PdF:AJ2RC_PJ1B Practical Language 1B - Course Information
AJ2RC_PJ1B Practical Language 1B
Faculty of EducationSpring 2016
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/36. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Ing. Katarína Lexová, M.A. (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Irena Headlandová Kalischová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- AJ2RC_PJ1B/OS01: Fri 26. 2. 13:00–14:40 učebna 6, Fri 11. 3. 13:00–14:40 učebna 6, Fri 1. 4. 13:00–14:40 učebna 6, Fri 15. 4. 13:00–14:40 učebna 6, Fri 29. 4. 13:00–14:40 učebna 6, Fri 13. 5. 13:00–14:40 učebna 6, K. Lexová
- 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
- Studies to Extend Teaching Qualification for Lower Seconday Schools (programme PdF, C-CV, specialization Anglický jazyk a literatura pro základní školy)
- Course objectives
- The purpose of the course is to develop all four skills: reading, listening, speaking and writing. The initial level of the course is upper-intermediate (CEFR B2-C1); the aim of the course is extension of accuracy, fluency and the register in use of the English language. Through the analysis of the language for teaching purposes, the students will shift their roles - from being the users of the language towards the language facilitators. At the end of the course, after 3 semesters of the Practical Language course, the students are expected to achieve advanced level (CEFR C1).
- Syllabus
- The core resource of the course is the textbook New English File Upper-intermediate, units 5, 6, 7. The student's book will partially be covered in class; the rest will be assigned as self study; additional materials will be available in the online mood-link course support; students are expected to do all exercises assigned by the teacher. Additional resource: English Grammar in Use intermediate
- Literature
- required literature
- New English File Upper-intermediate Student's Book by Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koening, OUP 2008
- not specified
- 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 improving listening, reading and writing skills, writing
- Assessment methods
- In order to qualify to sit for the final credit test at the end of the semester, students will have to have the 70% of the continuous assessment of the semester course work (unit tests, one progress test, forum discussion participation, one writing assignment handed in). The final test will consist of reading, writing, listening, and speaking test. Students will need to pass 70% in both, the written part and the speaking test respectively. The final test will consist of evaluation of the students accuracy and vocabulary based on the course book as well as general reading,listening and writing at the FCE, B2-C1 level of accuracy.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2016, recent)
- Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/ped/spring2016/AJ2RC_PJ1B