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English. Course I - ASZAJ3010E

Title:	English. Course I
Guaranteed by:	International Office (21-ZO)
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts
Actual:	from 2021
Semester:	both
Points:	0
E-Credits:	3
Examination process:
Hours per week, examination:	0/4, Ex [HT]
Capacity:	winter:unknown / unknown (unknown) summer:unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
Key competences:
State of the course:	not taught
Language:	English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time
Level:
Is provided by:	ASZAJ3010
Note:	course can be enrolled in outside the study plan enabled for web enrollment you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester

Guarantor:	Mgr. Blanka Zádrapová Mgr. Aleksandra Holubowicz, Dr. Mgr. Šárka Kadlecová, Ph.D.
Class:	Exchange - 09.1 Modern EC Languages

Schedule Noticeboard

Annotation -

Last update: Mgr. Blanka Zádrapová (09.02.2021)

This is a one-semester course, 2x2 lessons per week.

The course of Mgr. Blanka Zádrapová:
regular online lessons in ZOOM - Monday 9.10 - 10.40 am
Link: http://bitly.ws/9FiC
Thursday - self-study, tasks in Moodle application

Course English I is designed for lower intermediate students (A2/B1), corresponding to the level of the standardised state school-leaving exam. Unlike general English it offers topics and texts with an academic flavour. Apart from reviewing and consolidating the basic grammatical structures it deals with key strategies how to write an essay and take notes etc. The leaving level is set to B1+.
To find out their level of Eglish students can use the level test created by the British Council. https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/content

Course completion requirements -

Last update: Mgr. Šárka Kadlecová, Ph.D. (28.01.2019)

Students will obtain 3 credit points for the course if they fulfill the following requirements.

attendance (75% lessons attended)
active in-class participation
submission of 1 written assignment (preparation for the Writing part of the B2 exam)
passing the credit test (min. 60% of correct answers)

Literature -

Last update: Mgr. Šárka Kadlecová, Ph.D. (28.01.2019)

Textbook: Brook-Hart, G., Jakeman, V. Complete IELTS Bands 4-5 (Students' Book), CUP, 2012.

Additional sources: Hopkins, D., Cullen, P., Grammar for IELTS, CUP; Cullen, P., Vocabulary for IELTS, CUP; Murphy, R., English Grammar In Use, CUP; Vince, M., First Certificate Language Practice, Macmillan.

Additional learning materials will be available for students in the form of copies.

Syllabus -

Last update: Mgr. Šárka Kadlecová, Ph.D. (28.01.2019)

The course is structured around the units 1 - 10 of the textbook Complete IELTS Bands 4-5. Additional materials are taken from other textbooks focusing on IELTS (or FCE) preparation, grammar and vocabulary practice, and original texts in English. Students will practice all four language skills: reading, listening, speaking and writing.

Overview of gramatical and lexical units

Grammar: present simple and continuous, past simple, making comparisons, present perfect, countable and uncountable nouns, conditionals, prepositions to describe graphs, relative pronouns, the passive, modal verbs

Vocabulary: collocations and prepositional phrases, environment, design, words that gibve directions, opinions and feelings, word formation, spelling