SPA005 English for hearing impaired students V

Pan-university studies
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Lenka Tóthová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Bc. Dana Peňázová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Peňáz
Support Centre for Students with Special Needs
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Lenka Tóthová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Support Centre for Students with Special Needs
Timetable
Mon 20. 9. to Sun 19. 12. Mon 9:30–11:20 117
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course is intended for deaf and hard of hearing students of all Masaryk University's faculties. It serves as an alternative to compulsory teaching of English in some fields at MU. In addition to consolidating and expanding grammar knowledge, the course also provides an introduction to academic writing. The output level of this course is approximately B2 + according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Syllabus
  • Lesson 1 - International student • READING: Going abroad to study (application forms); Ways of effective reading (summary of reading strategies); WRITING: Describing people + informal letter; VOCABULARY: Dictionaries (parts of speech); personality; GRAMMAR: Tense revision • Lesson 2 - Daily routines • READING: Work and stress; WRITING: routines and procedures, sequencing; VOCABULARY: collocations; jobs -er, -or, -ist; word building; GRAMMAR: Making questions - revision + indirect questions +reported speech • Lesson 3 - People and the environment • READING: weather (scanning); WRITING: describing our lives; VOCABULARY: weather; GRAMMAR: present perfect simple / continuous - revision • Lesson 4 – Urban life • READING: Famous buildings (text cohesion); WRITING: describing buildings (linking ideas); VOCABULARY: urban life; GRAMMAR: revision of conditionals • Lesson 5 - Education • READING: Universities (predicting; linking ideas); making notes • WRITING: formal letters and emails; VOCABULARY: irregular plurals; university life; GRAMMAR: conjunctions • Lesson 6 - Technology • READING: Inventions (websites); WRITING: Describing things (definitions, descriptions); VOCABULARY: Spelling; verbs often confused; GRAMMAR: relative clauses; conjunctions; Verbs followed by infinitives and by gerunds • Lesson 7 - Food, drink, and culture • READING: Food from other countries (topic sentences, writer’s opinion); WRITING: describing food and drink - recipe + punctuation; VOCABULARY: food and cooking; prefixes; GRAMMAR: be used to / get used to / used to do; • Lesson 8 - Cities of the world; • READING: City life (getting facts from a text); WRITING: Comparing data; writing about cities; VOCABULARY: word formation; towns and cities; GRAMMAR: revision comparatives and superlatives of adjectives and adverbs; • Lesson 9 - Brain power • READING: A healthy brain (synonyms, making notes); books; WRITING: Notes and summaries; VOCABULARY: human body; GRAMMAR: Passive voice • Lesson 10 – Where in the world…? • READING: Three countries (skimming and scanning); WRITING: Writing a description of my country; VOCABULARY: countries and languages; the compass; GRAMMAR: „the“ with geographical names
Teaching methods
individual work and pair-work activities, e-learning (elf), home preparation, assignments
Assessment methods
Exam (4 ECTS):
1) Midterm test. Mid-test assessment grid: Less than 40% in the mid-test = -3 points from the end-of-course test score; 40-50% = -2; 50-60%= -1; 60-70% = 0; 70-80% = +1; 80-90% = +2; 90-100% = +3.
2) End-of-course test. Students must obtain at least 60% of the total number of points available in the end-of-course test. The final grade is based on the grades achieved in the final test and the mid-test.
Credit (2 ECTS):
1) End-of-course test. Students must obtain at least 60% of the total number of points available in the end-of-course test.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
Students are allowed two absences in a semester. Absences need to be communicated to the teacher in advance, if possible. Additional absences need to be evidenced.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018.
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