VŠTE:AJP_1 English First I - Course Information

AJP_1 English First I

Extent and Intensity

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

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Ivana Jílková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Alena Zelenková (seminar tutor)
Milan Hájek (assistant)

Guaranteed by

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

Timetable of Seminar Groups

AJP_1/ccv: Sat 14. 4. 8:00–11:10 B4, Sun 6. 5. 8:00–11:10 B4, 15:15–18:20 B4, Sun 13. 5. 8:00–11:10 B4, Sun 27. 5. 9:40–13:30 B4, A. Zelenková
AJP_1/S01: Mon 11:35–13:05 D416, Mon 13:10–14:40 A5, I. Jílková

Prerequisites (in Czech)

FORMA ( P )

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

Course objectives supported by learning outcomes

The target of the course is an integration of the input level of students'language skills minimally at A2+ level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Langugages. After the successful completion of the course, the students will be able to: - actively use and understand sentences and expressions related to the basic fields which closely concern the students (basic information about themselves, their studies, their families, shopping,topography and job, habits, etc.) - implement a simple and direct information exchange on well known and common situations - describe the family, studies, his/her neighbourhood and other phenomena concerning his/her needs. - write a short essay on a general topic.

Syllabus

• 1. Common life situations 2. Study focus, study duties 3. Job opportunities in the field, job duties descriptions 4. Social etiquette 5. Telephoning 6. Aspects of oral and written communication 7. Time determination, time data 8. Contemporary position of the family in the society 9. Cultural and inter-cultural communication 10. Geographical characteristics of the ČR and the EU 11. Job meeting 12. Leisure time utilization 13. Life styles, bank holidays and traditions Grammar: • Verbs • Pronouns • Sentence structure • Numerals • Prepositions • Negative and question • Other selected grammatical forms • Review (units 1. - 6.)

Literature

required literature
• KOLEKTIV AUTORŮ, Eurolingua English 2. Plzeň: Fraus 2008, 191 s. ISBN 80-7238-062-1.

not specified
• RYNDOVÁ, J., TOUFAROVÁ, O., MALÁ, E. Study Support English Language First I. VŠTE v Českých Budějovicích, 2010, 27s. ISBN 978-80-87278-53-6.
• 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
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
Preparation for the Mid-term Test	40	40
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial	28	60
preparation for the presentation	10	10
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion	52	20
Total:	130	130

Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate

Report 20 %
mid-term test 1 40 %
mid-term test 2 40 %

Exam conditions

To write two tests - a mid-term test and a final test - and present one oral presentation. Test 1 is written in the first half of the semester, test 2 at the end of the semester. The oral presentation is held in accordance with the schedule set by the teacher of the course. The score corresponds to the percentage ratio of assessment methods (oral speech maximum of 20 points, test 1 maximum of 40 points and test 2 maximum of 40 points, maximum of all three parts 100 points). For the successful completion of the course, the students have to achieve at least 70%, or 70 points from all parts.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.

• Enrolment Statistics (summer 2012, recent)
  
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