VV041 English for Academic Purposes (post-graduate)

Fakulta informatiky
podzim 2006
Rozsah
0/2. 2 kr. Ukončení: z.
Vyučující
James Edward Thomas, M.A. (přednášející)
Garance
prof. Ing. Václav Přenosil, CSc.
Fakulta informatiky
Rozvrh
Út 17:00–18:50 B410, St 12:00–13:50 B410
Předpoklady
PROGRAM(D-IN)
Students are expected to have passed all English language requirements for the "Magister" course.
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
This is a blended-learning course. The class meets once a week for two hours to undertake language learning activities as set out in the course book and additional activities. Homework is checked, and speaking and listening activities are performed. The distance learning component is mediated through Moodle and further language learning activities are engaged in. These include working through online drills and exercises, collaborative writing tasks, language discovery tasks particicular via corpus analysis, e-seminars in the form of forum discussions and the use of online dictionaries to create hypertext reading activities. This is a blended-learning course. The class meets once a week for two hours to undertake language learning activities as set out in the course book and additional activities. Homework is checked, and speaking and listening activities are performed. The distance learning component is mediated through Moodle and further language learning activities are engaged in. These include working through online drills and exercises, collaborative writing tasks, language discovery tasks particicular via corpus analysis, e-seminars in the form of forum discussions and the use of online dictionaries to create hypertext reading activities. The course is taught in two streams: one for those entering their PhD studies and the other for continuing students.
Osnova
  • Both streams use Ready for First Certificate, Roy Norris, Macmillan 2001 Stream One: Unit One Language Focus – habitual behaviour, frequency adverbs. Vocabulary – clothes, expressions with get. Reading – gapped text. Writing – informal letters. Use of English – transformations. Listening – multiple matching. Speaking – talking about photos. Stream Two: Unit Seven Language Focus – present perfect, contrasting ideas, expressing preferences. Vocabulary – shopping, expressions with come, towns and villages. Reading – gapped text. Writing – letters of complaint . Use of English – error correction, transformations. Listening – note taking, matching. Speaking – talking about photos. Both streams undertake a range of supplementary activities. These include extensive dictionary work, collocates of academic vocabulary, learning to learn activities, grammar of vocabulary, introductory it construction.
Literatura
  • Ready for First Certificate, Roy Norris, Macmillan 2001
Metody hodnocení
Successful completion of this course involves attending adn contributing, doing the weekly homework, submitting the writing tasks and using the online activities. As well, there will be a test on the content of the semester.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Další komentáře
Předmět je vyučován každý semestr.
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích podzim 2005, jaro 2006, podzim 2007, podzim 2008, podzim 2009, podzim 2010, podzim 2011, podzim 2012, podzim 2013, podzim 2014, podzim 2015, podzim 2016, podzim 2017, podzim 2018, podzim 2019, podzim 2020, podzim 2021.