VŠTE:ACJ_1z English language 1 - Course Information

ACJ_1z English language 1

Extent and Intensity

0/4/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Pavlína Bartušková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jitka Janoušková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Bc. Gabriela Marková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Petr Sádlo (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Karim Sidibe (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ala Vida Vachušková (seminar tutor)
Frederik De Feyter, MSc (assistant)
Mgr. Daniel Raušer (assistant)
Mgr. Libuše Turinská (assistant)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Karim Sidibe
Centre of language services – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice

Prerequisites

A2 level recommended

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Technology and Management Transports (programme VŠTE, TRD) (2)

Course objectives supported by learning outcomes

The aim of the course is to achieve the language level of the students to B1- according to CEFR. AFter successful completion of the course, the students understand basic phrases and vocabulary related to everyday life (provide basic information about themselves and their families or other persons, situations in everyday life). The students understand brief announcements and reports, are able to read short simple texts and look up basic information in advertisements, menus or timetables. They are able to understand and write short personal letters and emails. They are able to communicate in everyday life situations, request information on familiar topics, describe life conditons, education, current or previous job. Students are able to write short reports and notes related to the personal needs.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of the course, the students are able to:
- understand a simple text about everyday life of people.
- catch the main point in short, clear, simple messages and announcements.
- agree on what to do, where to go, and make arrangements to meet.
- describe past activities and experiences.
- write about aspects of his/her everyday life in simple phrases and sentences.
- talk about plans and expectations.

Syllabus

• 1. Ask like a boss: everyday life, small talk, CEFR, word order in questions
• 2) It's a match: present simple, The Dance: present continuous
• 3) Beach too sandy, water too wet: holidays, accommodation, past simple
• 4. P4) The story behind the photo: past continuous, descriptions; One hot summer day in August: linking words, story telling
• 5) Planning and flying: plans and dreams, future tense – going to
• 6. On the road again: present continuous for expressing arranged future
• 7. What's the wordle today? Relative clauses, relative pronouns
• 8. Parenting: generation gap, present perfect simple (yet, just, already)
• 9. Dedicated Followers of Fashion: clothes and fashion, present perfect simple vs past time
• 10. Thank God it's Monday: some, any, no; How much is enough: Quantifiers, countability, quantification
• 11. Always busy: comparative adjectives and adverbs; Big city life: Superlative of adjectives and adverbs
• 12. The End of the World: Will for predictions, I'll be there for you: Will for decisions and offers
• 13. Understanding your dreams: Overview and revision of verb tenses

Literature

required literature
• LATHAM-KOENIG, C., C. OXENDEN a P.SELINGSON, 2012. Enlish File Pre-Intermediate 3rd Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780-945988-1-1

recommended literature
• MURPHY, Raymond. Essential grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for elementary students with answers. 3rd edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007, 319 s. ISBN 9780521675437.
• COLLYAH, Bruce. Anglicko-český a česko-anglický slovník: studijní. 1. vyd. Praha: Fin, 2012, 1391 s. ISBN 978-80-87133-08-8.
• Cambridge English: preliminary 8 : preliminary English test : with answers : authentic examination papers : from Cambridge English : language assessment. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. ISBN 978-1-107-67583-4.
• Cambridge preliminary English test extra: with answers. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, 144 s. Cambridge books for Cambridge exams. ISBN 9780521676687
• LATHAM-KOENIG, Christina. English file: Intermediate: Third edition. Student's book. Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN 978019451975

Forms of Teaching

Seminar
Tutorial

Teaching Methods

Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Project Teaching
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Teaching Supported by Multimedia Technologies

Student Workload

Activities	Number of Hours of Study Workload
	Daily Study	Combined Study
Presentation - mid-semester exam	2	2
Preparation for the Mid-term Test	4	4
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial	20	48
Preparation for the Final Test	25	33
Final test	1	1
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion	52	16
Total:	104	104

Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate

Test – final 70 %
mid-semester exam 30 %

Exam conditions

Full-time and part-time form of study

Final Test 70 % (0 – 70 points) and semester exam 30% (0-30). The final test requires the B1- level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Successful graduates of the course have to get totally at least 70 points (from both parts of tests).

Semester exam

Presentation - 30 % (i.e. 30 points)

Final test

Final test - 70 % (i.e. 70 points)

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• ACJ_2z English as a Foreign Language z2

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

Teacher's information

Attendance in lessons is defined in a separate internal standard of ITB (Evidence of attendance of students at ITB). It is compulsory, except for the lectures, for full-time students to attend 70 % lesson of the subject in a semester.

STudents will pass the semestral exam before the end of the instruction, Final test is written in a paper or electronic form using computers. Students are required to participate actively in seminars

Students with an individual study plan (ISP) must notify the teacher of this fact no later than the second week of the semester. Students with ISPs must complete an interim and final assessment. The mid-term evaluation will take place on a date agreed with the group teacher. The date must be agreed with the teacher no later than two weeks before the end of the teaching period. If you have any questions, please contact the course guarantor

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