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Academic English I - JLM001

Title:	Akademická angličtina I
Czech title:	Akademická angličtina I
Guaranteed by:	The Language Centre (23-KJP)
Faculty:	Faculty of Social Sciences
Actual:	from 2015 to 2015
Semester:	both
E-Credits:	3
Hours per week, examination:	0/3, C [HT]
Capacity:	winter:unknown / 40 (20) summer:unknown / unknown (20)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	taught
Language:	English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time
Note:	course can be enrolled in outside the study plan enabled for web enrollment priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester

Guarantor:	Mgr. Lucie Poslušná
Teacher(s):	Mgr. Lucie Poslušná
Class:	Courses for incoming students
Pre-requisite :	{Odborná angličtina}
Is pre-requisite for:	JLM002

Examination dates Schedule Noticeboard

Annotation -

Last update: PhDr. Veronika Mistrová (12.09.2022)

The course is aimed at BEF students and students who have successfully passed the JLB004, JLB008, JLB046, JLB006, JLB002, JLB010 or JLB064 courses and want to improve their English. We will focus on practising academic English skills, grammar and vocabulary at the C1 (advanced) level.

Aim of the course -

Last update: Daniel Baxter Jackson III, M.A. (13.09.2022)

After finishing the course students should be able to:

work with authentic academic texts
follow academic lectures in English
present their own opinion
structure abstracts and essays
interpret data
support arguments with evidence; analyse and think critically
study at universities abroad with no language barriers
understand an English academic environment

Literature -

Last update: Daniel Baxter Jackson III, M.A. (13.09.2022)

Obligatory Literature:

Selected chapters from Cambridge Academic English Advanced (Martin Hewings & Craig Thaine (2012). Cambridge University Press) and Oxford EAP C1 (Edward de Chazal & Julie Moore (2013)., Oxford University Press)

Materials in the SIS (Files section)
Note: All materials used in the course can be used by the students of Academic English I only.

Recommended Literature

McCarthy, M., O’Dell, F. (2008). Academic Vocabulary in Use Advanced, Cambridge
Paterson, K., Wedge, R. (2013). Oxford Grammar for EAP. Oxford

Internet Sources

http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/
http://www.uefap.com/writing/writfram.htm
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/academic/

Teaching methods -

Last update: Daniel Baxter Jackson III, M.A. (13.09.2022)

Depending on the covid situation, lessons will be in person or online on Zoom.

Zoom link to be added if teaching is online.

At present the teaching is in person.

Students will work mostly in pairs or small groups in order to develop their listening, reading and communication skills. Writing exercises will also include pair or group work since discussion helps students clarify, formulate, and express ideas and develops their skills in using evidence to back up claims. They will be asked to prepare for the lessons regularly and do their homework, mostly grammar and writing practice.

Requirements to the exam -

Last update: Pamela Danielle Cotte, M.A. (25.01.2021)

In order to earn a credit students need to:

a) prepare a poster presentation related to their study field. Students will present in pairs and sign up for the presentation in the 2nd week of the semester. Each student can receive up to 10 points for the language they use, overall impression and graphics of the poster.

b) hand in two assignments. Students can choose from four topics. Assignments will be specified during the semester. Students can receive up to 10 points for each assignment. All assignments are due by 14 May 2021.

c) take tests:

If the teaching situation changes due to coronavirus measures, the course and tests will be given in an online format.

either
two tests during the semester. There is one attempt for each test. Students will be informed about the test dates in advance via e-mail.
Test 1 will focus on what was covered in lessons 1-5. Test date: 23.03.2021 (to be confirmed by e-mail)
Test 2 will focus on what was covered in lessons 6 - 11. Test date: 11.05.2021 with additional dates during the exam period (to be confirmed by e-mail)

a complex test during the examination period. It will test what was covered in the whole semester; apart from vocabulary, grammar, collocations, listening and reading there will also be a 400-word essay.

Student need to obtain at least 70% of the total number of points in order to get a credit.

A sample midterm test can be found in the JLM001 files.

Students are not allowed to use dictionaries during the testing. The test is in the English language only.

Attendance is not obligatory, however, students who miss more than three classes must hand in all four assignments (and will receive points from two of them) + a description of their regular preparation for the course in a form of a journal (min 1500 words).

Syllabus -

Last update: Daniel Baxter Jackson III, M.A. (13.09.2022)

Selected chapters from Cambridge Academic English Advanced and Oxford EAP C1.

These include for instance:
Critical thinking, lectures and note-taking, language of group discussions, following a writer’s argument, presentation practice, writing essays, complex noun phrases, prepositions and conjunctions, common prefixes in academic writing, -ing clauses, backing up claims with evidence.

Material on writing the different parts of a thesis will also be included in the course.

Supplemetary material can be found in the SIS Files.

Entry requirements -

Last update: Andrew Goodall, D.Phil. (11.09.2023)

English at level B2-C1 and a pass in one of the English courses JLB002, JLB004, JLB006, JLB008, JLB010, JLB064 or JLB046.