Course: English Language III

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Course title English Language III
Course code KAJ/7A3
Organizational form of instruction Lesson + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Czaban Tomas James, M.A.
  • Dvořáková Kateřina, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Emmer Jaroslav, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Sukdolová Alice, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
The third semester will focus on the following topics and techniques within Units 9-12: Grammar: conditionals; linking words; participles; hypothetical meaning; obligation, prohibition and necessity; reflexive pronouns; have/got something done Vocabulary: word building; success and failure; personality; phrasal verbs; adjectives and verbs with prepositions; cybercrime; shopping online Listening: multiple matching (my closest friend); multiple choice (media extracts; luck in sport); sentence completion (prison hotels) Speaking: comparing and giving a reaction; giving opinions; stating preferences and speculating; agreeing and disagreeing Reading: gapped text, multiple matching, multiple choice Writing: essay; article; report; review

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Demonstration, Activating (simulations, games, drama)
Learning outcomes
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 B2 according to the CEFR. This practically oriented course aims at consolidating grammar and vocabulary and developing the four skills. The course is co-taught by a Czech teacher and a native speaker.
Communicative competence. Aiming at language level B2 according to CEFR.
Prerequisites
Language level B1 according to the CEFR

Assessment methods and criteria
Essay, Student performance assessment, Analysis of student's language skills, Test

All examinations and consultations are held in English. Active participation. A written test with a focus on grammar and vocabulary. An essay.
Recommended literature
  • Bell, J., Thomas, A. Gold B2 First New Edition (Coursebook), Pearson Education Limited. 2018.
  • Cohen, A.D., Macaro, E. Language Learner Strategies. Oxford University Press, 2007..
  • Foley M., Hall D. MyGrammarLab (Intermediate B1/B2). Pearson, 2012..
  • Gramelová, L. Jak vyzrát na cizí jazyky. Jazykový koutek, Praha 2017..
  • Hashemi, L., Thomas, B. & Matthews, L. Grammar and Vocabulary for First (FCE) and First for Schools Book. Cambridge University Press, 2015..
  • Murphy, R. English Grammar in Use (5th edition). Cambridge University Press, 2019..
  • Swan, M. Practical English Usage (4th edition). Oxford University Press, 2016..


Study plans that include the course
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