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Course, academic year 2025/2026
   
English language I - OPMN0A209B
Title: Jazyková cvičení AJ I
Form of teaching: seminar
Guaranteed by: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
Faculty: Faculty of Education
Actual: from 2023
Duration in semesters: 1
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 2
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/2, C [HT]
Capacity: unknown / 23 (unknown)
Maximum number of enrolled students: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Repeated enrollment: 2 / 2 / 3 / 2
Note: enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: Mgr. Jakub Ženíšek, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): Bernadette Higgins, M.A.
Mgr. Jakub Ženíšek, Ph.D.
Pre-requisite : OPMN0A198B
Is pre-requisite for: OPMN0A226B, OPMN0A213B
Annotation -
The aim of the course is to develop students' foreign language communicative competence from the expected B2 entry level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages to level B2+. Students' speaking, reading comprehension, listening comprehension and writing skills are systematically worked on and developed, with increasing emphasis on accuracy, fluency and complexity of language expression.
Last update: Ženíšek Jakub, Mgr., Ph.D. (01.02.2022)
Descriptors - Czech

přímá výuka (24 hodin), plnění průběžných úkolů (18 hodin), vypracování esejí (6 hodin), příprava ústní prezentace (2 hodiny), příprava na zápočet (10 hodin)

Last update: Červinková Poesová Kristýna, Mgr., Ph.D. (08.02.2022)
Course completion requirements -

The course is based on active participation of students in seminars (1-2 absences are tolerated). 

The final credit test covers: listening, reading, use of English (grammar, vocabulary) and writing. The minimum pass percentage is 70%.

The student will be required to present two written papers of 200 words and one oral presentation during the semester.

Last update: Červinková Poesová Kristýna, Mgr., Ph.D. (28.01.2026)
Literature -

Primary coursework:

C1-C2 level

Edwards, L., Eales, F. & S. Oakes. Speakout 3rd Edition C1-C2. Pearson Education Limited, 2023.

  • Student's Book and Ebook with Online Practice

Recommended literature:

Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Oxford: OUP ELT, 2010 (8th edition). ISBN 0194799123.

Oxford Collocations Dictionary for students of English. Oxford: OUP, 2009. ISBN 978 0 19 4325387.

Collins Cobuild Phrasal Verbs Dictionary. Glasgow: Harper Collins Publishers, 2006. ISBN 0-00-713402-9.

AYTO, J. Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms. Oxford: OUP, 2010 (3rd edition). ISBN 978-0-19-431287-5.

Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English. Oxford: OUP, 2014. ISBN 978-0-19-433350-4.

McCARTHY, M.; O’DELL, F. English Collocations in Use. Advanced. Cambridge: CUP, 2008. ISBN 978-0-521-70780-0.

McCARTHY, M.; O’DELL, F. English Phrasal Verbs in Use. Advanced. Cambridge: CUP, 2007. ISBN-13: 978-0521684187.

SEELY, J. Oxford A-Z of Grammar and Punctuation. Oxford: OUP, 2013 (2nd revised edition). ISBN 9780199564675.

SWAN, M.; BAKER, D. Grammar Scan. Oxford: OUP, 2008. ISBN 978-0-19-442274-1.

Last update: Červinková Poesová Kristýna, Mgr., Ph.D. (28.01.2026)
Syllabus -

Main topics:

grammar - conditional forms, nominal relative clauses, comparing, reporti

vocabulary - creativity, education, describing attitudes, teaching and learning; conventions/cultural heritage, summarising verbs, describing food

everyday English - how to manage interaction during a discussion, how to maintain and develop interaction

Last update: Červinková Poesová Kristýna, Mgr., Ph.D. (28.01.2026)
 
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