PdF:ZS1BP_A3B Practical Language AJ - Course Information

ZS1BP_A3B Practical Language AJ

Extent and Intensity

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

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Alena Dobrovolná, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Ivana Hrozková, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková

Timetable of Seminar Groups

ZS1BP_A3B/01: Tue 10:40–12:20 učebna 58, A. Dobrovolná
ZS1BP_A3B/02: Mon 8:50–10:30 učebna 57, A. Dobrovolná

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

• Primary School Teacher Training (programme PdF, M-ZS5)

Course objectives

The main objective of the course is to develop speaking, reading, writing and listening skills at the Intermediate Level. The basic study material is the coursebook New English File Intermediate supplemented by various additional materials. At the end of the course students should be able to: discuss everyday topics, communicate in everyday situations, read and listen to authentic texts at the Intermediate Level and communicate in the language fluently.

Syllabus

• The basic study material is the coursebook New English File INTERMEDIATE (Student's book and Workbook), see Literature bellow. The syllabus includes Units 4 - 7, the focus is on speaking and listening activities and development of students' vocabulary.
• 1st lesson: Unit 4A: Education - First conditional and future time clauses + when, until, etc.
• 2nd lesson: Unit 4B: Houses - Second conditional
• 3rd lesson: Unit 4C: Friendship - used to
• 4th lesson: Unit 5A + 5B: Noun formation - quantifiers + articles: a/an, the, no article, connectors: however, according to, on the other hand, also
• 5th lesson: Unit 5C: Work - Gerunds and Infinitives
• 6th lesson: Unit 6A: Shopping - Reported Speech
• 7th lesson: Unit 6B: Cinema - Passive
• 8th lesson: Progress Test 1
• 9th lesson: Unit 6C: Relative clauses: defining and non-defining
• 10th lesson: Unit 7A: Third conditional
• 11th lesson: Unit 7B: Compound nouns, Indirect questions, Question tags
• 12th lesson: Unit 7C: Television - Phrasal verbs
• 13th lesson: Progress Test 2
• Exam period: Credit test - oral

Literature

• OXENDEN, Clive and Christina LATHAM-KOENIG. New English file. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, 159 s. ISBN 9780194518000. info
• MURPHY, Raymond. Essential grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate students : with answers. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, x, 350. ISBN 052143680X. info
• HASHEMI, Louise and Raymond MURPHY. English grammar in use supplementary exercises : with answers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, vi, 136. ISBN 0521755484. info
• REDMAN, Stuart. English vocabulary in use : pre-intermediate and intermediate. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997, 270 s. ISBN 0521557372. info
• REDMAN, Stuart and Ruth GAIRNS. Test your English vocabulary in use : pre-intermediate & intermediate. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000, 142 s. ISBN 0521779804. info

Teaching methods

lectures, class discussion, pair work, group work, brainstorming, individual assignments

Assessment methods

Students have to pass 2 short progress tests (70%) focused on the vocabulary and grammar covered during the term, submit their teaching practice papers and only then can they sit the final oral exam proving their overall grammar and vocabulary knowledge (70%) at the end of the term. Students have to prepare for lessons throughout the whole term and do homework for each lesson, which is the base for their active participation in the seminars. Most of the work is based on students' self-study.

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.

• Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2010, recent)
  
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