Course detail
Practical English 1
FP-Ipa1_1PAcad. year: 2016/2017
An English course at upper-intermediate level focused on developing practical language skills, but also professional terminology in the area of management and information technology.
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Number of ECTS credits
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Exercises promote the practical mastery of the subject presented in lectures or assigned for individual study with the active participation of students.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
2. The exam consists of two parts - writing and listening. Students may achieve 30 points for each part maximum. Final assessment reflects also the points achieved in the tests. Maximum number of points is 100.
Course curriculum
2) Unit 1 – Conversational strategies. Making a good impression. Technical text.
3) Unit 2 – Perfect tenses. Rules and limits. Technical text.
4) Unit 2 – Report writing. Checking and clarifying.
5) Unit 3 – Relative clauses. Suffixes and collocations. Technical text.
6) Unit 3 – Dynamic presentations. Hedging, contrasting and generalizing.
7) Revision. Technical text.
8) Unit 4 – Narrative tenses. Gerunds and infinitives.
9) Unit 4 – Being assertive. Handling complaints. Technical text.
10) Unit 5 – Future tenses and future expressions.
11) Unit 5 – Describing graphs. Problems and solutions. Technical text.
12) Revision. Technical text.
13) Credit test.
Work placements
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Teaching takes place during 13 weeks in the form of language exercises. Attendance at seminars is compulsory by 75%. Any absence must be properly excused. If the absence exceeds 75%, it must be replaced.
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
MASCULL, B.: Business Vocabulary in Use Advanced, CUP 2004 (EN)
MASCULL, B.: Business Vocabulary in Use Intermediate, CUP 2002 (EN)
Recommended reading
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Type of course unit
Language exercise
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