Course: Backgrounds to Didactics of the German Language

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Course title Backgrounds to Didactics of the German Language
Course code KGER/ZDID
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction German
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Lachout Martin, doc. PhDr. MBA, Ph.D.
  • Frydrychová Andrea, Mgr.
Course content
1. Didactics of Foreign Languages as a branch of science 2. Basic disciplines of the Didactics of Foreign Languages 3. Teaching the German language in the Czech Republic 4. Methodological conceptions of Foreign Language Teaching 1 traditional methods 5. Methodological conceptions of Foreign language Teaching 2 alternative methods 6. Importance of Jan Amos Komensky for the Didactics of foreign languages 7. Theories and hypotheses of the mother tongue acquisition 8. Theories and hypotheses of foreign language learning 9. Goals of foreign language teaching (German)at primary and secondary schools 10. Forms of foreign (German) language teaching at primary and secondary schools 11. Pedagogical and other documents in the Didactics of foreign language teaching: Framework Educational Programmes for Primary school and for Secondary School, the Common European Framework for Languages, The language Portfolio, The Language Curriculum. 12. Language mediation (language devices) and skills (speaking skills) Introduction, the basic scheme. 13. Certificates

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to provide students with fundamental instruction about the subject of the study and research activities in the area of foreign language didactics, about the theoretical bases of the Didactics of Foreign Languages and its interconnection with such branches of science as linguistics (and also applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics), Pedagogy, Psychology, Psychology of Learning etc. The course mediates an excursion into the historical development of foreign language teaching methods, forms of teaching and learning, strategies of teaching and learning, as well as goals of foreign language teaching. It also informs them about the documents related to foreign language teaching.
Students - are able to see the language as a system and understand its role in the process of foreign language teaching/learning. - have an idea of the organization of teaching in the institutional context; - get acquainted with methodological concepts of foreign language teaching, goals of teaching and their forms; - acquire a survey of fundamental documents related to foreign language teaching.
Prerequisites
none

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Active participation in seminars, elaboration of a seminar paper, mastering the final test, fulfilment of partial task during the course of seminars (working with literature and resources, mini-papers and their presentations, etc.)
Recommended literature
  • Ballweg, S. & Drumm, S. & Hufeisen, B. & Klippel, J. & Pilypaityté, L. DLL 2: Wie lernt man die Fremdsprache Deutsch?. Stuttgart, 2013.
  • Bausch, K.-R. Handbuch Fremdsprachenunterricht. 4. Tübingen, 2003.
  • Coste, D., North, B., Trim, J. Coste, D., North, B., Trim, J. Gemeinsamer europäischer Referenzrahmen für Sprachen: lernen, lehren, beurteilen. Stuttgart, 2013.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Teaching German Language and Literature for Secondary School (A14) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -