Course: Children Literature

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Course title Children Literature
Course code KNJ/DLNŠ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study 4
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Salcmanová Eva, Mgr.
  • Menclová Hana, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. The specificity and function of literature for children and youth. 2. The overview of the development of German children's literature from the Middle Ages to the present. 3. Folklore, thematic and genre classification. 4. Simple rhymes for kids, poems, lullabies, chants and how to use them in German teaching. 5. Fable in children's literature, educational use in the early foreign language teaching. 6. Enlightenment and the German children's literature. 7. Fairy tale in hours of German language. 8. Dramatization of fairy stories, using hand puppets and other teaching opportunities. 9. Girls novel and adventurous literature for boys. 10. Children German literature after 1945. 11. Selection of works of some contemporary German writers for children, teaching notes. 12. Children's magazines in the German language lessons.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Interactive lecture, Students' portfolio, Individual study, Textual studies, Seminar
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 20 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15) - 15 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
language skills at A2/B1 level
Skills
to use materials in a foreign language
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to define basic concepts in the field of literature for children and youth
to formulate the principles of working with the literary text in German lessons
Skills
to read and interpret literary texts for children and youth
to design and implement specific didactic procedures for working with literary texts in German lessons (early education)
to present his / her own didactic work with selected literary texts (at the appropriate language level)
teaching methods
Knowledge
Seminar
Textual studies
Individual study
Skills
Skills demonstration
Students' portfolio
Individual study
assessment methods
Knowledge
Individual presentation at a seminar
Seminar work
Continuous assessment
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Portfolio
Continuous assessment
Recommended literature
  • Kinder und Jugendliteratur. Autorenportraits und literarische Begriffe.. Freising, 1998.
  • Lexikon Deutsch..
  • Výběr ukázek textu z dětských knih, čítanek a slabikářů.
  • Baroková, Jana. Ausgewählte Kapitel aus der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur der deutschsprachigen Länder : für den Unterricht and der Pädagogischen Fakultät der Masaryk-Universität in Brünn. 1. vyd. Brno : Masarykova univerzita, 2004. ISBN 80-210-3355-X.
  • Cornejo, Renata. Deutschsprachige Kinder- und Jugendliteratur : anthologie. Vyd. 1. Ústí nad Labem : Univerzita J.E. Purkyně, 2000. ISBN 80-7044-332-4.
  • Kaminski W. Einführung in die Kinderliteratur.. München, 1989.
  • Maier, K. E. Jugendliteratur: Formen, Inhalte, pedagogische Bedeutung.. Bad Heilbrunn, 1993.
  • Neubert, Reiner. Abriss zur Theorie, zur Geschichte und zur Didaktik der deutschen Kinder- und Jugendliteratur : Lehrmaterial für Studenten an Universitäten der Tschechischen Republik. Vyd. 1. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita. Pedagogická fakulta, 1996. ISBN 80-7082-261-9.
  • Neubert, Reiner. Zur Theorie und Geschichte der deutschen Kinder- und Jungendliteratur. 2. vyd. Plzeň : Pedagogická fakulta Západočeské univerzity, 1999. ISBN 80-7082-510-3.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teacher Training for BSPL Teachers (15) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 4 Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teacher Training for BSPL Teachers (15) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 4 Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teacher Training for BSPL Teachers (16) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 4 Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teacher Training for BSPL Teachers (14) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 4 Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teacher Training for BSPL Teachers (12) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 4 Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teacher Training for BSPL Teachers (13) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 4 Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teacher Training for BSPL Teachers (16) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 4 Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: Summer