PdF:SV4MP_1AB2 English for Social Educators C - Course Information

SV4MP_1AB2 English for Social Educators - C

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Lenka Zouhar Ludvíková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Kollárová (lecturer)
Mgr. Eva Tomaštíková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Daniela Dvořáková (assistant)
Mgr. Gabriela Hublová, Ph.D. (assistant)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Lenka Zouhar Ludvíková, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Education Division – Faculty Branches of University Departments – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jitka Autratová
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Education Division – Language Centre

Prerequisites

Students enrolling in the course are expected to have reached the minimum CEFR level of B1+.
This is a course of academic, specialist and specific English level at the B2 CEFR level.
Speaking is developed mainly through interaction with a single or multiple interlocutors with a focus on specialist topics of social education. In the writing domain, the emphasis is laid on the ability to formulate and structure an argumentative essay. In this respect attention is also paid to the correct use of lexico-grammatical items to ensure linguistically and logically fluent text. Grammar at the B2 CEFR level is explained using the examples of the general or general academic English language. Lexico-grammatical items presented within the instruction of academic writing are of general academic nature, while the vocabulary (see T1―T6) below are discipline/disciplines specific.

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

• Social and Free Time Education (programme PdF, N-PD)

Course objectives

1 Students will acquire the specific and specialist vocabulary presented within the topics (T1―T3, T5―T6) while employing all the language skills, i.e. reading and listening comprehension, writing and speaking.
2 Students will deepen their knowledge and skills of spoken academic presentation with a single or multiple interlocutors using the platform of the social education issues.
3 Students will acquire the conventions of formal academic writing in English, and academic argumentation in particular.
4 Students will practise the basic principles and strategies for effective processing of the English language input on the basis of academic, specialist and specific language in the domain of the receptive language skills, to ensure both global and detailed understanding.
5 Students will practise and solidify the below mentioned grammar chapters of the B2 CEFR level with a special emphasis on sentence transformations.
6 Students will acquire basic academic vocabulary through wordbuilding techniques in particular.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, the student will be able to: - understand spoken and written texts in the field of social pedagogy on CEFR B2 level
- produce a well-structured paragraph that is the foundation for an argumentative essay;
- successfully participate in a spoken interaction dealing with relevant LSP issues at B2 level of the CEFR;
- give an oral presentation of a project on an educational topic
- use selected specialist terminology in the areas of addiction, palliative care, physical and mental illnesses;
- show a good command of selected grammar structures at B2 level of the CEFR;

Syllabus

• Multidisciplinary focus of social education is reflected in the topic-based orientation of the individual courses taught at the Faculty of Education. This course (C) is geared towards the medical and healthcare dimension.
• Topic 1 ADDICTIONS (alcohol, drugs, drug legalizaton, workoholism, etc.)
• Topic 2 ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES (first aid, physical disability, physically disabled, armed conflicts as factors affecting health, post-traumatic stress disorder, natural disasters)
• Topic 3 MENTAL DISORDERS (eating disorders, anorexia, bulimia) Topic 4 ACADEMIC WRITING (basic conventions of academic genre, argumentative essay)
• Topic 5 DISEASES OF AFFLUENCE, ALLERGIES AND EMERGENCIES (obesity, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, etc.)
• Topic 5 PALLIATIVE CARE (euthanasia, patients’ rights, patients’ relatives’ rights)
• Grammar chapters:
• 1 Future forms
• 2 Present tense ― simple vs. continuous
• 3 Past tense ― simple vs. continuous
• 4 Present perfect tenses
• 5 Sentence transformations I + II
• 6 Modals
• 7 Passive forms
• 8 Wordformation ― abstract vocabulary

Literature

required literature
• E-learning and in-class materials designed for language for academic purposes courses.

recommended literature
• HASHEMI, Louise and Barbara THOMAS. Cambridge grammar for first certificate : with answers. 1st ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, xii, 260. ISBN 0521533368. info
• MURPHY, Raymond. English grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate students of English : with answers. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, x, 379. ISBN 0521532892. info
• Cambridge First Certificate in English. Past papers. Reading, Listening, Use of English.
• Cambridge English First 5, CUP 2012, ISBN: 9781107603318

not specified
• www.macmillandictionary.com

Teaching methods

Oral presentation, pair work, role plays, discussion, frontal as well as student-centred instruction.

Assessment methods

Course completion requirements:
1 Attendance and active participation in classes (up to 2 classes can be missed)
2 Argumentative essay Legalization of drugs focusing on a one of the topic covered during semester
3 PPT presentation in pair (10 minutes + question and answer session)
4 CREDIT TEST (listening, reading, no writing) in the final week of instruction, pass mark =65%

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Pro úspěšné ukončení předmětu jsou předepsány v semestru průběžné kontroly, jejichž výsledky jsou započítávány do závěrečného hodnocení. Kurz je určen pro studenty s minimální úrovní anglického jazyka B1 dle SERRJ.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Kurz na úrovni B2. Předmět navazuje na bakalářské jazykové kurzy úrovně B1.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Level B2 English course for students with entrance knowledge at B1 level of the CEFR.

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