SPAJK01 English for Deaf (comb. stud.) I

Pan-university studies
Spring 2007
Extent and Intensity
2/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Dr. Rita Chalmers Collins (lecturer)
Mgr. Radka Stará (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jana Kollárová (alternate examiner)
Mgr. Jakub Mareček (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Peňáz
Visual Communication Section – Support Centre for Students with Special Needs
Contact Person: Mgr. Jakub Mareček
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 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/10, only registered: 0/10, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/10
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
English for the Deaf is the recognized alternative to any compulsory course of English run by the Masaryk University offered to Deaf and hearing-impaired students. The course is composed of three modules. The first module reviews elementary and lower intermediate grammar of English and vocabulary of closed word-classes. Students graduating from the second module are expected, first, to be able to use a learner's English-English dictionary, that is are expected to understand most words in its definition word list, and second, to have read several shorter stories in English. Students enrolled in the third module further develop their English by reading an undergraduate textbook of their choice. Overall, graduates of the course are expected to be able to read academic prose in English.
Syllabus
  • As far as grammar is concerned, English for the Deaf I covers: basic word order (1), present tenses (2), expressing future (3), past tenses (4), perfect tenses (5), revision of word order (8), modal verbs (6), passive voice (7), conjunctions in English (16), adverbs in English, use of prepositions (20), articles (11) and determiners (12). (Numbers in parentheses provide references to the corresponding chapters in The Good Grammar Book.) --- As far as vocabulary is concerned, this module covers basic vocabulary of closed word-classes, including a determiners, conjunctions, prepositions, pronouns, adverbs and irregular verbs.
Literature
  • SWAN, Michael and Catherine WALTER. The Good Grammar Book. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001, 324 pp. ISBN 0-19-431520-7. info
  • CANNEY, John F., J. Philip GOLDBERG and Diane O'CONNOR. Working on words. Washington: Gallaudet College Press, 1981, 260 pp. ISBN 0-913580-72-4. info
  • Macmillan Essential Dictionary for Learners of English. Oxford: Macmillan Education, 2003, 861 pp. ISBN 140501427X. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
V rámci předmětu může každý student získat až 100 bodů: 12 bodů za aktivní účast v hodinách; 36 bodů za (včasné a pečlivé) vypracování domácích úloh; 32 (8+8+16) bodů v testech (v 5. a 9. týdnu semestru a v 1. týdnu zkouškového období); 10 bodů za domácí četbu (kontrolováno v 7. týdnu); 10 bodů za krátké slohové práce vycházející z domácí četby (k odevzdání v 7. a 11. týdnu). Pro úspěšné absolvování kurzu je třeba získat bodů alespoň 75.
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
http://www.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=757
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