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Lecturer(s)
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Beták Kryštof, Mgr.
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Dvořák Petr, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Jonas Cynthia, BcA.
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Dvořáková Kateřina, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Faktorová Barbora, MSc.
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Course content
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The first semester will focus on the following topics from English File Fourth Edition Advanced: Unit 1: - topics: We are family, A job for life? - grammar: lexical and gramatical uses of have, discourse markers - linkers - vocabulary: personality, work Unit 2: - topics: Do you remember?, On the tip of my tongue - grammar: habitual events and specific incidents in the past, pronouns - vocabulary: word building - abstract nouns, lexical areas
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Demonstration, Activating (simulations, games, drama)
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Learning outcomes
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In the course of the first three semesters of Practical English, the students will gradually and systematically build up their communicative competence in the target language to reach level C1 according to the CEFR. This practically oriented course aims at consolidating grammar and vocabulary and developing the four skills.
Communicative competence. Aiming at language level C1 according to CEFR.
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Prerequisites
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Language level B2 according to the CEFR
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination, Essay, Student performance assessment, Analysis of student's language skills, Test
All examinations and consultations are held in English. Active participation. A paper on reflecting one's own foreign language learning. A written test with a focus on grammar, vocabulary and listening comprehension. A group speaking project. An oral exam.
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Recommended literature
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Cohen, A.D., Macaro, E. Language Learner Strategies. Oxford University Press, 2007..
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Gramelová, L. Jak vyzrát na cizí jazyky. Jazykový koutek, Praha 2017..
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Hashemi, L., Thomas, B. & Matthews, L. Grammar and Vocabulary for First (FCE) and First for Schools Book. Cambridge University Press, 2015..
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Latham-Koenig, Ch. & Oxenden, C. English File Fourth Edition Advanced. Oxford University Press. 2020.
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Murphy, R. English Grammar in Use (5th edition). Cambridge University Press, 2019..
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Swan, M. Practical English Usage (4th edition). Oxford University Press, 2016..
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