AJ21011 Collocations C

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2006
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jarmila Fictumová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D.
Timetable
Mon 15:00–16:35 A01
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
There are thousands of collocations in English. The best way to study collocations is in phrases or sentences showing how they are used. Grouping together collocations relating to the same topic or the same word and recording illustrative sentences extracted from various corpora and Internet resources in personal databases will help students fix the collocations in their memories and revise them effectively.
Syllabus
  • Learning about collocations: 1 What is a collocation? 2 Finding, recording and learning collocations 3 Using your dictionary 4 Types of collocation 5 Register Grammatical aspects of collocations: 6 Intensifying and quantifying adverbs 7 Everyday verbs 1 8 Everyday verbs 2 9 Everyday verbs 3 Special aspects of collocation: 10 Synonyms and confusable words 1 11 Synonyms and confusable words 2 12 Metaphor Topics: Travel and the environment: 13 Weather 14 Travel 15 Countryside 16 Towns Topics: People and relationships: 17 People character 18 People - physical appearance 19 Family 20 Relationships 21 Feelings and mental states Topics: Leisure and lifestyle: 22 Houses 23 Eating and drinking 24 Films and books 25 Music 26 Sport 27 Health and illness Topics: Work and study: 28 Computers and technology 29 Study and learning 30 Work 31 Business 32 Academic writing 1 33 Academic writing 2 Revision Test Topics: Society and institutions: 34 Laws and punishments 35 Crime 36 News 37 Money 38 War and peace 39 Global problems Basic concepts: 40 Time 41 Sound 42 Distance and size 43 Light and brightness 44 Texture 45 Taste and smell 46 Number and quantity 47 Movement and speed 48 Change 49 Ways of speaking 50 Ways of walking Functions: 51 Starting and finishing 52 Talking about success and failure 53 Talking about cause and effect 54 Remembering and sensing 55 Agreeing and disagreeing 56 Talking about beliefs and opinions 57 Deciding and choosing 58 Claiming and denying 59 Liking and disliking 60 Praising and criticising Revision Test
Literature
  • McCarthy, Michael and O'Dell Felicity. English Collocations in Use. Cambridge University Press 2005. 190 s. ISBN-10 0-521-60378-1
  • Oxford collocations dictionary for students of English. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002, xiii, 897. ISBN 0194312437. info
  • Dictionary of selected collocations. Edited by Christian Douglas Kozłowska - Halina Dzierżanowska - Jimmie Hill - M. Hove: LTP - Language teaching publications, 1997, 288 s. ISBN 1-899396-55-1. info
  • PALACKÝ, Ondřej. Colours in collocations (white, black, red, blue, green, gold/golden, silver). Edited by Jitka Vlčková. 1999, [1], 99. info
  • FICTUMOVÁ, Jarmila, John CECCARELLI and Tony LONG. Advanced conversation practice : Success at the state exam. Vyd. 1. Brno: Jazyková škola Brno, Kotlářská 9, 2002, 211 pp. dotisk prvního vydání. info
  • FICTUMOVÁ, Jarmila. Advanced Conversation Practice - Vocabulary Lists. první. Brno: Jazyková škola Brno, Kotlářská 9, 2002, 139 pp. Konverzace pro pokročilé - slovníček. info
  • GOUGH, Chris. English vocabulary organiser :100 topics for self-study. Hove: LTP language, 2001, 224 s. ISBN 1-899396-36-5. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Grading will be broken down as follows: Test I: 30% Test II: 30% Assignment + file: 30% Attendance: 10% Total: 100%
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět si nemohou zapsat studenti Bc. studia AJ
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2018.
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