SubjectsSubjects(version: 945)
Course, academic year 2023/2024
   Login via CAS
English language II - OPMN0A213B
Title: Jazyková cvičení AJ II
Guaranteed by: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
Faculty: Faculty of Education
Actual: from 2023
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, Ex [HT]
Capacity: unknown / 15 (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
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.
Pre-requisite : OPMN0A209B
Is pre-requisite for: OPMN0A216B
Annotation -
Last update: Mgr. Kristýna Červinková Poesová, Ph.D. (24.09.2022)
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 C1. 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.
Descriptors - Czech
Last update: Mgr. Kristýna Červinková Poesová, Ph.D. (24.09.2022)
přímá výuka (24 hodin), plnění průběžných úkolů (36 hodin), vypracování esejí (10 hodin), příprava na závěrečnou zkoušku (20 hodin)
Literature -
Last update: Mgr. Kristýna Červinková Poesová, Ph.D. (24.09.2022)

Primary coursework:

WILDMAN, J.; BEDDALL, F. Insight Upper-Intermediate Student’s Book. Oxford: OUP, 2014. ISBN 978-0-19-401109-9.

ROBERTS, R.; SAYER, M. Insight Upper-Intermediate Workbook. Oxford: OUP, 2014. ISBN 978-0-19-401114-3.

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.

Requirements to the exam -
Last update: Mgr. Kristýna Červinková Poesová, Ph.D. (24.09.2022)

the exam consists of 2 parts:

written test: listening and reading comprehension, writing, grammar and vocabulary (pass=70%) 

oral part:

1) individual talk on one topic related to the content of the course (1,5 min.)

2) interactive discussion in pairs (3 minutes)

Syllabus
Last update: Mgr. Kristýna Červinková Poesová, Ph.D. (24.09.2022)

Main topics:

grammar - articles and determiners; verb patterns; describibg past habits; future in the past

vocabulary - consumption and recycling; possessions; adjectives describibg objects; British museums; mind and body; genetic engineering; word formation; cosmetic surgery; cloning

everyday English - British vs American English; describing a piece of art; talking about a controversial topic; addition and contrast

Course completion requirements -
Last update: Mgr. Kristýna Červinková Poesová, Ph.D. (24.09.2022)
active participation (2 absences); 2 essays (200 words); final exam (pass=70%; 3 attempts)
 
Charles University | Information system of Charles University | http://www.cuni.cz/UKEN-329.html