MD-English Language Teaching Laboratory

obligatory courses

The course has been planned as a subject accompanying students' practice within EFL lessons in early education. During the classes students are given the opportunity to discuss the problems that they encounter in their school practice, to exchange their experiences and to search for constructive solutions together with their peers.

Blended learning

The main objective of the course is to develop and strengthen the knowledge and skills gained by the students within the courses of ELT Methodology and ELT to Children Methodology, as well as adding the practical dimension to them. Thanks to the course which is built around the students' teaching practices in the summer semester of the 3rd year, the students are given the opportunity to observe the experienced teachers at work and learn from them how to effectively develop the children's language skills. Besides the opportunity to observe the school practice, the students will be also able to plan and run on their own planned lessons and then to share their experiences with other students.

The course gives also the possibility to consult with the teacher the current problems which can arise during the practices.

The following issues are going to be discussed in the context of ELT in the kindergarten and early education:

1. Observation of English teacher working in the kindergarten and primary school.

2. Observation of language skills in kindergarten and early education children.

3. Planning of the ELT syllabus in the short and long perspectives.

4. Planning the lessons, regarding how to match the individual needs of the students.

5. Constructing the basic observation tools.

Ellis, M. 2001. Observation – A Course for Teachers of English. CODN: Warszawa.

Pinter, A. 2006. Teaching Young Language Learners. OUP: Oxford.

Slattery, M & M. Willis. 2001. English for Primary Teachers. OUP: Oxford.

Tanner, R. & C. Green. 1998. Tasks for Teacher Education. Harlow: Longman.

Knowledge

On completing the course the student:

- while observing children recognizes the techniques learnt during the Methodology courses;

- knows the rules of proper behaviour while observing the lessons;

- knows the most effective techniques of teaching children in the kindergarten and early education;

Skills

On completing the course the student:

- uses the learnt techniques while working with children in the English lessons;

- plans and describes lessons in details;

- describes the given lesson in the form of a reflective note;

- adapts the teaching materials, used in the classroom in which the teaching practice takes place, adjusting them to the students' needs;

- creates new teaching aids to the planned lessons;

- observes the lessons and draws conclusions concerning work with children;

Attitudes

On completing the course the student:

- makes the lesson plans on her/his own;

- is ready to give advice to her/his colleagues;

- is able to reflect both on the given and observed lessons;

- appreciates the significance of autoreflection and feedback in the teaching job.

To pass the course the students are obliged to deliver the required set of materials, included in the description of the student practices for the current academic year.

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