bk4003 English

Faculty of Sports Studies
autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/7/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Renata Prucklová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Dana Otychová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Renata Prucklová
Language Centre, Faculty of Sports Studies Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: PhDr. Renata Prucklová
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Sports Studies Division – Language Centre
Timetable of Seminar Groups
bk4003/01: Fri 23. 10. 11:20–12:55 Virtuální místnost, Fri 30. 10. 12:35–14:10 Virtuální místnost, Fri 13. 11. 11:20–13:45 Virtuální místnost, R. Prucklová
bk4003/02: Fri 27. 11. 14:15–15:50 Virtuální místnost, Fri 4. 12. 9:40–11:15 Virtuální místnost, Fri 11. 12. 14:15–16:40 Virtuální místnost, R. Prucklová
Prerequisites
B1 level of English according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages is expected
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
there are 12 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The course is designed to provide students with basic knowledge in various sport disciplines,and sport related topics while successfully mastering reading comprehension and oral as well as written reproduction in English. At the end of the course the students are required to have reached the level B1+ of CEF.
Learning outcomes
Graduates of this course will acquire basic command of professional terminology in sport science, health, anatomy and various sport disciplines. By the end of the course students will be able to effectively deliver presentations in English. In addition, students will gain better command of professionally relevant grammatical phenomena, where the improvement of mainly reproductive communication skills (proper pronunciation, correct spelling, apt use of stylistic registers in written communication and acquisition of basic lexical knowledge) will be emphasized and their eventual mastery expected.
Syllabus
  • 1st Week: Academic Skills: Speaking/Presentation guidelines/ Signposting language 2nd Week: Winter Sports I/ Articles and Determiners I, Murphy Unit70 3rd Week: Winter Sports II/ Articles and Determiners II 4th Week: Stadium Team Games/ Academic Writing – Letter 5th Week: Court Games I/ Conditional I Murphy U25 6th Week: Court Games II/ Conditional II Murphy U38 7th Week: Water Sports/ Adjectives, adverbs 8th Week: Athletics/ Passive Voice 9th Week: Gymnastics/ Relative Clauses 10th Week: Adventure Sports, Combat Sports/ Listening to a Lecture 11th Week: Fitness / Collocations and Phrasal Verbs Sports Idioms 12th Week: Academic reading/ understanding the main idea of a text, organizing key information, writing a summary 13th Week: Revision lesson
Literature
  • MURPHY, Raymond. English grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate learners of English : with answers. Fourth edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012, x, 380. ISBN 9780521189064. info
Teaching methods
Language seminar: speaking,reading, listening, writing, presenting
Assessment methods
The course is taught in the form of seminars. Students will find topics for each week in the interactive syllabus section ("interaktivní osnova"), and prepare them for the following classes. The items: U3 etc. indicate the number of a unit in the above grammar textbook. The course is completed by an academic presentation on a chosen sport-related topic delivered by each student. After a proper registration, class-attendance becomes compulsory, 1 missed attendance is accepted.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Teacher's information
The exam at the end of the course comprises testing all language skills: speaking, reading, writing, listening + gramlex. Grammar and vocabulary are parts of each unit. For writing, see the file Correspondence in U4. Oral exam will be divided into two parts - written part self evaluation+ analysis of mistakes; covering one of the 13 topics given in the materials to study.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, spring 2021, autumn 2021, spring 2022, autumn 2022, spring 2023, autumn 2023, spring 2024, autumn 2024, spring 2025.
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