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Lecturer(s)
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Kolinská Klára, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Children learning a foreign language: synchronic and diachronic overview. Age and First/Second Language Acquisition. Characteristics of young language learners. Elements of dramatization. Story telling with children. Selection criteria of materials for children. Rhymes and songs in teaching EFL to young learners.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified
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- 28 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The course focuses on the students' ability to understand written texts of different types, critically consider and reflect.
By the end of the course, students in this class are expected to: * Be able to find in the texts key words and phrases to be used with young learners * Be able to use the phonological aspects of the English language while dealing with young learners * Apply basic principles of reading skill formation with young learners * Select texts relevant for the target learners and be able to dramatize them with young learners
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Prerequisites
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N/A
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Requirements will be set by the lecturer
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Recommended literature
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Colombo, G., Cullen, R., Lisle, B. Rereading America. Cultural contexts for critical thinking and writing. Boston/New York: Bedford/St. Martin´s, 2001.
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Muller, G. H., & Wiener, H. S. The short prose reader. McGraw-Hill Companies, 1991.
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