AJL01010 Freshers' Practical English Online

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020

The course is not taught in Spring 2020

Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Simona Kalová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Kateřina Tomková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Kateřina Tomková, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
SOUHLAS
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 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The main aim of this online self-study course is to provide students with regular practice of selected aspects of correct language usage, grammar and vocabulary, and skills, reading and listening comprehension. Practical advice and tips on how to approach different types of tests will be offered as well. The course will consist of the following:
- reading comprehension tests (tasks aimed at effective reading, understanding hidden meanings and a variety of stylistic features, extracting information from a text)
- listening comprehension (listening exercises with tasks to improve students' listening skills)
- vocabulary development activities
- clarifying and resolving those areas of language which remain problematic for advanced students, such as understanding and using phrasal verbs, idioms and collocations
- activities to practise the functional language needed in different situations
Students are given solid strategies on which to build long-term development through systematic self-study.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, a student will be able to:
- manifest a thorough active and passive knowledge of advanced vocabulary, idiomatic expressions and collocations of the set topics
- report a better understanding of complex grammar structures
- better understand heard and read texts at C1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Language Learning
- effectively apply recommended test-taking strategies in a variety of test types
Syllabus
  • Destination Vocabulary Topics
  • 1 Present time / Family / Character Traits
  • 2 Thinking and learning / Education / Study and Academic work
  • 3 People and Relationships / From Cradle to Grave
  • 4 Past time / Home
  • 5 Change and technology / Communication
  • 6 Future time / Buildings in Metaphors
  • 7 Time and work / Work and Leisure / Lifestyle
  • 8 Passives and causatives / Food
  • 9 Movement and transport / Travel
  • 10 Functional Vocabulary
  • 11 Modals and semi-modals / Clothes
  • 12 Communication / The Media
  • 13 CREDIT TEST
Literature
    required literature
  • Man, Malcolm - Taylore-Konwles. Destinations C1&C2:. Macmillan 2007. ISBN 978-0-230-03540-9
  • FICTUMOVÁ, Jarmila. Advanced Conversation Practice - Vocabulary Lists. první. Brno: Jazyková škola Brno, Kotlářská 9, 2002, 139 pp. Konverzace pro pokročilé - slovníček. info
    recommended literature
  • FRENCH, Amanda. CAE testbuilder : with answer key. Oxford: Macmillan, 2003, 192 s. ISBN 1405014008. info
  • SPARLING, Don. English or Czenglish? : jak se vyhnout čechismům v angličtině. 2. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1990, 274 s. ISBN 8004253296. info
  • Náhradní obsah: McCARTHY, Michael a O'DELL, Felicity. English Vocabulary in Use, Advanced. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. 315 s. ISBN 0-521-67746-7
  • POWELL, Debra. Common mistakes at CAE : --and how to avoid them. Illustrated by Julian Mosedale. 3rd printing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, 64 s. ISBN 9780521603775. info
  • MURPHY, Raymond. Essential grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate students : with answers. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, x, 350. ISBN 052143680X. info
  • HEWINGS, Martin. Advanced grammar in use with answers : a self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999, ix, 340. ISBN 0521498694. info
  • SIDE, Richard and Guy WELLMAN. Grammar and vocabulary for Cambridge advanced and proficiency : fully updated for the revised CPE. Harlow: Longman, 2002, 288 s. ISBN 0582518210. info
  • NORRIS, Roy. Ready for CAE. Coursebook. Macmillan 2008. ISBN 978-0-230-02887-6
Teaching methods
e-learning
Assessment methods
Assessment:
continuous + computer-based written tests, required average csore of 70 %
final computer-based test, consisting of 3 parts: reading comprehension test, listening comprehension test, test of lexico-grammatical structures It is necessary to reach an average score of 70%.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Nutný souhlas učitele
Teacher's information
http://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=535
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