Academic major 2

studia drugiego stopnia

English Philology - Teacher Training Programme

semestr 2

studia niestacjonarne

profil akademicki

obowiązkowe

Mieszany: realizowany zdalnie i w sali

Academic major 1

ECTS points in relation to student’s duties

total number of ECTS: 4

1 ECTS = 30 hrs in class (50% university site/50% online)

3 ECTS = 90 hrs preparation to class with direct participation of the teacher

Course description

The course in Academic major 2 is a continuation of Academic major 1. It deepends students theoretical knowledge related to second language acquisition and introduces practical application of that knowledge, inviting students to discover own research interests within that knowledge.

Course objectives:

The main aim of the Academic major courses is to explore academic issues that will be a basis for the students own research in the second language acquisition context in the following semesters.

In Academic Major 2 the students decide upon their own research project, formulate their MA thesis topic, develop the theoretical part of their MA thesis

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The main topics realized during the course depend on the academic teacher who will then work with the students MA research projects.

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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:

lecture, multimedia presentation, discussion, material analysis, ICT tools/e-learning, MSTeams

Reading list decided upon by the academic teacher at the beginning of the semester. Materials need to be relevant to students' individual research interests in SLA.

Learning outcomes acc to PQF 2019

Knowledge

Students know and understand

1. the position and role of philological sciences and their place among the humanities as well as the analytical and methodological tools used in them; especially the role of second language acquisition in linguistics (k_W01/P7S_WG)

2. to an in-depth extent advanced second language acquisition terminology and theories (k_W02/P7S_WG)

3. a wide range of analytical and interpretative methods relating to various cultural products analyzed within linguistics, including theories and research schools in the field of language acquisition (k_W05/P7S_WG)

Skills

Students can:

4. use terminology and take theoretical positions resulting from English studies in order to formulate research problems and carry out tasks that will guide them towards their MA thesis topic (k_U01/P7S_UW)

5. connect linguistic knowledge with other scientific fields, particularly psychology, pedagogy, sociology and culture studies (k_U08/P7S_UU)

6. independently formulate research problems (k_U06/P7S_UK)

Social competences

Students are ready to

7. accept linguistic and cultural differences and recognize them as natural professional conditions when formulating their research problems (k_K03/P7S_KO)

Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes

1. Active participation in the classes - 45% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5,6,7)

2. Written assignments - 55% of the final grade (outcome 2,3,4,5,6)

pass at 60% of the final grade