Course detail

Practical English 3

FEKT-BPC-PA3Acad. year: 2022/2023

The course focuses on the development of reading, listening, speaking and writing skills with particular emphasis on the acquisition of complex grammar and vocabulary leading from B2 towards C1 level of the Common European Framefork of Reference for Languages (CEFR). It is based on learning materials and requirements of the international Cambridge Advanced English (CAE) exam.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Speaking:
A course graduate
- can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party;
- can participate actively in routine and non-routine formal discussion;
- can follow the discussion on matters related to his/her field, understand in detail the points given prominence by the speaker;
- can contribute, account for and sustain his/her opinion, evaluate alternative proposals and make and respond to hypotheses.

Writing:
A course graduate:
- can express news and views effectively in writing, and relate to those of others;
- can write different kinds of formal letters, reports, reviews and articles.

Listening:
A course graduate
- can understand the main ideas of propositionally and linguistically complex speech on both concrete and abstract topics delivered in a standard dialect, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialisation;
- can follow extended speech and complex lines of argument provided the topic is reasonably familiar, and the direction of the talk is sign-posted by explicit markers.

Reading:
A course graduate
- can read with a large degree of independence, adapting style and speed of reading to different texts and purposes, and using appropriate reference sources selectively;
- has a broad active reading vocabulary, but may experience some difficulty with low frequency idioms.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of the English language at the level B2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) is required.



Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Preferred approaches and methods are a communicative approach and a task-based approach using multimedia teaching aids. 

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

75% attendance and active participation in classes, completing set assignments.

Course assessment in points:

A semester test: Use of English (max. 40 points, min. 24 pts, the test may be repeated only once).
An examination: Listening (max. 30 pts, min. 15 pts), Reading (max. 30 pts, min. 15pts).

Course curriculum

1 Conditional clauses; collocations
2 Prepositional phrases, prepositions after nouns, adjectives and verbs; phrasal verbs; homonyms
3 Wish clauses and preferences; idioms
4 Modals and semi-modals; prefixes, suffixes; English for academic purposes: correspondence
5 Relative clauses; connotations
6 Purpose clauses, concessive and reason clauses and linking devices; English for academic purposes: report
7 Participle; word formation
8 Present time and present perfect; metaphors
9 Past time; English for academic purposes: review
10 Future time
11 Reported speech
12 Verb patterns; English for academic purposes: article

Topics for conversation:
1 Cultural Life
2 Society
3 Media
4 Education and the World of Work
5 Science and Technology

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The course objectives and output requirements are formulated at B2+ level (Strong Vantage) of the Common European Framefork of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

O'DELL, Felicity a Annie BROADHEAD. Objective advanced. Student’s Book with Answers. Third Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-521-18182-2. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Elearning

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-AEI Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme EEEI-H Bachelor's

    branch H-AEI , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme BIT Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme BIT Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

  • Programme IT-BC-3 Bachelor's

    branch BIT , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

52 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Elearning