Didaktika aj I

Question 1

Observation

Answer 1

= a careful and thoughtful noticing of the work of the classroom (what both the teacher and students do and say)

Question 2

Subject matter

Answer 2

= the topic that is talked about (during the lesson) and discussed

Question 3

Pace

Answer 3

= the speed of the class; it can be too slow or too fast (depends on the each student’s different abilities) - it can have a negative impact on the learner

Question 4

Teaching aids

Answer 4

=anything used by a teacher to help teach a lesson or make the lesson more interesting for students; e. g. interactive boards, pictures, videos, charts, toys, flashcards

Question 5

Handout

Answer 5

= a document given to students or learners that contains information about a particular subject

Question 6

Performance

Answer 6

=a set of actions and behaviours that results in achieving educational goals for students, e. g. the teacher should be energetic and encouraging during a team game etc.

Question 7

CEFR

Answer 7

= Common European Framework of Reference for Languages; an international standard for describing language ability on a six-point scale (A1 - C2)

Question 8

Planning a lesson

Answer 8

= the process of organizing and preparing materials and activities to teach a specific topic to students

Question 9

Rapport

Answer 9

= the relationship between students and the teacher (usually meaning a good one); it should be positive and useful - the teacher should listen to the students and respect them

Question 10

Eliciting

Answer 10

= vyvozování; the students are the ones who provide information (not the teacher), they themselves come up with e. g. general grammatical rules or the meaning of vocabulary items

Question 11

Presentation

Answer 11

= výklad; the teacher provides students with information, students are passive; it delivers content through oral, audio and viisual channels

Question 12

Mingle

Answer 12

= an activity during which students go around the class and talk to other students (e. g. about the results of their work); mingle activities: questionnaires, matching activities, role-plays…

Question 13

Anticipated problems

Answer 13

= predicting problems (e. g. students are shy, sound does not work etc.); issues that may arise during the lesson
- anticipating problems allows teachers to solve them more efficiently

Question 14

Assumptions

Answer 14

= predictions or beliefs that teachers make when planning a lesson; what we assume the students know and can do

Question 15

Procedure

Answer 15

= done by a teacher; an ordered sequence of techniques (first do this, then this…)

Question 16

Aim/s

Answer 16

= sth the teacher wants to accomplish during their lesson, should be said in the beginning of the lesson

Question 17

Can-do-statement

Answer 17

= a sentence stating what the students will be able to do by the end of a certain lesson (“At the end of the lesson students will be able to use passive causative / to use 10 new words.”)

Question 18

Activity

Answer 18

= task; it has 3 distinctive features: students are active, students use the language and the activity has an outcome (project, notes…)

Question 19

Monitoring

Answer 19

= observing students during a group work, correcting their mistakes and giving them feedback at the end

Question 20

Time limit

Answer 20

= how much time the students have to finish a certain task; a time period within which sth must be done or completed

Question 21

Time warning

Answer 21

= reminder of the time limit (perhaps that is coming to an end) for the students to adjust their pace

Question 22

Warm up activity

Answer 22

= is a short, fun activity which a teacher can use wit students; part of pre-teaching, leads to the main activity, usually a game

Question 23

Feedback

Answer 23

= when a student receives formal/informal set of information about their performance (what to change, their mistakes and errors…) - should aim for the learner’s improvement

Question 24

Error

Answer 24

= students produce sth that’s wrong and they don’t know the correct answer, lack of knowledge

Question 25

Mistake

Answer 25

= students come up with a wrong answer but they know it is wrong; accidental, usually followed by self-correction

Question 26

Language interference

Answer 26

= when one language interferes with the other (a Czech student might use Czech grammar in English, mostly low level students); the effect of learner’s mother tongue on their production of the language they are learning

Question 27

Fossilization

Answer 27

= upevnění chyby; fixation/internalisation of the wrong answer due to no correction

Question 28

Immediate error correction

Answer 28

= correcting the student right after they make a mistake; it could disrupt the fluency

Question 29

Delayed error correction

Answer 29

= corretion done after a certain amount of time (after the end of the presentation, when the teacher hands students the corrected tests…); gives both sides to thing about the outcome
- students might forget why they made the mistake

Question 30

Peer error correction

Answer 30

= using peers to correct the student; learners correct each other, it betters the judgement skills