AJ5_IDIO Idioms

Faculty of Education
Spring 2001
Extent and Intensity
0/1. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Pavel Štébl (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Andrew Philip Oakland, M.A.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Prerequisites
The course is open to all students except the first years.
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 18 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/18, only registered: 0/18, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/18
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Knowledge of idioms is essential for advanced speakers of English in that it serves better understanding and appreciation of both colloquial and literary language. Work on this course is geared towards practice in the use of idioms. Worksheets and dialogues introduce the most frequent idioms used in daily life.
Syllabus
  • Idioms sorted by head-words and situations.
Literature
  • WATCYN-JONES, Peter. Test your English idioms. Illustrated by Ross Thomson. 1. publ. London: Penguin Books, 1990, 92 s. ISBN 0-14-080987-2. info
  • SEIDL, Jennifer. Exercises on idioms. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989, 94 s. ISBN 0194327728. info
  • COWIE, Anthony Paul, Ronald MACKIN and I. R. MCCAIG. Oxford dictionary of current idiomatic English. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983, lxiii, 685. ISBN 0194311503. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
weekly seminar
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
Teacher's information
http://titania.cobuild.collins.co.uk/idguide.html
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