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FSI-0A5Acad. year: 2023/2024
The 0A5 course (and the following 0A6 in the summer semester) targets students before they take the compulsory B1 exam (GEN3 or 7AZ) who need to develop their general English at the B1+ level of CEFR and extend it with academic language. It can also be selected by students who finished courses A5, A6 and need the general language course to fix their knowledge.
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Entry knowledge
The minimum entry requirement is the knowledge of A2+ grammar and vocabulary.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended the seminars actively, worked on assigned tasks and passed a credit test. The credit test has one regular term and one resit.
Attendance is compulsory and is checked on a regular basis. Students are allowed to miss two seminars. In well-founded cases, extra absences can be made up for after consulting the situation with the teacher.
Aims
The aim of the course it to enhance individual abilities of students to express themselves in English at the B1+ level in general and academic contexts. The previously gained knowledge of grammar and vocabulary will be revised and systematically expanded with academic vocabulary.
After passing this course (and the follow-up course 0A6), students should be able to communicate in English at B1+ level.
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Week 1: Unit 1 Sociology – Listening 1 (The Psychology of first impressions), making inferencesWeek 2: Unit 1 Sociology – Listening 2 (A Review of Books about First Impressions), comparing and contrastingWeek 3: Unit 1 Sociology – Video (Job Interview Mistakes), suffixes, giving a short talkWeek 4: Unit 2 Nutritional Science – Listening 1 (A Billion Pounds of Spices), cause and effect relationshipsWeek 5: Unit 2 Nutritional Science – Listening 2 (A World of Food), adjective-noun collocations Week 6: Unit 2 Nutritional Science – quantifiers, giving advice, conducting a class surveyWeek 7: Unit 3 Psychology – Listening 1 (Shaped by Change, Promoting Change), retelling events with time markersWeek 8: Unit 3 Psychology – Listening 2 (An Interview with Barbara Ehrenreich), summarizing informationWeek 9: Unit 3 Psychology – Video (Recession Gives New Opportunities), using word web, tag questions, group discussionWeek 10: Unit 4 Marketing – Listening 1 (Targeting Children with Advertising), identifying fact and opinionWeek 11: Unit 4 Marketing – Listening 2 (The Influence of Online Ads), evaluating claimsWeek 12: Unit 4 Marketing – Video (Social Media Marketing), modals expressing attitude, supporting opinions, group discussionWeek 13: Review