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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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The English Language course provides students with practical language preparation necessary for further study of English. This communicatively oriented seminar aims primarily at consolidating knowledge of grammar and vocabulary and balanced development of all four basic language skills, i.e. working with text, writing, speaking and listening. Speech skills and language resources are developed from the expected entry level B2+ to level C1+ according to the CEFR. Within the English Language I course, students will reflect on their own learning of a foreign language, become familiar with appropriate strategies and procedures for their further language development and set their own short-term and long-term goals in this area.
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. No more than two absences. The final mark consists of: A group speaking project - 20% of the final mark A written test with a focus on grammar, vocabulary and listening comprehension - 30% of the final mark A paper on reflecting one's own foreign language learning - 20% of the final mark Passmark: 70% After completing the above requirements students can take the oral exam - 30% of the final mark
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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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