FF:AJ01001 Practical English I - Course Information
AJ01001 Practical English I
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2022
The course is not taught in Autumn 2022
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- PhDr. Simona Kalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Dominika Dovčíková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Markéta Oplatková Plocková (seminar tutor)
Christopher Adam Rance, M.A. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Vladimir Srebnitskiy (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Tereza Šmilauerová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Bc. David Špetla (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts - 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 10 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- Destination C1&C2, units 1 - 10
Topic-based Vocabulary - 10 topics
The main aim of the course is to revise and consolidate what students have already learnt, and to develop and extend their knowledge further. This concerns both the language systems and the skills. The course will contain:
- discussions and communication activities that will help students improve their command of spoken English.
- listening exercises with tasks to improve students' listening skills
- activities to practise the functional language needed in different situations
- grammar revision
- work on pronunciation
- vocabulary development activities
- work on idioms and collocations
Students will be encouraged to improve their English in the self-access mode. - Syllabus
- Destination Vocabulary Topics
- 1 Introduction to the course
- 2 Present time Family
- 3 Thinking and learning Education
- 4 Past time Home
- 5 Change and technology Communication
- 6 Revision and further practice weeks 1-5
- 7 Future time Home
- 8 Time and work Work and Leisure Progress test 1 (weeks 1-6)
- 9 Passives and causatives Food
- 9 Movement and transport Travel
- 10 Modals and semi-modals Clothes
- 11 Communication and the Media Media
- 13 Revision and further practice weeks 8-12
- Literature
- required literature
- Man, Malcolm - Taylore-Konwles. Destinations C1&C2:. Macmillan 2007. ISBN 978-0-230-03540-9
- 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
- recommended literature
- HEWINGS, Martin. Advanced grammar in use with answers : a self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999, ix, 340. ISBN 0521498694. info
- MURPHY, Raymond. Essential grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate students : with answers. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, x, 350. ISBN 052143680X. info
- FICTUMOVÁ, Jarmila. Advanced Conversation Practice - Vocabulary Lists. první. Brno: Jazyková škola Brno, Kotlářská 9, 2002, 139 pp. Konverzace pro pokročilé - slovníček. info
- BROADHEAD, Annie. Advance your English : a short course for advanced learners : coursebook. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000, 74 s. ISBN 052159779X. info
- CAPEL, Annette and Patricia ASPINALL. Advanced masterclass CAE : student's book. Edited by Kathy Gude. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996, 206 s. ISBN 0194533433. info
- not specified
- VINCE, Michael. Advanced language practice. 1. ed. Oxford: Heinemann, 1994, viii, 295. ISBN 0-435-24124-9. info
- Teaching methods
- seminars, e-learning
- Assessment methods
- Assessment: continuous, pencil and paper and computer-based written tests. Self-study and compulsory attendance (2 absences maximum).
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 9 seminárních skupin - Teacher's information
- http://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=535
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2022, recent)
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