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English B2. Blended Learning - ASZAJ3034

Title:	Angličtina B2. Blended Learning
Guaranteed by:	Language Centre - English (21-JCA)
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts
Actual:	from 2023
Semester:	both
Points:	0
E-Credits:	3
Examination process:
Number of self-study hours:	2 [hours/week]
Hours per week, examination:	0/2, C [HT]
Capacity:	winter:unknown / 60 (80) summer:unknown / unknown (80)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
Key competences:
State of the course:	taught
Language:	English
Teaching methods:	combined
Teaching methods:	combined
Level:	basic
Note:	you can enroll for the course repeatedly 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. Pavel Černovský
Teacher(s):	Mgr. Pavel Černovský Mgr. Aleksandra Holubowicz, Dr. Mgr. Michaela Ritter Konárková Mgr. Blanka Zádrapová

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Annotation -

Last update: Mgr. Blanka Zádrapová (06.02.2024)

This is a one-semester course, 1x2 lessons per week + 2 lessons of distant study via the Moodle platform.

The course is intended for students at B1+ level of English.
The objective of the course is to develop grammatical competence in students, to acquire academic vocabulary, and to enhance all four language skills with regard to the needs of university students. The leaving level of English in this course is B2, which corresponds to the tested level of the Foreign Language Exam of the Faculty of Arts.
To find out their level of English, students can take the level test created by the British Council. https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/content

Aim of the course -

Last update: Mgr. Pavel Černovský (02.02.2024)

The course is aiming at developing communicative competences in English at the B2 level, reinforcing already existing knowledge and actively using the relevant vocabulary and grammar.

Course completion requirements -

Last update: Mgr. Blanka Zádrapová (06.02.2024)

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

attendance

active in-class participation and meeting the deadlines of all tasks assigned via the Moodle platform

submission of min. 1 essay (preparation for the Writing part of the B2 exam)

passing the final test (min. 60% of correct answers)

Literature -

Last update: Mgr. Šimon Dittrich (14.06.2022)

Textbook: Brook-Hart, G., Jakeman, V. Complete IELTS Bands 5-6.5 (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. Blanka Zádrapová (06.02.2024)

The course is structured around the textbook Complete IELTS Bands 5-6.5. 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 grammatical and lexical units

Grammar: comparative, countable and uncountable nouns, present simple, present perfect simple and continuous, articles, the passive, relative pronouns, conditionals, time conjunctions.

Vocabulary: comparing the meanings of similar words, word formation, study-related vocabulary, the Internet, global problems, economy, relationships or fashion and design.