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CESA-SESKAcad. year: 2022/2023
The course is intended to teach general English as a foreign language at B1 level. It is focused on practical, everyday communication and revising previous knowledge.
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Language instruction as an extension of basic professional curriculum.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
To pass this course it is necessary, apart from active participation in the class and individual home preparation (elearning activities), to pass the credit test (at least 60%) focused on testing grammar and vocabulary. There is a possibility for the student to resit the test.
Course curriculum
English Skills Course Syllabus
Introduction - study materials, requirements, learning strategies concerning foreign languages
Topic 1: Sociology: Are first impressions accurate? - Be able to speak about impressions of people, to make inferences, to compare and contrast. Auxiliary verbs, suffixes.
Topic 2: Behavioral Science - What can we learn from success and failure? Listening for examples, paraphrasing. Simple past and present perfect, prefixes.
Topic 3: Marketing: How does advertising affect our behaviour? Discussing and evaluating the influence of advertising, modals, expressing attitude.
Topic 4: Neurology: Will AI ever be as smart as humans? Justifying claims, leading a group discussion, taking notes. Gerunds and infinitives.
Topic 5: Evaluation, testing
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Aims
The aim of the course is to equip students for real-life tasks and everyday communication.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Recommended reading
Elearning
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Language exercise
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