VŠTE:AJP_1 English First I - Course Information

AJP_1 English First I

Extent and Intensity

0/4/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Karim Sidibe (lecturer)
Mgr. Jitka Janoušková (assistant)
Mgr. Daniel Raušer (assistant)
Mgr. Petr Sádlo (assistant)
Mgr. Věra Sládková (assistant)
Mgr. Libuše Turinská (assistant)

Guaranteed by

Ing. Jaroslav Staněk, DiS.
Lifelong learning Centre – Directorate of Study Administration and Lifelong Learning – Vice-Rector for Study Affairs – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Supplier department: Centre of language services – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice

Prerequisites

OBOR ( CAP )
Recommended A1 level

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 450 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 2/450, only registered: 0/450

Course objectives supported by learning outcomes

The course objective is unification of the input level of students'language skills to B1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Langugages. After successful completion of the course students will be able to actively use and understand sentences and expressions related to the basic areas which closely concern the students (providing basic information about themselves, their studies, their families, shopping, place of living, occupation, habits, etc.), implement a simple and direct information exchange on well known topic in common everyday conversations, describe their families, studies, neighbourhood and other phenomena concerning his/her needs, write a short essay on a general topic.

Learning outcomes

Student: - has language skills corresponding to the B1 level according to CEFR - is able to understand and actively participate in conversations on a general topic - is able to provide basic information about themselves, their families, studies, interests, plans, etc. - is able to exchange information in oral and written form - knows the rules of writing an informal email or short essay on general topic

Syllabus

• 1. Common life situations, present simple (word order in questions) 2. Studies (classroom language),family, present simple, describing personality (personality adjectives),describing yourself 3. Travelling (airport), present continuous, defining relative clauses 4. Holidays, prepositions of time and place, past simple 5. Describing a photo, picture, art, past continuous 6. Music (modern music), questions with and without auxiliaries (presents simple, present continuous) 7. In a hotel, writing (describing a photo) 8. Future - going to, future - using present continuous, future plans 9. Will/won't, future predictions, opposite verbs 10. Will/won't, promises, offers, decisions, word stress 11. Present perferct - experience + ever, never, yet, just, already, clothes 12. Comparatives, superlatives, time expressions 13. Revision of tenses • Verbs • Pronouns • Word order • Numerals • Prepositions • Other grammar • Revision (Units 1. - 4.)

Literature

required literature
• OXENDEN, C., KOENIG-LATHAM, C. SELIGSON, P. New English File Pre-intermediate, Oxford University Press 2007, 167 s. ISBN 0-19-438433-0
• Náhradní obsah: BLOOM, B., SMIDOWICZ, V., City&Guilds International English for Speakers of Other Languages 3 Achiever Student's Book New Edition + audio CD 2005, 168 s., ISBN: 9780851931630

recommended literature
• KOLEKTIV AUTORŮ, Eurolingua English 2. Plzeň: Fraus 2008, 191 s. ISBN 80-7238-062-1.
• COLLYAH, B. Anglicko-český, česko-anglický slovník. 4. vydání. Praha : Fin, 2008.
• MURPHY, R., Essential Grammar in Use. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007. 319 s. ISBN 978-0-521-67543-7

Forms of Teaching

Seminar
Tutorial
Consultation

Teaching Methods

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

Student Workload

Activities	Number of Hours of Study Workload
	Daily Study	Combined Study
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial	28	60
Preparation for the Final Test	40	50
preparation for the short speech	10
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion	52	20
Total:	130	130

Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate

test 70 %
dialog 30 %
part-time students - only written test 100 %

Exam conditions

Grading of the course for full-time students: Final Test 70% (0 – 70 points) and dialogue 30% (0-30). The final test requires B1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Successful graduates of the course have to get totally at least 70 points (both parts together). Part-time students: Final Test: maximum 100% (0-100 points) Successful graduates of the course have to get at least 70 points (70%) - only written test.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

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

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