Syllabus
The following methods will be covered: theoretical foundations; Historical overview; approach, method, technique – terminology and concepts grammar-translation method direct method natural approach audio-lingual method silent way
(de)suggestopedia community language learning total physical response communicative approach task-based approach content-based approaches, CLIL other selected approaches and methods, e.g. lexical approach post-method era; eclectic approach
Annotation
The study subject is devoted to approaches and methods in English language teaching. Drawing on psychological and linguistic backgrounds, students are introduced to historical developments in the field, including the changing processes and goals of foreign language teaching.
Students are introduced in detail to approaches and methods that are relevant to English language teaching, particularly at the lower-secondary and upper secondary school level. Through practical demonstrations and their reflection, underpinned by theory, we will seek answers to the questions of what benefits all these methods and approaches have for our current practice and for what purpose it is appropriate to apply which method.
The aim of the course is therefore to provide students with a historical cross-section of the theories, approaches and methods that have significantly influenced the paradigms of foreign language didactics and to integrate this knowledge into the already acquired knowledge in the field of foreign language didactics, i.e. the teaching of language skills and components of the language system.