AJP_1 English First I

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
summer 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/4/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Věra Sládková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Libuše Turinská (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ala Vida Vachušková (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Zuzana Rowland, MBA, PhD.
Study Department – 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
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJP_1/CCV: Sat 25. 3. 9:40–14:35 A7, Sat 8. 4. 9:40–12:55 A7, A. Vachušková
Prerequisites
OBOR(CAP)
Recommended A1 level
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
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.
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
  • 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
  • OXENDEN, C., KOENIG-LATHAM, C. SELIGSON, P. New English File Pre-intermediate, Oxford University Press 2007, 167 s. ISBN 0-19-438433-0
    recommended literature
  • MURPHY, R., Essential Grammar in Use. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007. 319 s. ISBN 978-0-521-67543-7
  • COLLYAH, B. Anglicko-český, česko-anglický slovník. 4. vydání. Praha : Fin, 2008.
  • KOLEKTIV AUTORŮ, Eurolingua English 2. Plzeň: Fraus 2008, 191 s. ISBN 80-7238-062-1.
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
ActivitiesNumber of Hours of Study Workload
Daily StudyCombined Study
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial2860
Preparation for the Final Test4050
preparation for the short speech10 
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion5220
Total:130130
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 also listed under the following terms Winter 2009, Summer 2010, Winter 2010, summer 2011, winter 2011, summer 2012, winter 2012, summer 2013, winter 2013, summer 2014, winter 2014, summer 2015, winter 2015, Summer 2016, winter 2016, winter 2017, summer 2018, winter 2018, summer 2019, winter 2019, summer 2020, winter 2020, summer 2021.
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