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FEKT-BPC-PA4Acad. year: 2024/2025
The course Practical English 4 focuses on the development of reading, listening, speaking and writing skills with particular emphasis on complex grammar and vocabulary at C1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). It is based on learning materials and requirements of the international Cambridge Advanced English (CAE) exam. The course continues the course Practical English 3.
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The condition for admission to the exam is 75 % attendance, active participation in classes, completing set assignments, and a credit test, which must be passed with the cutt-off score of 24 points out of a total of 40 points. TStudents take the test in the 13th week of the semester and are only allowed one resit.
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.
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1 Passive voice, expression “have sth done”; word formation; English for academic purposes: essay 2 Verbs + to-infinitive/0-infinitive and gerund; expressing opinions 3 Hypothesising; idioms: the body4 Reading: gap filling; listening: multiple choice5 Articles; English for academic purposes: review6 Use of English: multiple-choice cloze, open cloze and key word transformation 7 Collocations; Emphasis; English for academic purposes: presentation and discussion 8 Reading: multiple choice, cross-text multiple matching and multiple matching9 Language of persuasion; homonyms; English for academic purposes: proposals10 Inversion; word formation; idioms: travel; English for academic purposes: scientific report, abstract, annotation and summary 11 Listening: multiple choice; sentence completion; multiple matching12 Interpreting and comparison; collocations: environment13 Phrasal verbs; recapitulation: linking devices and types of clauses Topics for conversation: 1 Family life2 Literature, films, theatre and music3 Food, cooking and eating4 Interesting places 5 Climate change and environment
In-class debates (propositions):1 Eutanasia should be legalised 2 Capital punishment should be legalised3 Online education should replace traditional education 4 Human labour should be replaced with AI5 Nuclear sources are better than renewable sources 6 The Dark Net should be regulated like the rest of the Internet