NPO_AVO Academic Vocabulary Online

Pan-university studies
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Mgr. Blanka Pojslová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jiřina Hrbáčková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Lucie Jurková (assistant)
Ing. Daniela Svobodová (assistant)
Mgr. Martina Šindelářová Skupeňová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Mgr. Blanka Pojslová, Ph.D.
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Jurková
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The Academic Vocabulary Online course focuses on the acquisition and development of academic vocabulary in English through interactive exercises. Designed for students, it introduces strategies, approaches, and tools to facilitate these processes. The course covers the features of academic vocabulary, approaches to vocabulary building, and academic vocabulary word lists. A final short chapter highlights words and expressions commonly confused in academic English.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- recognise formal and informal register;
- apply vocabulary development strategies;
- build their academic vocabulary through word building ;
Syllabus
  • 1. Language features
  • 2. Words and phrases from ohter languages and abbreviations
  • 3. Features of academic vocabulary
  • 4. Learning new vocabulary and wordlists
  • 5. Building vocabulary
  • 6. Confusing words
Teaching methods
individual work on online exercises
Assessment methods
automatic online evaluation
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: on-line course.
The course is also listed under the following terms spring 2023, Autumn 2023, spring 2024, spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2024, recent)
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