KATVYG Techniques of teaching grammar of a foreign language

Prague City University
summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PaedDr. Dana Hánková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives (in Czech)
To extend learners’ awareness of areas of English grammar difficult for Czech learners (and other L1 users – based on participants’ needs) and communicative approaches to teaching grammar, including varied ways of its presentation and practice. Learners will become familiar with a range of published materials focusing on English grammar and will learn how to exploit them effectively in an English classroom. Comparison and contrast of English and L1 structures will allow learners to meet their future students’ language needs more effectively.
Learning outcomes (in Czech)
Learners will show familiarity with the selected grammatical categories and demonstrate an ability to transform their knowledge into effective teaching materials and procedures with reference to their students’ needs.
Syllabus (in Czech)
1. Key terms: transfer, interference, interlanguage, types of error. 2. Teaching grammar in the grammar-translation and direct method, communicative approaches to teaching grammar; contrastive approach. 3. Some / any and a situational presentation. 4. Will / going to and an inductive presentation. 5. Future perfect and a deductive presentation. 6. Prepositions of movement and visual support. 7. If clause / Time clause and an introductory dialogue. 8. Used to / would and guided discovery. 9. Past perfect and an introductory written text. 10. Reported speech and a picture story. 11. Present perfect continuous and a combination of techniques. 12. The passive and a ‚test – teach – test‘ approach. 13. Verb patterns and ‚noticing‘ based on an introductory written text.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Assessments and other requirements Active participation and 80 % attendance. Submission of 3 short written assignments and a lesson plan for a remedial lesson focusing on a specific grammar area with justification of the classroom procedure.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms summer 2016, winter term 2018, summer 2020, summer 2024.
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