AJ2BK_PJ2A Practical Language 2A

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/0/1. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Katarína Lexová, M.A. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Irena Headlandová Kalischová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJ2BK_PJ2A/01: Fri 22. 9. 14:50–16:30 učebna 11, Fri 6. 10. 14:50–16:30 učebna 11, Fri 20. 10. 14:50–16:30 učebna 11, Fri 3. 11. 14:50–16:30 učebna 11, Fri 24. 11. 14:50–16:30 učebna 11, Fri 8. 12. 14:50–16:30 učebna 11, K. Lexová
Prerequisites
( AJ2BK_PJ1B Practical Language 1B && AJ2BK_GRAB Grammar B && AJ2BK_CF1B Phonetics Seminar B ) || AJ2BK_SOZK Complex Exam
Students must have passed Practical Language 1A and 1B.
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
Course objectives
The main objective is to improve the students' English in all four major skill groups: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Lessons will cover Units 5-6 in the coursebook New English File Advanced. As students are training to be teachers, they will be expected to take an active role in their own learning, with an eye toward understanding how to share information with their peers, and later their own students. At the end of the course students should be able to understand how to present a topic of interest to them. They should be able to interpret texts of an advanced level and be able to respond to advanced-level input with a high level of accuracy.
Syllabus
  • Topics of the course: Travel and tourism. Memorable journeys. Who's in control? Nanny states. Trick or treatment. Alternative medicine.
  • Advanced grammar. Future forms. Prefixes and suffixes. Gerunds and infinitives.
Literature
    required literature
  • OXENDEN,Clive a LATHAN-KOENIG, Christina. New English File Advanced student's book.Oxford: Oxford University Press 2010. ISBN: 978-0-19-459458-5
    recommended literature
  • MCCARTHY, Michael and Felicity O'DELL. English vocabulary in use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, 315 s. ISBN 0521653975. info
  • SWAN, Michael. Practical English usage. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, xxx, 658. ISBN 9780194420983. info
  • GAIRNS, Ruth and Stuart REDMAN. Oxford word skills. First published. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009, 256 stran. ISBN 9780194620093. info
  • MCCARTHY, Michael and Felicity O'DELL. English collocations in use : how words work together for fluent and natural English : self-study and classroom use. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, 190 s. ISBN 9780521603782. info
Teaching methods
Students will take part in pair-work, group-work, class discussions and will be expected to participate in on-line forums as well as write an assignment, and work on their portfolios (on-line portfolios recommended).
Assessment methods
The contunious assessment (30% of the course) will consist of one progress test, one writing assignment, a handed in portfolio (it will be evaluated using the portfolio evaluation rubric), and forum participation (one original entry and one response for each topic).
The credit will be awarded to students who will reach 70 percent on the final credit test and 70 percent on the total (CA plus the final test). The final credit test will contain features from a CAE test.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2017, recent)
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