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Academic English I - JLM001
Title: Academic English I
Czech title: Academic English I
Guaranteed by: Centre for Language Learning and Pedagogical Training (23-KJP)
Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
Actual: from 2024
Semester: both
E-Credits: 3
Hours per week, examination: 0/2, C [HT]
Capacity: winter:unknown / 30 (30)
summer:unknown / unknown (30)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: English
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: Andrew Goodall, D.Phil.
Teacher(s): Andrew Goodall, D.Phil.
Class: Courses for incoming students
Pre-requisite : {Složení skupiny: JLB002, JLB004, JLB006, JLB008, JLB010, JLB046}
Is pre-requisite for: JLM002
Annotation -
An opportunity for those with a B2/C1 level of English to further develop their speaking, listening and writing skills in English, with a specific focus on language features of academic discourse.
For capacity reasons priority will be given to students at IES, followed by other institutes of FSV.
Last update: Goodall Andrew, D.Phil. (31.01.2024)
Aim of the course -

To acquire and develop English language techniques, both written and spoken, that help communicate ideas and persuade others effectively in an academic setting.  

Last update: Goodall Andrew, D.Phil. (10.09.2023)
Literature -


All material will be posted on the Moodle 2 course Academic English I, including links to online resources. (Access to the Moodle course will be given after the first class.)

Textbooks from which material will be drawn

M. Firth, M. Hewings and C. Thaine, Cambridge Academic English Advanced (Cambridge University Press, 2012)

Edward de Chazal a Sam McCarter, Oxford EAP, B2 (Oxford University Press, 2012).

S. Bailey, Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students (4th ed., Routledge, 2015)

K. Paterson and R. Wedge, Oxford Grammar for EAP (Oxford University Press, 2018)

M. McCarthy and F. O’Dell, Academic Vocabulary in Use Advanced (Cambridge University Press, 2008)

T. S. Kane, The New Oxford Guide to Writing (Oxford University Press, 1994)

J. Williams, Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace. (9th ed., Pearson Longman, 2007)

Last update: Goodall Andrew, D.Phil. (31.01.2024)
Teaching methods -

Throughout the course, emphasis will be put on the active use of English, making the most of class time for collective language activities, readings, discussions and presentations. Homework tasks are devoted to grammar, vocabulary and writing exercises, and preparatory reading/listening/viewing.

Listening, speaking, reading and writing skills will be exercised individually, in pairs or small groups.

Last update: Goodall Andrew, D.Phil. (11.09.2023)
Requirements to the exam -

Credits for the course will be awarded on the basis of the following components, given equal weight (12 points each) in making an assessment:

  1. class participation (working as an individual, in pairs or groups; reading and discussion)
  2. regular grammar, vocabulary, and composition assignments set during the semester, submitted via Moodle
  3. own written academic text of no more than 750 words, drafted during the semester, revised by the end of the course
  4. preparing and giving a joint presentation.

A credit is awarded for 33 points or more out of the maximum 48. There is no mid-term test, and a satisfactory completion of items 3 and 4 serves in lieu of an end-of-semester test. "Re-sits" are accordingly not possible, but in bordeline cases - i.e. for those with 30 points or more and a valid reason for not achieving sufficiently many points, e.g. unavoidable absence from classes due to illness - an oral exam may be offered in the examination period to establish if a credit is to be awarded.
For the extended piece of writing, a selection of potential topics will be offered relating to themes considered during the course; but the submitted text may, by agreement, take the form of a "real" paper the student wishes to prepare as part of his/her studies elsewhere. A deadline will be agreed for a first draft, and another for the revised version. Assessment focuses on the use of English language and devices of rhetoric and academic style, and in the revised version on how the revision responds to comments on the draft and otherwise develops the text. 
For the presentation, two (or maybe three) students work together on a 10-minute in-class presentation, giving different sides of an argument, explanation of a phenomenon, or account of an event. Each student presents one side/account/version supported by visuals (images, diagrams, memes, ...) with a view to persuading the audience that their position is the most convincing. Questions and discussion will then follow (up to 15 minutes). Presentations will be scheduled via Moodle. Assessment is based on the presentation itself (language, use of visual materials, overall impression) and the record of preparatory work for the presentation made individually (an informal journal).

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

We shall read, listen to and watch extracts from a range of English-language sources in various genres and media, responses to which will form the basis for exploring techniques of language and composition in academic genres at a micro and macro level (for example, rhetorical figures, formal English vocabulary, citation conventions, the structure of argumentative essays, register in verbal and written presentations).

Vocabulary, grammar and composition exercises will be based on material from Cambridge Academic English Advanced, Oxford EAP B2, and other textbooks (see under Literature).

Details of the syllabus will be given on the Moodle course Academic English I, access to which will be given to participants after the first class; relevant study materials will also be posted on this Moodle page (for dissemination only among registered users).

Last update: Goodall Andrew, D.Phil. (31.01.2024)
Entry requirements -

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

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