Didactics of Teaching the English Language 340-ON2-2DNA
Topics in the winter semester:
1. Some basic terms
2. Languages in the brain
3. Memory
4. Motivation
5. Classroom management
6. Upbringing in the classroom. Discipline.
7. Learner-centred teaching. Personalisation and individualisation.
8. Learning by doing. Activating students.
9. Chosen activating techniques: role-play, simulation, drama, debate, …
10. Communication. Interaction and mediation.
11. Development of learners’ creativity. Development of learners’ cognitive skills such as problem solving, reasoning, planning, self-assessment, structuring of knowledge. Developing learners’ positive attitudes towards learning, developing their curiosity and cognitive independence.
12. Individual variables: age.
13. Individual variables: personality.
14. Individual variables: intelligence.
15. Individual variables: cognitive styles.
16. Learning how to learn: cognitive styles and learning strategies, autonomy.
Type of course
Mode
Prerequisites (description)
Course coordinators
Term 2024: | Term 2022: | Term 2023: |
Learning outcomes
Knowledge:
KP7_WG2, KP7_WG4, KP7_WG6, KP7_WG10
Skills:
KP7_UW2, KP7_UW6, KP7_UU2
Social competences:
KP7_KK1
Assessment criteria
Requirements for obtaining course credit:
Winter semester:
- participation in the classes (max. 2 unexcused absences)
- completion of all tasks
- obtaining a positive grade in the final test
Summer semester:
- participation in the classes (max. 2 unexcused absences)
- completion of all tasks
- obtaining a positive grade in the final test
Students following an individual organisation of studies (IOS) compensate for the absences by cojmpleting additional tasks.
Bibliography
Brown, H. Douglas. 2000. Principles of Language Learning and Teaching. New York, NY: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.
Council of Europe. 2001 [2003]. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: learning, teaching, assessment. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. www.coe.int/t/dg4/linguistic/Source/Framework_EN.pdf.
Gębal, P. E. 2019. Dydaktyka języków obcych. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN.
Halliwell, S. 2010. Teaching English in the Primary Classroom. Harlow: Longman.
Harmer, J. 2012. Essential Teacher Knowledge. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.
Komorowska, H. 2001/2003. Metodyka nauczania języków obcych. Warszawa: Fraszka Edukacyjna.
Komorowska, H. (red.). 2009. Skuteczna nauka języka obcego: Struktura i przebieg zajęć językowych. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Centralnego Ośrodka Doskonalenia Nauczycieli.
Komorowska, H. (red.). 2011. Nauka języka obcego w perspektywie ucznia. Warszawa: Oficyna Wydawnicza Łośgraf.
Komorowska, H., Obidniak D. 2001. Rozwój zawodowy nauczyciela języka obcego. Stopień po stopniu. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Szkolne PWN.
Pamuła, M. 2006. Metodyka nauczania języków obcych w kształceniu zintegrowanym. Warszawa: Fraszka Edukacyjna.
Pfeiffer, W. 2001. Nauka języków obcych: Od praktyki do praktyki. Poznań: Wydawnictwa UAM.
Phillips, S. 2003. Young Learners. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Reilly, V., S. Ward. 1997. Very Young Learners. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Scott, W.A., L.H. Ytreberg. 1990. Teaching English to Children. London: Longman.
Szpotowicz, M.; Szulc-Kurpaska, M. 2011. Teaching English to Young Learners. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN.
Ur, P. 1996/2012. A Course in English Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Ur, P. 2016. Penny Ur’s 100 Teaching Tips. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Wilczyńska, W. 1999. Uczyć się czy być nauczanym ? O autonomii w przyswajaniu języka obcego. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN.
Journals:
Języki Obce w Szkole: jows.pl/ (zwł. numer specjalny 6/2000 – Nauczanie Wczesnoszkolne)
Neofilolog: poltowneo.org/neofilolog.html
The Teacher: https://teacher.pl/
EFL Magazine: www.eflmagazine.com/
English Teaching Forum: americanenglish.state.gov/forum
Additional information
Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system: