bp4003 English

Faculty of Sports Studies
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Daniela Dlabolová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Markéta Oplatková Plocková (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Renata Prucklová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Renata Prucklová
Language Centre, Faculty of Sports Studies Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: PhDr. Renata Prucklová
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Sports Studies Division – Language Centre
Timetable of Seminar Groups
bp4003/T01: Tue 25. 2. to Sun 24. 5. Tue 9:30–11:00 108, M. Oplatková Plocková, Nepřihlašuje se. Určeno pro studenty se zdravotním postižením.
bp4003/01: Wed 9:30–10:20 E34/225 - seminární místnost, R. Prucklová
bp4003/02: Wed 10:20–11:10 E34/225 - seminární místnost, R. Prucklová
bp4003/03: Wed 14:30–15:20 B11/235, R. Prucklová
bp4003/04: Wed 11:10–12:00 E34/225 - seminární místnost, R. Prucklová
bp4003/05: Mon 12:50–13:40 E34/225 - seminární místnost, R. Prucklová
bp4003/06: Mon 12:00–12:50 E34/225 - seminární místnost, R. Prucklová
Prerequisites
B1 level of English according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages is expected
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is designed to provide students with knowledge in various sport disciplines,and sport related topics while successfully mastering reading comprehension and oral as well as written reproduction in English. At the end of the course the students are required to have reached the level B1+ of CEF. The output of this course is an exam. The exam is both written and oral. All language skills will be tested: writing, listening, reading and speaking The written part comprises grammar, vocabulary, listening, and writing an e-mail letter. Oral part will deal with the topics included in the materials to study.
Learning outcomes
Graduates of this course will acquire basic command of professional terminology in sport science, health, anatomy and various sport disciplines. By the end of the course students will be able to effectively deliver presentations in English. In addition, students will gain better command of professionally relevant grammatical phenomena, where the improvement of mainly reproductive communication skills (proper pronunciation, correct spelling, apt use of stylistic registers in written communication and acquisition of basic lexical knowledge) will be emphasized and their eventual mastery expected.
Syllabus
  • 1st Week: Academic Skills: Presentation/ Presentation Assignment 2nd Week: Winter Sports I/ Articles and Determiners I, Murphy Unit70 3rd Week: Winter Sports II/ Articles and Determiners II 4th Week: Stadium Team Games/ Academic Writing – Letter 5th Week: Court Games I/ Conditional I Murphy U25 6th Week: Court Games II/ Conditional II Murphy U38 7th Week: Water Sports/ Telephoning 8th Week: Athletics/ Passive Voice 9th Week: Gymnastics/ Relative Clauses 10th Week: Adventure Sports, Combat Sports/ Listening Skills (making notes) 11th Week: Fitness / Collocations and Phrasal Verbs (make and do) 12th Week: Revision lesson 13th Week: Presentation evaluation
Literature
  • MURPHY, Raymond. English grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate learners of English : with answers. Fourth edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012, x, 380. ISBN 9780521189064. info
Teaching methods
Language seminar: speaking,reading, listening, writing, presenting
Assessment methods
The course is taught in the form of seminars. Students will find topics for each week in the interactive syllabus section ("interaktivní osnova"), and prepare them for the following classes. The items: U3 etc. indicate the number of a unit in the above grammar textbook. The course is completed by an examination.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Teacher's information
The exam at the end of the course comprises testing all language skills: speaking, reading, writing, listening. The written part comprises 2 listening tasks (gap filling + T/F questions), 2 reading tasks (gap filling, supplying the right paragraph title), 7 grammar tasks - sentence transformation (conditional clauses + passive voice + modal verbs), multiple choice (much, many, few + prepositions), inf.+-ing, articles, modal verbs, vocabulary (matching exercise) + writing an e-mail letter within an academic environment. The oral part will be based on the 13 topics posted in the materials to study.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, spring 2021, autumn 2021, spring 2022, autumn 2022, spring 2023, autumn 2023, spring 2024, autumn 2024, spring 2025.
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