AJ21007 Practical English VII

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2005
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Matthew Nicholls, B.Sc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D.
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJ21007/A: Tue 15:00–16:35 G23, M. Nicholls
AJ21007/B: Tue 16:40–18:15 G23, M. Nicholls
AJ21007/C: Mon 15:00–16:35 G21, M. Nicholls
AJ21007/D: Mon 16:40–18:15 G21, M. Nicholls
Prerequisites
The students are assumed to be operating at 'proficiency level'.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 64 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/64, only registered: 0/64
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course will be a 'pot pourri' of speaking, writing and vocabulary-based activities designed mainly to improve (or at least maintain) the student's general level of fluency and to increase his/her vocabulary. The writing component will aim to raise the student's awareness of how easy it can be to write inaccurate and unnatural-sounding English and the great care needed to produce simple and effective English texts.
Syllabus
  • Components of Syllabus: 1. Three writing assignments a) Short newspaper report - writing economically and to a given formula b) Letter of complaint - informal/formal style c) Short non-chronological description - varying sentence length and structure 2. Vocabulary - approximately 150 items in context 3. Collocations - 30 items 4. Various communication activities 5. Grammar reinforcement - e.g. inversion
Literature
  • JONES, Leo. Progress to proficiency. New ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993, vi, 314. ISBN 0521425751. info
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2006.
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