PdF:A2BK_PJ2A Practical Language 2A - Course Information
A2BK_PJ2A Practical Language 2A
Faculty of EducationAutumn 2014
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/4. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Ing. Katarína Lexová, M.A. (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Irena Headlandová Kalischová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- A2BK_PJ2A/OS01: Fri 26. 9. 11:10–12:50 učebna 11, Fri 17. 10. 11:10–12:50 učebna 11, Fri 31. 10. 11:10–12:50 učebna 11, Fri 14. 11. 11:10–12:50 učebna 11, Fri 28. 11. 11:10–12:50 učebna 11, Fri 12. 12. 11:10–12:50 učebna 11, K. Lexová
A2BK_PJ2A/01: Mon 15. 9. 11:10–12:50 učebna 59, Mon 29. 9. 11:10–12:50 učebna 59, Mon 13. 10. 11:10–12:50 učebna 59, Mon 27. 10. 11:10–12:50 učebna 59, Mon 10. 11. 11:10–12:50 učebna 59, Mon 1. 12. 11:10–12:50 učebna 59, K. Lexová - Prerequisites
- ( A2BK_PJ1B Practical Language 1B && A2BK_GR1B Grammar B && A2BK_SFFB Phonetics Seminar B ) || A2BK_SOZK Complex Exam
Successful completion of A2BK_SZOK. - 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
- Teacher Training in Foreign Languages - English Language (eng.) (programme PdF, B-SPE)
- Teacher Training in Foreign Languages - English Language (programme PdF, B-SPE) (2)
- Course objectives
- The main objective is to improve the students' English in all four major skill groups: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Classes will be based on different topics connected with cultural studies and students'perception of various cultures. As students are training to be teachers, they will be expected to take an active role in their own learning, with an eye toward understanding how to share information with their peers, and later their own students.At the end of the course students should be able to understand how to present a topic of interest to them. They should be able to interpret texts of an advanced level and be able to respond to advanced-level input with a high level of accuracy.
- Syllabus
- Topics of the course
- Advanced grammar
- Reading comprehension
- Cultural awareness
- Writing, Spaeking and Listening proficiency
- Literature
- required literature
- OXENDEN,Clive a LATHAN-KOENIG, Christina. New English File Advanced student's book.Oxford: Oxford University Press 2010. ISBN: 978-0-19-459458-5
- recommended literature
- SWAN, Michael. Practical English usage. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, xxx, 658. ISBN 9780194420983. info
- not specified
- MCCARTHY, Michael and Felicity O'DELL. English vocabulary in use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, 315 s. ISBN 0521653975. info
- Teaching methods
- Students will take part in pair-work, group-work, class discussions and will be expected to participate in on-line forums as well as write an assignment, and work on their portfolios.
- Assessment methods
- The contunious assessment will consist of unit tests, one progress test and forum participation. (Recommended is one original entry and one response for each topic.) Students must also hand in one writing assignment and give one in-class oral presentation. Students must acquire a minimum of 70 percent from the final credit test. There will also be a final speaking test where students will present their portfolios and address a given topic. The speaking and the portfolios will be evaluated as a pass/fail.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 48 hodin. - Teacher's information
- http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=1681
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2014, recent)
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