VŠTE:RLZ_ACJ_5 English as a foreign language - Course Information

RLZ_ACJ_5 English as a foreign language V

Extent and Intensity

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

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

RLZ_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 )
Recommended successful completion of RLZ_ACJ3, RLZ_ACJ4, RLZ_ACJ5

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

• Human Resource Management (programme VŠTE, RLZ) (2)

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 have successfully can follow a complicated exchange of opinions, they can provide a complex description 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.

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of the subject, the students are able to: - understand various types of technical texts and texts in colloquial English, - derive meanings of unknown words from the context, - understand detailed information when listening a conversation, make notes, - use all verb tenses and make questions, - tell a story, express feelings and wishes, - conversate on a number of topics, - write a complex and clear text without major grammar mistakes.

Syllabus

• Seminars: 1. Personal information, interviews. Questions and answers. 2. Guessing meaning of unknown words from context. 3. Mysteries; storytelling. Auxiliary verbs. 4. Compounds. Health and illnesses. 5. Present perfect simple and continuous. Clothes and fashion. 6. Compound nouns, word order. Adjectives as nouns. 7. Order of adjectives. Narrative tenses. 8. Reading, literature. Travelling. 9. Means of transport. Verb phrases - TAKE. 10. Past perfect continuous. Adverbs, position of adverbs 11. Future tenses. Future perfect. Environment 12. Weather, climate. Conditionals 13. Zero conditional, mixed conditional. Semester exam.

Literature

required literature
• LATHAM-KOENIG, C. a C. OXENDEN, 2014. New English File UpperIntermediate. 3rd edit. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19- 455874-7.

recommended literature
• HEWINGS, M., 2013. Advanced grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English: with answers and CDROM. 3rd edit. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1- 107-69989-2.
• BURGESS, S., J. NEWBROOK a J. WILSON, 2008. FCE Gold Plus: exam maximiser with key. Harlow: Pearson Longman. ISBN 978-1- 4058- 7679-7.

Forms of Teaching

Seminar
Tutorial
Consultation

Teaching Methods

Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Competition
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Group Teaching - Collaboration
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity

Student Workload

Activities	Number of Hours of Study Workload
	Daily Study	Combined Study
Preparation for the Mid-term Test	10	30
Preparation for Lectures	1	1
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial	20	26
Preparation for the Final Test	20	30
Attendance on Lectures	1	1
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion	52	16
Total:	104	104

Exam conditions

Full-time and part-time form of study: Semester exam – 30 % Final exam – 70 % Pass the final test and semester exam (written and spoken exam, listening, max. 30 points). Semester exam takes place according to the schedule specified by a teacher. Final test requires B2 level according to CEFR (max. 70 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.

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