SPA001 English for hearing impaired students I

Pan-university studies
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zuzana Fonioková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Lenka Tóthová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ilja Rajdová (assistant)
Mgr. et Mgr. Eva Barnová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Pavla Svobodová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Daniela Cincibus Vacková (assistant)
Bc. Dana Peňázová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Peňáz
Support Centre for Students with Special Needs
Contact Person: Mgr. Ilja Rajdová
Supplier department: Support Centre for Students with Special Needs
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Syllabus
  • Lesson 1 - Revision I - Can you speak Welsh? VOCABULARY: countries and languages; common objects; days of the week and months; jobs; basic adjectives to describe people and objects;, ordinal numbers GRAMMAR: present simple; pronouns; articles; adverbs of frequency WRITING: Describing a person PRACTICAL LANGUAGE: Classroom language
  • Lesson 2 - Revision II - What's the time? VOCABULARY: prepositions of time; verb phrases (have, go, get); leisure activities GRAMMAR: can/ can't, like / hate + -ing WRITING: My favourite day PRACTICAL LANGUAGE: Telling the time; Writing the date
  • Lesson 3 - Where were you last night? VOCABULARY: past time expressions; word formation GRAMMAR: past simple - TO BE WRITING: Writing about a famous person PRACTICAL LANGUAGE: Basic conversation phrases
  • Lesson 4 - Where did you go on holiday last summer? VOCABULARY: holidays; weather GRAMMAR: past simple, regular & irregular verbs PRACTICAL LANGUAGE: Questions about the past + holidays
  • Lesson 5 - Is there a TV in your bedroom? VOCABULARY: prepositions of place, houses and furniture GRAMMAR: there is/are, there was/were WRITING: Booking a hotel room PRACTICAL LANGUAGE: Describing your room; Talking about weather
  • Lesson 6 - What are you doing at the moment? VOCABULARY: town and city; verb phrases GRAMMAR: present continuous WRITING: Writing a postcard PRACTICAL LANGUAGE: Giving directions
  • Lesson 7 – How much milk do you need? VOCABULARY: food and drinks GRAMMAR: determiners; quantifiers WRITING: A recipe PRACTICAL LANGUAGE: How much / How many…?
  • Lesson 8 - Hurry up! It's going to rain! VOCABULARY: verb phrases + revision GRAMMAR: will; going to PRACTICAL LANGUAGE: Holiday plans
  • Lesson 9 - Is a mosquito more dangerous than a bear? VOCABULARY: personality adjectives; animals GRAMMAR: comparative & superlative adjectives WRITING: Comparing towns PRACTICAL LANGUAGE: Descriptions
  • Lesson 10 - Can you dance well? Would you like to dance with me? VOCABULARY: Adverbs GRAMMAR: would like to; adverbs WRITING: Someone in your family PRACTICAL LANGUAGE: Leisure time activities
  • Lesson 11 - Have you ever been to Italy? VOCABULARY: Irregular verbs; basic phrasal verbs GRAMMAR: present perfect; present perfect x past simple PRACTICAL LANGUAGE: Have you ever …?
  • REVISION AND EXAM PRACTICE
Teaching methods
individual work and pair-work activities, e-learning (elf), homework assignments
Assessment methods
Students are allowed two absences in a semester. Absence needs to be previously arranged and approved by the teacher. Additional absences need to be evidenced.
One of the prerequisites for the completion of the course is home preparation and doing assignments.
Students must sit for the end-of-course test. Students must obtain at least 60% of the total number of points available in the end-of-course test.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2016, recent)
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