction to foreign language learning and teaching. (2nd edition.) Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.
Komorowska, Hanna. 2003. Metodyka nauczania języków obcych. Warszawa: Fraszka Edukacyjna.
Richards, Jack C. 2015. Key issues in language teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Scrivener, Jim. 2011. Learning teaching. (3rd edition.). Oxford: Macmillan.
Spratt, Mary, Alan Pulverness and Melanie Williams. 2012. The TKT course. (2nd edition.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Ur, Penny. 2012. A course in language teaching. (2nd edition.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Additional information

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