Publication details
Povaha žákovských promluv ve výuce anglického jazyka
| Title in English | The Character of Pupils’ Utterances in English Language Lessons |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Pedagogika |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Pedagogy and education |
| Keywords | communication in teaching; English language teaching; video studies; communicational approach |
| Description | The study presents an analytical probe into the character of pupils’ utterances in practical lessons in English language at the second level of basic (primary) school. It sets itself the question of the extent to which teaching in Czech schools reflects the principles of the communicational approach, which is the method prevailing in the didactics of English language and the method recommended in current curricular documents. The goal of the analysis presented was to describe the character of pupils’ utterances in the target language in public communication in lessons, and on this basis to judge the quality of opportunities for communication in the particular teaching situation. The research sample consisted of transcripts of 79 lessons. The results indicate that there is a certain discrepancy between declared and realised curriculum (curricular documents versus educational reality). The fact that the pupils tend to communicate rather sporadically in the lessons may be because the teacher does not create opportunities for communication, or because the pupils do not exploit the opportunities for communication that the teacher has created. The analysis also drew attention to differences between teachers in the opportunities for communication that they offer their students. It shows that teachers differ in how (in which language), they usually tackle certain typical situations, e.g. instructions for a task, reprimand and so forth. |