AJ41001 Practical English I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 12 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jarmila Fictumová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Petra Zmrzlá, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D.
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJ41001/A: Fri 15:00–16:35 G21; and Fri 3. 10. 15:00–16:35 G21, Fri 17. 10. 15:00–16:35 G21, Fri 7. 11. 15:00–16:35 G21, Fri 21. 11. 15:00–16:35 G21, Fri 5. 12. 15:00–16:35 G21, P. Zmrzlá
AJ41001/B: Fri 3. 10. 13:20–14:55 G21, Fri 17. 10. 13:20–14:55 G21, Fri 7. 11. 13:20–14:55 G21, Fri 21. 11. 13:20–14:55 G21, Fri 5. 12. 13:20–14:55 G21, P. Zmrzlá
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
Destinations C1&C2, lessons 1 - 10 English or Czenglish, entries 1 - 150 Topic-based Vocabulary - 10 topics The main aim of the course is to revise and consolidate what students have already learnt, and to develop and extend their knowledge further. This concerns both the language systems and the skills. The course will contain: - discussions and communication activities that will help students improve their command of spoken English. - reading texts with tasks to read more effectively and to appreciate the implications and style of a text - listening exercises with tasks to improve students' listening skills - useful practical techniques that students can use in their writing - activities to practise the functional language needed in different situations - grammar revision, with special focus on the 'problem areas' caused by L1 interference - work on pronunciation - vocabulary development activities - work on idioms and collocations Students will be encouraged to improve their English in the self-access mode.
Syllabus
  • Week 1 Present time Family Items 1 - 15 Thinking and learning Education Items 16 - 30 Week 2 Past time Family / Home Items 31 - 45 Change and technology Communication Items 46 - 60 Week 3 PROGRESS TEST Future time Home Items 61 – 75 Time and work Work and Leisure Items 76 – 90 Passives and causatives Food Items 91 – 105 Movement and transport Travel Items 106 – 120 Week 4 PROGRESS TEST Modals and semi-modals Clothes Items 121 – 135 Communication and the Media Media Items 136 – 150 Week 5 PROGRESS TEST
Literature
  • Man, Malcolm - Taylore-Konwles. Destinations C1&C2:. Macmillan 2007. ISBN 978-0-230-03540-9
  • SPARLING, Don. English or Czenglish? : jak se vyhnout čechismům v angličtině. 2. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1990, 274 s. ISBN 8004253296. info
  • HEWINGS, Martin. Advanced grammar in use with answers : a self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999, ix, 340. ISBN 0521498694. info
  • MURPHY, Raymond. Essential grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate students : with answers. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, x, 350. ISBN 052143680X. info
  • FICTUMOVÁ, Jarmila, John CECCARELLI and Tony LONG. Advanced conversation practice : Success at the state exam. Vyd. 1. Brno: Jazyková škola Brno, Kotlářská 9, 2002, 211 pp. dotisk prvního vydání. info
  • FICTUMOVÁ, Jarmila. Advanced Conversation Practice - Vocabulary Lists. první. Brno: Jazyková škola Brno, Kotlářská 9, 2002, 139 pp. Konverzace pro pokročilé - slovníček. info
  • VINCE, Michael. Advanced language practice. 1. ed. Oxford: Heinemann, 1994, viii, 295. ISBN 0-435-24124-9. info
  • BROADHEAD, Annie. Advance your English : a short course for advanced learners : coursebook. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000, 74 s. ISBN 052159779X. info
  • CAPEL, Annette and Patricia ASPINALL. Advanced masterclass CAE : student's book. Edited by Kathy Gude. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996, 206 s. ISBN 0194533433. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Seminar; Assessment: continuous + computer-based written tests / Seminá; Hodnocení: průběžné a písemné testy na počítači
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 5x4.
Teacher's information
http://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=2322
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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