Angličtina pro pedagogy A SZ7BP_1AB1



                                       Spring semester 2010



                                        Course Introduction

Organisation of Language Education at the Faculty of Education

n  Compulsorily-optional subjects:

n  Bachelor’s programme: level B1(=PET)

n  Angličtina pro pedagogy A (spring, 1 hour a week, 1 credit, „zápočet“)

n  Angličtina pro pedagogy B (autumn, 1 hour a week, 3 credits, exam)



n  Master’s programme: level B2 (=FCE)

n  Angličtina pro pedagogy C (autumn, 2 hours a week)

n  Angličtina pro pedagogy D (spring, 2 hours a week)



Angličtina pro pedagogy A: General Information

n  Prerequisite: Entrance test A2

n  Developing language skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening

n  Grammar revision + vocabulary extension



n  Focus on topics related to EDUCATION







Syllabus

n   W 1: Introductory class

n   W2 - 4

n  Education in the CR compared with other systems.

n   Revision of present simple + continuous, past simple + continuous, prepositions of time and
place.

n   W5 - 7

n  Psychological development. Growing up with focus on adolescence.

n   Revision of present perfect simple + continuous, expressing „future“ in English.

n   W 8 - 10

     Mid-term test

n  Interpersonal relations. Who knows you better?

n   Revision of adjectives – personal qualities, comparatives, superlatives.

n   W11-13

n  Non-verbal communication.

n   Revision of modals.

n   W14: Credit test (grammar, vocabulary, expressing opinion).

Literature & Materials



n  English-Czech dictionary for classes



n  Vacek, Hendy: Analýza odborného anglického textu, MU Brno, 2006.



n  IS: Studijní materiály

n  Učební materiály=>Dvořáková=> Education…

n  (+ complete syllabus + requirements)





Credit requirements

q   Attendance (min. 80% = max. 2 absences)



q   Active participation in classes



q   Completed in-term assignments (homework, 2 reading comprehension sheets)

q  Meeting all deadlines!



q   Oral mini-presentation (W 4)



q   Mid-term test (W 8) (passing limit 50%; if the student doesn’t pass the test for 50% or he/she
doesn’t sit the test, then he/she needs to achieve 70% to pass the final test)

q   Credit test (W 14)

q   The student who has not completed continuous assessment and all the requirements during the
particular semester can not be credited!







Credit test

n  Structure

n  A) Grammar part

n  B) Thematic part

n  Vocabulary

n  Understanding a piece of an unknown text – key words, summary, expressing personal opinion



n  Passing limit – 65%





Language support

n  Libraries:

n  Faculty of Education, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Social Studies…



n  Knihovna Centra jazykového vzdělávání (CJV) MU, Rektorát Žerotínovo nám., 5th floor, door 555
(dictionaries, video-cassettes, DVDs, magazines…)



n  English Library, Solniční street, 1st floor (branch of MZK – Kounicova street)





Info about the teacher

n  Mgr. Daniela Dvořáková

n  Office: building C, door P12

n  Office hours:

n  Thursdays

n  Email: 103675@mail.muni.cz