VŠTE:ACJ_2z English as a Foreign Language - Course Information

ACJ_2z English as a Foreign Language z2

Extent and Intensity

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

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Jitka Janoušková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Petr Sádlo (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ala Vida Vachušková (seminar tutor)
Frederik De Feyter, MSc (assistant)
Mgr. Monika Peka Kolafová (assistant)
Mgr. Daniel Raušer (assistant)
Mgr. Libuše Turinská (assistant)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Karim Sidibe
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

ACJ_2z/T4: Sun 19. 3. 11:25–12:55 B1, 13:05–14:35 B1, Sun 14. 5. 11:25–12:55 B2, 13:05–14:35 B2, 14:50–16:20 B2, Sat 27. 5. 11:25–12:55 B3, 13:05–14:35 B3, 14:50–16:20 B3, J. Janoušková
ACJ_2z/S01: Mon 9:40–11:10 B5, Fri 14:50–16:20 B4, P. Sádlo
ACJ_2z/S03: Wed 8:00–9:30 E7, Fri 9:40–11:10 E4, A. Vachušková

Prerequisites

meeting the requirements of the subjects ACJ_1z is recommended, not required

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

Course objectives supported by learning outcomes

The course objective is to deepen the student knowledge to the level corresponding to B1 according to the Common European Referrence Frame for language, as well as the further development of communication skills and to unify the knowledge of all students in the course to achieve the B1 level. Emphasis is put on the development of dialogic competencies, understanding the written language, and communication skills related to the ability to have a conversation on a general topic.

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, the students are able to;
1. understand the main idea expressed in a standard language on everyday topics;
2. understand the texts that contain the vocabulary often used in everyday life or related to their work or studies ;
3. are able to spontanneously participate in a conversation on a familiar or everyday topics;
4. are able to tell a story or a plot of a book / film and express their opinion/describe their reactions;
5. write simple texts on a familiar or interesting topics;

Syllabus

• 1. Small talk
• 2. Infinitive, accent
• 3. Gerund
• 4. Hobbies, free time
• 5. learning a language
• 6. Modal verbs (have to, don't have to, must, mustn't), formal letter
• 7. Conditional sentences - first conditional, "confusing" verbs
• 8. Animals; hypothetical situations
• 9. Conditionals - second conditional
• 10. Accent and rhythm
• 11. Decisions, may, might (possibility)
• 12. Should, shouldn't, word creation
• 13. Fears and fobias
• 14. Present perfect simple + for, since
• 15. Used to
• 16. Education
• 17. Present perfect vs past simple
• 18. Lifestyle
• 19. Passive
• 20. Inventions and discoveries
• 21. Description of a building
• 22. Compounds - something, anything, nothing, etc
• 23. Phrasal verbs, so/neither + auxiliary verbs
• 24. Health
• 25. Past perfect, verbs
• 26. Sequence of tenses.

Literature

required literature
• OXENDEN, C., C. KOENIG LATHAM a P. SELINGSON, 2014. English File Third Edition Pre-intermediate Student's Book with iTutor. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780194598651.

recommended literature
• MURPHY, R., Essential Grammar in Use with Answers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 330 s. ISBN 978-1-107-48055-1
• MURPHY, R., 2015. English Grammar in Use 4th edition Edition with answers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-18906-4.
• BLOOM, B., SMIDOWICZ, V., City&Guilds International English for Speakers of Other Languages 3 Achiever Student's Book, 2005, 168 s., ISBN: 9780851931630
• Náhradní obsah: COLLYAH, B. Anglicko-český, česko-anglický slovník. 4. vydání. Praha : Fin, 2008. 64 s.

Forms of Teaching

Seminar
Tutorial

Teaching Methods

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

Student Workload

Activities	Number of Hours of Study Workload
	Daily Study	Combined Study
Semester exam	1	1
Preparation for semester exam	5	5
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial	21	45
Preparation for the Final Test	24	36
Final test	1	1
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion	52	16
Total:	104	104

Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate

Test – final 70 %
Semester exam 30 %

Exam conditions

Grading of the course both for full-time and part-time students: a semester exam during the semester, written test in the examination period. Successful graduates of the course have to get at least 70 points (from both parts together).

Semester exam:

Semester test 30 % (e.g. speaking exam, essay, listening test, presentation, etc.)

Final test:

Final test using ROPOT in the IS (70 %)

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.

Teacher's information

Students in a full-time form of study are required to participate in at least 70 % of the seminars. Shall the students fail to meet this requirement, they are automatically awarded "F" STudents are required to actively participate in the seminars and fulfill the tasks assigned by the teacher

The condition to complete the course for the students is to actively participate and fulfil the tasks. The students with the individual study plan (ISP) must notify the teacher no later than the second week of the semester. The ISP students must undertake the mid-semester and final evaluation. The mid-semester evaluation takes place in the term agreed upon with the teacher no later than two weeks before the end of teaching period.

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