BPE_ACJ_5 English as a foreign language 5

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
summer 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/4/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Richard Colin Thompson (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Libuše Turinská (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Sádlo
Centre of language services – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – 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
Timetable of Seminar Groups
BPE_ACJ_5/S01: Mon 14:50–16:20 N109, Thu 14:50–16:20 N004, R. Thompson
Prerequisites
ACJ_1a English language I && ACJ_2a English language II && FORMA ( P )
meeting the requirements of the subjects ACJ_4 is 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
Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
The course objective is to improve the language competence level in general language to B2 level according to CEFR in all productive and receptive skills. The students who have completed the course successfully can follow a complicated exchange of opinions, they can understand the majority of films that maintain received pronunciation. They can understand articles and news depicting contemporary problems and texts that belong among contemporary literature. They can take part in the conversation with native speakers and speak fluently and spontaneously. They can explain their point of view concerning contemporary problems and state advantages and disadvantages of various solutions. Their range of vocabulary is sufficient to create clear descriptions, without longer hesitations and with the help of subordinate clauses. They are able to avoid mistakes which could cause misunderstanding. They can initiate, maintain and close the conversation. They are able to conduct a clear, structured and well-developed presentation, in which they highlight the main ideas, include sufficient detail information, develop the ideas and supports them by additional arguments and relevant examples. They are able to write a film, a book or a play review. They are able to paraphrase in order to make up for inadequacies in their vocabulary and grammar both in written and spoken form.
Learning outcomes
Having finished the course, the student will be able: -understand several types of professional and colloquial texts -deduce the meaning of unknown words from context -understand detailed information when listening and take notes -use all English tenses and aspects and create questions in them -tell various types of stories and express feelings and wishes -speak about fashion, health, illnesses, films and literature - create a text with a complicated plot -write a description, argumentative essay and a story
Syllabus
  • 1. Questions and answers, Question formation 2. Do you believe it? Comparative 3. Call the doctor! Illnesses and injuries 4. Older and wiser? Using adjectives as nouns, adjectival order 5. The truth about the air travel, Narrative tenses, Pars perfect continuous, so/such 6. Incredibly short stories, the position of adverbs and adverbial phrases 7. Eco-guilt, future perfect and continuous 8. The survivors' club, unreal conditionals 10. It drives me mad, -ed, ing 11. Regrets, 'wish' structures 12. Revision 13. Revision
Literature
    required literature
  • LATHAM-KOENIG, C. a C. OXENDEN, 2014. New English File Upper-Intermediate: Third Edition. Oxford University Press, 167 s. ISBN 978-0-19-455874-7.
    recommended literature
  • BURGESS, S., J. NEWBROOK aj. WILSON, 2008. FCE Gold Plus: exam maximiser with key. Longman, 158 s. ISBN 978-1- 4058-7679-7.
  • HEWINGS, M., 2013. Advanced grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English : with answers and CDROM. 3rd ed. Cambridge University Press, 294 s. ISBN 978-1-107-69989-2
Forms of Teaching
Seminar
Tutorial
Consultation
Teaching Methods
Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Competition
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Group Teaching - Collaboration
Project Teaching
Brainstorming
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Teaching Supported by Multimedia Technologies
Student Workload
ActivitiesNumber of Hours of Study Workload
Daily StudyCombined Study
Preparation for the Mid-term Test11
Preparation for Lectures55
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial4716
Preparation for the Final Test2436
Attendance on Lectures11
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion2645
Total:104104
Exam conditions
Full-time form of study Final Test 70 % (0 – 70 points) and semester exam 30% (0-30). The final test requires the B2 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) Day-release form of study Final Test 70 % (0 – 70 points) and semester exam 30% (0-30). The final test requires the B2 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 the tests). Final test - 70 points Continuous assessment - 30 points
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
Students are active during the lessons and perform tasks assigned by teachers. The learning material of ACJ_5 is from 1st to 5th lesson of the textbook. The attendance at lessons is governed by Internal Regulations of ITB (keeping records of students' attendance at ITB). The compulsory attendance in seminars for full-time students is 70% In the event of failing to meet requirements for successful completion before the deadline, students are entitled to one retake. The examination date for the retake is announced by a specific teacher or guarantor of the subject within the respective exam period. The continuous and final assessment shall also apply to students with ISP. The student and teacher will agree on the specific date of the continuous assessment. The date must be set no later than two weeks before the end of the semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms summer 2021, winter 2021, winter 2022, winter 2023, winter 2024.
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