Defining DIDACTICS

Question 1

didactic also didactical

Answer 1

1. intended for instruction, instructional
2. overclined to teach or lecture others (e.g. a didactic speaker)
3. teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson
4. didactics (sg.) – the art or science of teaching

Question 2

Longman Dictionary of Applied Linguistics defines DIDACTICS

Answer 2

• the study of the practices and procedures used in teaching, and the principles and beliefs that underlie them
• such practices, procedures, principles, and beliefs themselves

Question 3

Methodology includes:

Answer 3

• study of the nature of language skills (e.g. listening, reading, speaking, writing)
  and procedures for teaching them
• study of the preparation of lesson plans, materials, textbooks for teaching language skills
• the evaluation and comparison of language teaching methods (e.g. the Audio-lingual method)

Question 4

ELT Methodology

Answer 4

• Answers the question how to achieve the objectives stipulated in the curriculum.
• Teaching/learning process is bipolar, it is an interaction
• Learners are not only the objects of the process but actively contribute to it and become its subjects.
• The process is organized by the T who takes LLs needs, interests, age… to achieve the stated objectives. Teaching methods – ways helping LLs to achieve the objectives

Question 5

Compare the use of Slovak and English words:

Answer 5

Pedagogika – Pedagogy, Educational Sciences
Didaktika – Methodology
Didaktika AJ – ELT Methodology
Didaktika AJ – English language didactics

Question 6

What do you need to know or be able to do to become a good English teacher?

Answer 6

 to have a very good command of language and communicative competence (at least B2 or C1 level)
 to have explicit knowledge to be able to explain grammar, phonology, vocabulary, etc. to learners
 to have knowledge of ELT methodology and teaching skills

Question 7

Objectives (aims, goals)

Answer 7

• Communicative goals (proficiency levels)
• Cognitive goals (set of cognitive skills: induction, deduction, comparison, contrast, evaluation …)
• Formative objectives (ethical, social and personal qualities in the learner)

Question 8

Time segmentation

Answer 8

• Long-term objectives (general objectives, e.g. for primary schools)
• Short-term objectives (specified for a semester, a year)
• Immediate objectives (set for particular lessons)

Question 9

Content of ELT

Answer 9

• Communicative skills (Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing)
• Language means (linguistic forms of realisation, e.g. phonology, vocab., grammar)
• Situations of language use (communicative situations)
• Information on culture and realia

Question 10

ELT, EFL, ELF,ESL, ESP, EAP,EOP,EST

Answer 10

ELT – English Language Teaching
EFL – English as a Foreign Language
ELF – English as a linga franca
ESL – English as a Second Language
ESP – English for Specific Purposes
EAP – English for Academic Purposes
EOP – English for Occupational Purposes
EST – English for Science and Technology

Question 11

IELTS
PET
FCE
CAE
TOEFL

Answer 11

IELTS - International English Language Testing System
PET - Preliminary English Test
FCE - First Certificate in English
CAE - Certificate in Advanced English
TOEFL - Test of English as a Foreign Language