UPVK_8007 English for beginners (A1)

Faculty of Education
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jana Kollárová (lecturer)
Mgr. Radka Mlýnková (lecturer)
Jitka Autratová (assistant)
Mgr. Daniela Dvořáková (assistant)
Mgr. Gabriela Hublová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Petr Sládek, CSc.
Department of Physics, Chemistry and Vocational Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Jachymiáková
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Education Division – Language Centre
Timetable of Seminar Groups
UPVK_8007/01: Fri 27. 5. 14:50–19:15 učebna 56, Sat 28. 5. 7:30–11:55 učebna 56, J. Kollárová
Prerequisites
Being enrolled in a course at CJV MU at the Faculty of Education.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
Course objectives
The aim of the optional course is to help students achieve A1 level knowledge of English and to gain basic English language skills, mainly listening and reading comprehension, basic speaking skills and develop vocabulary and grammar at A1 level.
Syllabus
  • Students can acquire basic vocabulary and grammar at A1 level. Students will develop mainly listening, speaking and reading skills at A1 level. Vocabulary: people and family, jobs and places of work, school, daily routine, hobbies and interests, common nouns/verbs/adjectives, countries, nationalities, food and drink, travelling Grammar: verb to be, possessive adjectives, singular and plural nouns, articles, present simple and present continuous, adverbs of frequency, there is/there are, past simple, prepositions
Literature
    recommended literature
  • GAIRNS, Ruth and Stuart REDMAN. Oxford word skills. 1st publ. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008, 254 s. ISBN 9780194620031. info
  • SWAN, Michael and Catherine WALTER. The good grammar book : a grammar practice book for elementary to lower-intermediate students of English : with answers. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001, 324 s. ISBN 0194315193. info
  • MCCARTHY, Michael and Felicity O'DELL. English vocabulary in use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999, 168 s. ISBN 0521599571. info
  • MURPHY, Raymond. Essential grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for elementary students of English : with answers. Second edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997, 300 s. ISBN 0521559286. info
Teaching methods
6 consultations (each consisting of 4 lessons), activities and tasks developing students' language skills and competencies, grammar and vocabulary practice, pair and group work, discussions
Assessment methods
Active participation in the consultations, careful home preparation and self-study, short oral presentation of yourself, written test at A1 level.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
General note: Predmět je jazykový kurz v rámci kurzu CŽV.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 24 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2015.
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