VV041 English for Academic Purposes

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 2007
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
James Edward Thomas, M.A. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ing. Václav Přenosil, CSc.
Faculty of Informatics
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:50 B204, Thu 14:00–15:50 B204
Prerequisites
Students are expected to have passed all English language requirements for the "Magister" course.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This is a blended-learning course. The class meets once a week for two hours to undertake language learning activities as set out in the course book and additional activities. Homework is checked, and speaking and listening activities are performed. The distance learning component is mediated through Moodle and further language learning activities are engaged in. These include working through online drills and exercises, collaborative writing tasks, language discovery tasks in particular via corpus analysis, e-seminars in the form of forum discussions and the use of online dictionaries. The aim is to achieve Level C1 according to the European Framework. The criteria are as follows: Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognize implicit meaning. Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.
Literature
  • Ready for First Certificate, Roy Norris, Macmillan 2001
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Successful completion of this course involves attending adn contributing, doing the weekly homework, submitting the writing tasks and using the online activities. As well, there will be a test on the content of the semester.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2007, recent)
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