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Modern English III - OPBA4A033A
Title: Moderní angličtina III
Guaranteed by: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
Faculty: Faculty of Education
Actual: from 2024
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 4
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/3, C+Ex [HT]
Extent per academic year: 0 [hours]
Capacity: unknown / 127 (unknown)
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
Teacher(s): Bernadette Higgins, M.A.
Mgr. Tomáš Nechanský
Pre-requisite : OPBA4A023A
Is pre-requisite for: OPBA4A061A, OPBA4A041B, OPBA4A051B, OPBA4A056A, OPBA4A053B, OPBA4A054B, OPBA4A055B, OPBA4A052B
Annotation -
The course consists of three 45-minute lessons per week in total. Sign up for one 90-minute and one 45-minute lesson. 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. (09.09.2024)
Aim of the course -
  • The student develops productive and receptive language skills in English.
  • The student enhances their communicative competence in English.
  • The student improves their language proficiency according to the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).
Last update: Nechanský Tomáš, Mgr. (22.09.2024)
Descriptors - Czech
  • práce se studijními materiály: 18 hodin
  • plnění průběžných úkolů: 10 hodin
  • příprava na zápočet: 10 hodin
  • příprava na zkoušku: 20 hodin
Last update: Chalupský Petr, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (12.09.2022)
Course completion requirements -
  • Active participation in the seminars
  • Attendance of at least 80%
  • Passing the credit test and the oral 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 attendance. The certificate must be issued within the last two years.

Last update: Nechanský Tomáš, Mgr. (06.12.2024)
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: Nechanský Tomáš, Mgr. (09.09.2024)
Syllabus -

UNIT 7: Values

part A: Home matters

  • Language input: easily confused words, idioms related to home and family, cleft sentences

part B: Seeing the world

  • Language input:  travelling, past tenses for hypothetical meanings

(M. Vince HW: G8, V2)

 

UNIT 8: A rich life

part A: Mixing business and pleasure

  • Language input: vocabulary related to business, negative introductory expressions, fronting

part B: A means to an end?

  • Language input: vocabulary related to spending and investing, comparatives and superlatives

(M. Vince HW: G11, G12, V7, V8, V17)

 

UNIT 9: The world of science

part A: Personal challenges

  • Language input: vocabulary related to space, vocabulary related to seeing, idioms with like, reported speech

part B: Brain power

  • Language input: vocabulary related to the mind, nouns/adjectives/verbs + prepositions, prepositions + ing forms

(M. Vince HW: G13, G17, G18, V16, V18)

 

UNIT 10: A positive outlook

part A: Teamwork

  • Language input: vocabulary related to health, sport, and fitness, participle and infinitive clauses

part B: Feeling good

  • Language input: modal verbs (revision), modal verbs alternatives

(M. Vince HW: V13)

Last update: Nechanský Tomáš, Mgr. (09.09.2024)
Learning outcomes -

UNIT 7, part A:

  • The student defines and identifies vocabulary related to relationships, home, and family.
  • The student explains differences between selected similar words.
  • The student explains selected idioms.
  • The student applies, explains, and compares types of cleft sentences in English.

UNIT 7, part B:

  • The student defines and identifies vocabulary related to travel.
  • The student applies, explains, and compares the use of past tenses for hypothetical situations in English.

UNIT 8, part A:

  • The student defines and identifies vocabulary related to money, currencies, and means of payment.
  • The student explains, distinguishes, and applies fixed phrases, compounds, and prepositions related to the topic of business.
  • The student applies, explains, and compares ways of emphasizing in English.

UNIT 8, part B:

  • The student defines and identifies vocabulary related to wealth.
  • The student applies, explains, and compares methods of comparison (especially the use of comparatives and superlatives).

UNIT 9, part A:

  • The student defines and identifies vocabulary related to science and space.
  • The student applies selected verbs describing activities related to sight.
  • The student explains collocations with the verb "LIKE."
  • The student applies, explains, and compares ways of forming indirect speech in English.

UNIT 9, part B:

  • The student defines and identifies vocabulary related to the mind and behaviour.
  • The student applies the correct prepositions after certain nouns, adjectives, and verbs.

UNIT 10, part A:

  • The student defines and identifies vocabulary related to well-being, health, fitness, and teamwork.
  • The student applies, explains, and compares ways of forming infinitive and participial clauses.

UNIT 10, part B:

  • The student defines and identifies vocabulary related to activities and the benefits or problems associated with them, as well as optimism and pessimism.
  • The student applies, explains, and compares the meanings of modal verbs and their alternatives.
Last update: Nechanský Tomáš, Mgr. (22.09.2024)
 
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