Summer Study:

The Teaching of English as a Foreign Language in the Czech Republic and in Germany.


-- Tentative Course Agenda --
- Under construction -

Day Date Location Accommodation Activities
M 05/08 ?   Program Begins: Leave for Prague
T 05/09 Prague Pension Unitas Travel from Nuremberg, Germany to Prague
Leave Nuremberg at 14:44 or 16:34
Arrive in Prague at 20:04 or 22:49
W 05/10 Prague Pension Unitas 9:00 Seminar: Non-verbal communication (Dr. Pipalova)
Introduction to the Charles University
City tour
T 05/11 Prague Pension Unitas Visit local high schools (a.m.)
Lecture 1: Contemporary Political Situation in the Czech Republic (Dr. Grmela)
Lecture 2: The Educational System in the Czech Republic (Dr. Hofmannova)
Opera (optional)
F 05/12 Prague Pension Unitas Visit local high schools (a.m.)
S 05/13 Prague Pension Unitas Report on classroom observations
Tour to Karlovy Vary (optional)
S 05/14 Prague Pension Unitas Trip with students at Charles University
M 05/15 Prague Pension Unitas Visit local high schools (a.m.)
Seminar: TEFL Methodology: Teaching writing (Dr. Perclova)
Materials Development
T 05/16 Regensburg Münchner Hof Leave Prague at 7:52 a.m
Arrive in Regensburg at 12:18 p.m.

Educational system in Germany (Introduction)
W 05/17 Regensburg Münchner Hof Attend university classes (see course pack)
City tour,
T 05/18 Regensburg Münchner Hof Attend university classes (see course pack)
F 05/19 Neumarkt Host Families Leave Regensburg at 9:19 a.m.
Arrive in Neumarkt at 10:01 a.m.

Introduction to the local high school (11:15 a.m.)
Meet host families
S 05/20 Neumarkt Host Families City tour
S 05/21 Neumarkt Host Families  
M 05/22 Neumarkt Host Families Attend local high school
T 05/23 Neumarkt Host Families Attend local high school and conduct interviews
W 05/24 Neumarkt Host Families Attend local high school
T 05/25 Munich Euro Youth Hotel Leave Neumarkt at 11:59
Arrive in Munich at 14:18

City tour
Field work: Determine English needs in Munich
F 05/26 Munich Euro Youth Hotel Field work (cont.)
S 05/27 Munich Euro Youth Hotel Excursion to 'Castle Neuschwanstein' (optional)
S 05/28 Munich Euro Youth Hotel Field work (cont.)
M 05/29 Munich Euro Youth Hotel
T 05/30     Program Ends: Leave for Des Moines

 


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