Course: English for Young Learners

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Course title English for Young Learners
Course code KAJ/E013
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Frequency of the course Every SS
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Orlova Natalia, doc. CSc.
  • Jelínková Jaroslava, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
Seminar topics: 1. Children learning a foreign language: synchronic and diachronic overview. Age and First/Second Language Acquisition. 2. Characteristics of young language learners. 3. Class management and atmosphere. Elements of dramatization. 4. Teaching vocabulary and grammar to young learners. Problems and solutions 5. Beginning oral communication. Teaching pronunciation. 6. Developing listening skills and comprehension. 7. Teaching reading to young learners. 8. Rhymes and songs in teaching EFL to young learners. 9. Storytelling. 10. Dramatization techniques. 11. Project work 12. Project Work

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • Brewster, J., Ellis, G. & Girard, D. The primary English teacher?s guide.. London: Penguin English, 2002.
  • Goullier, F., Carré-Karlinger, K, Orlova, N. & Roussi, M. European portfolio for pre-primary educators. The plurilingual and intercultural dimension.. European portfolio for pre: primary educators. The plurilingual and intercultural dimension., 2015.
  • Lightbown, P. & Spada, N. How Languages are Learned.. Oxford University Press., 2017.
  • Phillips, S. Young learners.. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
  • Puchta, H., Gerngross, G. & Devitt, M. Get on Stage! Teacher's Book with DVD and Audio CD. 21 Sketches and Plays for Young Learners and Teens.. Cambridge University Press, 2012.
  • Reilly, V. & Ward, S. Very young learners.. Oxford: Oxford University Press., 2003.
  • Slattery, M. Teaching with bear. . OU{, 2008.
  • Slattery, M. Teaching with bear.. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.


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