FSpS:v2041 English Language I - Course Information
v2041 English Language I
Faculty of Sports StudiesAutumn 2016
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Jana Kubrická, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Renata Prucklová (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Jana Kubrická, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Sports Studies Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Mgr. Jana Kubrická, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Sports Studies Division – Language Centre - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- v2041/01: Mon 9:00–10:30 B11/236, J. Kubrická
v2041/02: Tue 13:00–14:30 E34/203 - seminární místnost, J. Kubrická - Prerequisites
- B1 level of English according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages is expected.
- 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
- there are 16 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to deepen students’ existing knowledge of sport-related topics while broadening their reading, speaking, listening and writing skills in English. At the end of the course students are required to have reached level B2 of CEF. Successful graduates of this course will acquire a more advanced command of professional terminology in sport science, health, anatomy and coaching. Besides, the study will focus on practising advanced grammatical phenomena as well as developing writing skills.
- Syllabus
- 1st Week: Language for studying
- 2nd Week: Language and culture
- 3rd Week: Cause and effect
- 4th Week: Physiology of exercise
- 5th Week: Fitness and Medical Problems
- 6th Week: Sports injuries
- 7th Week: Academic writing
- 8th Week: Heart disease
- 9th Week: Diet and health
- 10th Week: Sports training I
- 11th Week: Sports training II
- 12th Week: Revision lesson
- 13th Week: Credit week
- Literature
- recommended literature
- HEWINGS, Martin. Advanced grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English : with answers. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, ix, 294. ISBN 0521614031. info
- Teaching methods
- Language seminar: speaking, reading, listening, writing
- Assessment methods
- The course is focused on creating an effective learning climate by implementing the principles of communicative approach, engaging students in problem-based learning, and using a case method simulations that promote active learning. Students are supposed to find topics for each week in the interactive syllabus section, and prepare them for the following classes. The classes comprise practising reading, writing and speaking skills. Frequently used methods and procedures to reach these objectives are: for oral skills: practising of delivering presentations + their evaluation and analysis, class discussions, brainstorming activities, practising of giving instructions; for listening: selective listening, making notes from listening, listening for key words; for reading: finding key words in a text, skimming, scanning, checking understanding of a text (true/false etc.), making comments on the text; for writing: productive + reproductive writing, academic writing (advantages/disadvantages, summary etc.) The course is completed by a written multiple-choice credit test including grammar and vocabulary. After a proper registration class-attendance becomes compulsory, 2 missed attendances are accepted.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
- Teacher's information
- https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1451/podzim2016/v2041/?kod=v2041
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2016, recent)
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