General teacher training

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English Philology - Teacher Training Programme

semestr 1

studia stacjonarne

profil akademicki

obowiązkowe
uprawnienia pedagogiczne

Realizowany w sali

ECTS points in relation to student’s duties

total number of ECTS points: 1

0,5 ECTS – 15 hours: participation in lecture

0,5 ECTS – 15 hours: preparation to class with direct participation of the teacher

Course description:

The course General teacher training (lecture) introduces the main assumptions of the selected, influential methods and approaches to teaching English as a foreign language, draws attention to the role a teacher and the place of didactics in pedagogy.

Course objectives:

to familiarise the students with leading methods of teaching EFL

to discuss the principles and assumptions of the selected methods and approaches

to bring to the students' attention and awareness the role of a teacher and a learner and their relationship within leading methods of teaching

to discuss methods of communication for teaching purposes considering learner needs

to present lesson structure within particular methods of teaching

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Course content:

The Grammar –Translation Method

The Direct Method and the Oral Approach

The Audio-Lingual Method

The Silent Way and (De)suggestopedia

Multiple Intelligences

Lexical Approach

Total Physical Response and Task-based Learning

Communicative Language Teaching

Content and Language Integrated Learning

The post-method era and Dogme

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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:

multimedia presentation, group discussion, ICT tools/MSTeams

Reading list:

Larsen-Freeman, D. (1986). Techniques and principles in language teaching. Oxford: OUP.

Richards, J., and Rodgers, T. (2001). Approaches and methods in language teaching. 2nd ed. Cambridge: CUP.

Learning outcomes acc to PQF 2019 - specific to teacher profession

Knowledge

The students know and understand

1. The place of didactics in the field of pedagogy, as well as the subject and tasks of contemporary didactics and the relationship of general didactics to specific didactics (M_N_C.W01)

2. the role of a teacher, teacher-learner relationship, methods of communication for teaching purposes and the principles of classroom management and selected methods and approaches to EFL teaching considering learner needs (N_W15/P7S_WG; M_N_C.W02; M_N_C.W03; M_N_C.W05; M_N_C.W07).

3. Issues of the lesson as a teaching unit and its structure, styles and techniques of working with students; classroom interactions; teaching resources (M_N_C.W04)

4. Types of assessment across methods of teaching EFL (M_N_C.W06)

Skills

The students can

5. identify and analyse pedagogical classroom actions which reflect the principles of the selected methods and/or approaches to EFL teaching (N_U01/P7S_UW).

6. think critically in order to select and design adequate teaching materials, reflecting the didactic and pedagogical needs of EFL learners and educational institutions (N_U02/P7S_UW).

Social competences

The students are ready to

7. take decisions associated with the organisation of the educational process based on a particular teaching method or approach (N_K04/P7U_KO; P7S_KK).

Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes

1. Active participation in class - 50% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5,6,7)

2. The end-of-term assignment - 50% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5,6,7)

pass at 60%