AJ09999 Qualifying Examination

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2006
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. Type of Completion: PZk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jarmila Fictumová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D.
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
Literature
  • JONES, Leo. New Cambridge advanced English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998, 192 s. ISBN 052162939X. info
  • SPARLING, Thomas Donald. English or Czenglish? Jak se vyhnout čechismům v angličtině. 2nd ed. Praha: SPN, 1992, 250 pp. ISBN 80-04-25969-3. info
  • WALENN, Jeremy. Passport to Cambridge certificate in advanced English. London: Macmillan Publishing, 1990, 126 s. ISBN 0-333-57984-4. info
  • ASPINALL, Patricia and Louise HASHEMI. CAE Practice Tests. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991, iv, 60. ISBN 0521422744. info
  • HASHEMI, Louise. CAE Practice Tests. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, iv, 156. ISBN 0521448875. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Assessment: examination There are three parts to the examination: 1. The written test based on English or Czenglish (1 - 274) 50 points 2. The written test based on New Cambridge Advanced English (1 - 10) 50 points 3. The English proficiency examination (written and oral) 100 points 3.1 The written part of the proficiency examination 75 points a) Use of English b) Reading comprehension c) Listening comprehension 3.2 The oral part of the proficiency examination 25 points The examination is taken by pairs of candidates. Format: 1. (3) Two-way social interaction (AB) 2. (4) Individual long turns based on visual materials (A, B) 3. (2) Individual focus on vocabulary (A, B) 4. (3) Two-way collaborative task (AB) 5. (4) Three-way discussion (IA, IB, AB) Assessment criteria: 1. Grammar and vocabulary (range, accuracy, appropriacy) 2. Discourse management (coherence, extent, relevance) 3. Pronunciation (stress and rhythm, intonation, individual sounds) 4. Interactive communication (initiating and responding, hesitation, turn-taking) 5. Overall effectiveness (global impression) Penalization for the failed credit test: max. 2 points for each test (subtracted from the obtained score for the respective part of the test); for more than two absences in each term: max. 2 points for each term subtracted from the obtained score for the respective part of the test).
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2006, recent)
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