AJ91010 Practical English for non-English Majors

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Nicola Catherine Fořtová, B.A., M.A. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Markéta Pilařová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jitka Sedláčková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Eva Tomaštíková (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. František Tůma, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJ91010/01: Tue 10:00–11:40 G22, N. Fořtová
AJ91010/02: Mon 10:00–11:40 G22, N. Fořtová
AJ91010/03: Wed 14:00–15:40 G22, J. Sedláčková
AJ91010/04: Mon 14:00–15:40 G23, N. Fořtová
AJ91010/05: Fri 11:00–12:40 G23, M. Pilařová
AJ91010/06: Fri 11:00–12:40 B2.51, M. Pilařová
Prerequisites
Levels range from elementary to high intermediate. Each seminar group is a different level. Please check that the group you have signed up for is the right level for you. This course is NOT open to students of the Department of English and American studies at FF or to students of English at the Faculty of Education.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 80 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 3/80, only registered: 0/80, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/80
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
This course will develop students' language skills (reading, writing, speaking, listening) and systems (vocabulary, grammar, functions, pronunciation) in English. The course is taught by Masters student teacher trainees of the MU FF English department. This course is being used for developmental purposes of our teacher trainees on the Masters in teaching and therefore lesssons may be recorded for the purpose of analysis by the teacher trainees.
Syllabus
  • The content is determined on a needs basis, as determined in the first week of the course.
Literature
  • SWAN, Michael. Practical English usage. 3rd ed., New international s. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, xxx, 653. ISBN 9780194420969. info
Teaching methods
As the teachers are trainees, a wide variety of techniques from the communicative language teaching stable will be utilized.
Assessment methods
Mid-semester test
End of course test
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2020, recent)
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