PdF:JVp020 English for Soc. Educators - B - Course Information
JVp020 English for Social Educators - B
Faculty of EducationAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Radim Herout (assistant)
Belinda Rachael Allan, M.Ed. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jana Kollárová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Ondřej Pelech (seminar tutor)
Jitka Autratová (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Radim Herout
Language Centre, Faculty of Education Division – Faculty Branches of University Departments – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jitka Autratová
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Education Division – Faculty Branches of University Departments – Faculty of Education - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- JVp020/01: Tue 12:00–13:50 učebna 58, B. Allan
JVp020/02: Tue 18:00–19:50 učebna 59, B. Allan - Prerequisites
- JVp019 English for Soc. Educators – A
Pass in JVp019 course. The JVp020 course represents a B1/B1+ CEFR level course in intermediate English for specific purposes. The course consists of two basic components:
i) grammar at the B1/B1+ CEFR level which is mainly explained using the examples of the general or general academic English language,
ii) specific vocabulary related to the disciplinary/topic orientation of the course in question. Emphasis is put on four language skills, speaking and writing as well as listening and reading comprehension. - 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
- Social and Free Time Education (programme PdF, B-PD)
- Social pedagogy (programme PdF, B-SOCP) (3)
- Social Education (programme PdF, B-SP)
- Course objectives
- 1) Increase students' language skills and systems to achieve B1/B1+ level of the CEFR.
2) Further develop students' academic and professional skills (teaching a lesson about social pedagogy, writing a professional email, working with vocabulary) - Learning outcomes
- By the end of the course, the student will be able to:
- understand spoken and written social pedagogical texts at B1/B1+ level of the CEFR;
- successfully participate in a spoken interaction dealing with relevant social pedagogical issues at B1/B1+ level of the CEFR;
- give a mini-lesson on a specialist topic;
- use selected specialist terminology with natural and sophisticated control;
- show a good command of select grammar structures at B1 level of the CEFR. - Syllabus
- The multidisciplinary focus of social education is reflected in topic-based orientation of the individual courses taught at the Faculty of Education. This course (B) is geared towards a range of social issues, including:
- Controversial issues and transformative education
- Human rights
- Immigration and working with displaced people
- Crime and punishment
- Working with vulnerable groups
- Literature
- required literature
- Course materials in MOODLINKA
- recommended literature
- www.macmillandictionary.com
- not specified
- Preliminary English Test. CUP 2012
- HASHEMI, Louise and Barbara THOMAS. PET preliminary English test : practice tests. Harlow: Pearson Education, 2003, 216 s. ISBN 9780582824218. info
- Cambridge preliminary English test : with answers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, 138 s. ISBN 0521797136. info
- Teaching methods
- Oral presentation/mini-lesson, pair and group work, role plays, and discussions.
- Assessment methods
- Course completion requirements:
1) Active participation in the seminars
2) Submitting portfolio assignments in due time (specified by course instructor)
3) Presentation of learning journey (when creating the portfolio and throughout the course). Sat during the exam period in small groups of 4-6 (presenting your learning journey and answering questions about your learning and thinking when making the portfolio) - Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Information on completion of the course: Kurz je ukončen písemnou a ústní zkouškou na úrovni B1 SERRJ.
The course is taught annually.
General note: Kurz úrovně B1 zakončený písemnou a ústní zkouškou na úrovni B1. - Teacher's information
- https://moodlinka.ics.muni.cz/
Online activities of reading, writing, listening along with quizzes and games are the preparation work for the classroom sessions. Classroom sessions include completing projects in teams which use and practice the language already learnt from the online preparation activities.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
- Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/ped/autumn2024/JVp020