Modern English II - OPBA4A023A
Title: Moderní angličtina II
Guaranteed by: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
Faculty: Faculty of Education
Actual: from 2021
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 4
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/2, C+Ex [HT]
Extent per academic year: 0 [hours]
Capacity: unknown / 174 (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
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
Guarantor: PhDr. Klára Lancová, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): Bernadette Higgins, M.A.
Mgr. Tomáš Nechanský
Pre-requisite : OPBA4A013A
Is pre-requisite for: OPBA4A033A, OPBA4A043A, OPBA4A046A, OPBA4A042B, OPBA4A052A
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Annotation -
The aim of the course is to develop students' language skills towards C1 level (CEFR) with a focus on practical skills regarding speaking, reading, writing, and listening. The course is based on systematic work with the core textbook. Homework will be assigned from Advanced Language Practice by Michael Vince.
Last update: Nechanský Tomáš, Mgr. (03.02.2025)
Descriptors -

study materials (15 hours), assignments (8 hours), preparation for the credit test (5 hours), preparation for the exam (18 hours)

Last update: Kacafírková Petra, PhDr., Ph.D. (28.01.2024)
Course completion requirements -
  • Active participation in the seminars
  • 3 absences allowed
  • Passing the credit test and the exam - scoring at least 70%
  • Number of exam dates: 1 regular + 2 resits

CAE certificates with an A or B grade, CPE certificates with an A, B, or C grade, and TOEFL certificates with a score of 100 or above can be recognized as equivalent to both attendance and the final exam. The certificate must be issued within the last two years.

Last update: Nechanský Tomáš, Mgr. (25.02.2025)
Literature -

Required literature:

Bell, Jan; Gower, Roger. Advanced Expert Coursebook, 3rd edition. Pearson 2014.

Vince, Michael. Advanced Language Practice. Macmillan 2014.

 

Recommended literature: 

BELL, J; KENNY, N. Advanced Expert Student´s Resource Book, Pearson 2015.

McCARTHY; O'DELL, F. English Idioms in Use. Cambridge University Press, 2002.

McCARTHY; O'DELL, F. English Collocations in Use Advanced. Cambridge University Press, 2008.

McCARTHY; O'DELL, F. English Phrasal Verbs in Use Advanced. Cambridge University Press, 2017

HEWINGS, M. Advanced Grammar in Use. Cambridge University Press, 2015

Last update: Kacafírková Petra, PhDr., Ph.D. (28.01.2024)
Syllabus -

Module 4. THE GLOBAL VILLAGE (WEEK 1-4)

part A: A small world?

  • Language input: sleep, similar words/idioms/word pairs, word formation: prefixes/suffixes
  • Vince self-study: V19: word formation

part B: Making a difference

  • Language input: issues and opinions, language to express probability and certainty, noun clauses
  • Vince self-study: G19, G20, G21 Phrasal verbs, V10 social problems

Module 5. CONTROVERSY (WEEK 5-8)

part A: Global Issues

  • Language input: global issues, word formation, modifying (un)gradable adjectives, adv-adj collocations
  • Vince self-study: V14 world issues

part B: An open society?

  • Language input: security, intensifying expressions, conditionals
  • Vince self-study: G7 conditionals 

module 6. COMMUNICATION (WEEK 9-12)

part A: Getting your message across 

  • Language input: phrasal verbs, TALK/SPEAK/SAY expressions, informal expressions of speaking and understanding, spelling, easily confused words
  • Vince self-study: G23 punctuation, spelling

part B: A sixth sense 

  • Language input: emotional reactions, gerunds and infinitives
  • Vince self-study: G16: verbs + infinitive or –ing
Last update: Kacafírková Petra, PhDr., Ph.D. (28.01.2024)