PdF:SC4BK_CJAJ English for Social Educators - Course Information

SC4BK_CJAJ English for Social Educators

Extent and Intensity

0/0/1.3. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Marcela Sekanina Vavřinová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Belinda Rachael Allan, M.Ed. (seminar tutor)
Christopher Williams, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Lenka Zouhar Ludvíková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Daniela Dvořáková (assistant)
Mgr. Gabriela Hublová, Ph.D. (assistant)

Guaranteed by

Belinda Rachael Allan, M.Ed.
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 – Faculty Branches of University Departments – Faculty of Education

Timetable of Seminar Groups

SC4BK_CJAJ/OS01: Fri 22. 2. 9:00–12:50 učebna 5, Fri 22. 3. 9:00–12:50 učebna 1, Fri 12. 4. 13:00–16:50 učebna 11, Fri 10. 5. 9:00–11:50 učebna 32, B. Allan
SC4BK_CJAJ/OS02: Fri 22. 2. 9:00–12:50 učebna 37, Fri 22. 3. 9:00–12:50 učebna 28, Fri 12. 4. 13:00–16:50 učebna 57, Fri 10. 5. 9:00–11:50 učebna 57, Ch. Williams

Prerequisites

CJV_AJA2k Entrance Test A2 || CJV_AJA2 Entrance Test A2
Students enrolling in the course are expected to have reached the minimum CEFR level of A2+. To prove so students are expected to have taken the CJV_AJA2k and CJV_AJA2 courses.

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 Education (programme PdF, B-PD)

Course objectives

1 Students will acquire specific vocabulary within the four topic-based units while employing all four language skills.
2 Within the language skill of speaking students will acquire the basics of oral presentation.
3 Within the language skill of writing students will be able to produce a simple argumentative essay.
4 Students will acquire grammar competence specified in the below-mentioned grammar chapters at the B1 CEFR level.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, the student will be able to: understand spoken LSP texts at B1 level of the CEFR; understand written LSP texts at B1 level of the CEFR; successfully participate in a spoken interaction dealing with relevant LSP issues at B1 level of the CEFR; give an oral presentation on a specialist topic; use selected specialist terminology with natural and sophisticated control; show a good command of selected grammar structures at B1 level of the CEFR.

Syllabus

• SC4BK_CJAJ English for Social Educators
• Multidisciplinary focus of social pedagogy is reflected in topic-based orientation of the individual courses taught at the Faculty of Education. In the Bachelor study programme for distance learners, the course is geared towards selected social and legal issues.
• Topic 1 EDUCATION (basic aspects of primary, secondary and tertiary education, literacy, poverty and literacy, social aspects of student transition to university).
• Topic 2 FAMILY, ADOPTION, FOSTER CARE (adoption, foster care, guardianship, single parents, single families, divorce, abortion).
• Topic 3 HUMAN RIGHTS (right to life, freedom from torture, freedom from slavery, right to liberty and security, right to a fair trial, freedom from discrimination, freedom of belief and religion, right to privacy vs. national security, watchdog).
• Topic 4 LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUE OF SOCIAL WORK, COMMUNICATION IN SOCIAL WORK (the code of conduct in social work, client communication).
• Grammar(self-study using materials with answer key):
• 1 Present and past tenses ― simple and continuous forms
• 2 Present perfect tense ― simple
• 3 Expressing future
• 4 Word order
• 5 Making of questions
• 6 Gradation of adjectives
• 7 Gradation of adverbs
• 8 Modal verbs
• 9 Conditionals 0, 1 and 2
• 10 Passive voice
• 11 Countable and uncountable nouns
• 12 Relative pronouns and relative clauses
• 13 Phrasal verbs
• 14 Verbs + (bare) infinitives, verbs + ing forms
• 15 Prepositions, prepositional phrases
• 16 Modifying expressions.

Literature

required literature
• E-learning resources in IS.MUNI.CZ

recommended literature
• 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
• Hashemi, Louise. Cambridge Practice Tests for PET 1. Cambridge University Press,

not specified
• GOUGH, Chris. English vocabulary organiser :100 topics for self-study. Hove: LTP language, 2001, 224 s. ISBN 1-899396-36-5. 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
• www.macmillandictionary.com

Teaching methods

There are four consultations during the semester for which students are expected to prepare by performing reading and writing activities, as well as exercises aimed at the acquisition of the most common lexico-grammatical items typical of the specific topic in question. All activities and tasks aimed at developing students' receptive (listening and reading) and productive skills (mainly formal writing and mainly informal speaking).

Assessment methods

Course completion requirements:
1) Attendance and active participation in the consultations (1 class can be missed)
2) Submitting home assignments in the respective IS application in due time (specified by course instructor)
3) Performing assignments in class (e.g. oral poster presentation - Me and my professional goals)
4) FINAL EXAM: Written part: Test (reading, writing, listening, grammar and vocabulary), pass mark 65%. Spoken part: follows after the successful completion of the written part. Monologue: introduction of your professional goals, about 1 minute. Dialogue in pairs: discussion of a topic studied during the term (see topics 1-4), about 6 minutes. Final grade: Grade A (100―93 points), Grade B (92―86), Grade C (85―79), Grade D (78―72), Grade E (71―65 points).
Only students who have completed the above tasks and satisfied the above requirements may sit the final exam.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Information on completion of the course: Pro úspěšné ukončení předmětu jsou předepsány v semestru průběžné kontroly. Jazykový kurz není určen pro začátečníky. Výuka je v angličtině a kurz je ukončen písemnou a ústní zkouškou na úrovni B1.
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět bude zapsán po udělení zápočtu za Vstupní test CJV_AJA2k, který si student zapíše v podzimním semestru, test na úrovni A2 složí v lednu, a poté absolvuje předmět SC4BK_CJAJ v jarním semestru. Počet míst v kurzu je limitován kapacitou pracoviště.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 15 hod.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět si zapíší pouze studenti, kteří úspěšně absolvovali Vstupní test na úrovni A2 (ERR). Počet míst v kurzu je limitován kapacitou pracoviště.

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