AJ2RC_PJ1B Practical Language 1B

Faculty of Education
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/0/36. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Dr. Rita Chalmers Collins (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Aaron Marc Collier, B.A.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ2RC_PJ1A Practical Language 1A
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
Students will develop all four skills, reading, listening, speaking and writing, for better communication. As they are expected to be at upper-intermediate level, they will work on extending the range and accuracy of the language as well as the register. They will learn to analyze the language for teaching purposes and be aware of the fact that they have changed their roles - from being the users of the language into being the source of information about the language and language model providers. At the end of the course (i.e. after 3 semesters of the Practical Language course) they are expected to achieve CAE level (according to the Common European Framework of Reference it is C1 level).
Syllabus
  • Inside Out Upper-intermediate, Units 6, (7), 8, 9, 10, 11 (Student's book - partly covered in class, the rest is up to students' home-work; Workbook - all relevant Units along with the key will be available in the moodle course; students are expected to do all the exercises in each Unit on their own) English Grammar in Use (intermediate), Units 81 - 136 (self-study material)
Literature
  • KAY, Susan, Vaughan JONES, Philip KERR and Jon HIRD. Inside out. 1st ed. Oxford: Macmillan, 2001, 159 s. ISBN 0-333-75760-2. info
  • KERR, Philip. Inside out., [Upper intermediate]., Workbook. 1st publ. Oxford: Macmillan Heinemann English language teaching, 2001, 96 s. : il. ISBN 0-333-75761-0. info
  • MURPHY, Raymond. English grammar in use :a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate students : with answers. second edition. x, 350. ISBN 052143680X. info
Teaching methods
group work, pair work, group and class discussion, on-line activities aimed at development of listening, reading and writing, essay, self-tests
Assessment methods
In order to qualify to sit for the final exam at the end of the semester, students have to pass the 'continuous assessment' of their work during the semester - see the moodle course AJ2RC_PJ1B (IH) for details. The final exam will cover Units 1 to 11 from the textbook 'Inside Out Upper-intermediate'. It will test students' knowledge based on grammar, vocabulary as well as reading and listening sections of Units 1 to 11. In addition, it will test the content of all Units from the textbook 'English Grammar in Use' by Raymond Murphy. Finally, the test will also comprise general reading and listening comprehension exercises. The final exam will consist of a written and oral part. Students have to pass both parts separately, i.e. they have to reach at least 70% in each.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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