Practical Language Course Requirements
2nd
Year Bachelors (Monday)
Masaryk University
Pedagogical Faculty
Robert Westbrook B.A.
Course Description: This course is a continuation of Language Skills 2B.
This is an advanced communicative English language
course that will improve the overall fluency,
accuracy, and understanding of the student in the
areas of writing, speaking, reading, and listening.
Textbook Used: Inside Out Advanced
Specific Requirements:
Attendance:
Attendance in mandatory! Each student may have ONE unexcused absence.
This is an eleven week course and every lesson counts. For each lesson
missed beyond the first, the student will lose 7 pts from their final average.
Writing assignment:
There will be a three page writing assignment that will be due at the end of
May. Students may submit their paper up to two weeks before the final due
date for a returned (unmarked) paper with corrections/suggestions. Only
the final paper that is handed in will be marked. There will be no
exceptions to the due date. Late papers will NOT be accepted.
Oral Presentations:
Each student will be required to participate in a structured debate that will
occur at the end of the term. You will be given at least one month to
prepare, but class time will not be used preparation.
E-Learning:
Each week, the instructor will add materials on IS that you are required to
read/do. Some of the materials will be reviewed in class, whereas the
majority will not. There will also be exercises to practice vocabulary and
grammar that are covered in the course book and in class.
Exams: There will be two exams. They will cover material from the course
book as well as from the supplemental e-learning material on IS. The first
exam will be during the 6th
week of class and the second will fall in the exam
period.
Points:
You need 65% to pass this course (do not forget attendance penalties.)
Exam 1: 20 pts
Writing: 10 pts
Debate: 30 pts
Exam 2: 30 pts
Participation: 10 pts
= 100 pts