Czech

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Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

The student who completes BYA12 will have improved their speaking skills in areas relevant to an academic environment, such as discussing diagrams, data and issues, arguing, presenting opinions and solving problems.

The focus is on speaking throughout the course – the words and phrases taught will be presented and immediately practised without doing written exercises (which can be done at home, online via Moodle), so students are expected to already be able to speak relatively fluently and accurately; the BY51 (B1 / Intermediate level) exam offered by our department is required.

To be more specific, students should be able to:

- communicate fluently and spontaneously with native speakers, on a regular basis if necessary, in such a way that neither party has trouble making themselves clear or understanding the other,
- use the English language with a good degree of accuracy when dealing with familiar topics and using common grammatical forms.

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Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

This is a new course and so the content and order of this timetable is subject to change.

However, we expect to cover the following topics, some of which may take more than one week:

1. Your academic life
2. Your academic environment
3. Numbers and data presentation
4. Graphic data: description and interpretation
5. Research projects
6. Opinions on topics and situations
7. Building arguments
8. Discussions
9. Problem solving
10. Meetings
11. Review

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This course is aimed at students and academic workers who are interested in improving their spoken communication in an academic context by reviewing, learning and practicing the phrases needed while talking to other participants at conferences or on visits, discussing diagrams, research and its results, having meetings and solving problems. However, grammar and specific vocabulary will not be taught. The course is intended as a complement to the various BYA9 "Professional English" courses and to BYA11 "Writing scientific texts and contributions".

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

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Morgan Terry, Judith Wilson: Focus on Academic Skills for IELTS. Pearson Longman, 2006. ISBN 0-582-83794-4. (EN)