VŠTE:RLZ_ACJ_3 English as a foreign language - Course Information

RLZ_ACJ_3 English as a foreign language III

Extent and Intensity

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

Teacher(s)

Frederik De Feyter, MSc (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jitka Janoušková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Monika Peka Kolafová (seminar tutor)
Richard Colin Thompson (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Libuše Turinská (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Petr Sádlo (assistant)
Mgr. Karim Sidibe (assistant)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Daniel Raušer
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_3/Z2: Sat 1. 10. 11:25–12:55 B3, 13:05–14:35 B3, Sat 29. 10. 11:25–12:55 B3, 13:05–14:35 B3, Sat 26. 11. 11:25–12:55 B3, 13:05–14:35 B3, Sat 10. 12. 8:00–9:30 B3, 9:40–11:10 B3, L. Turinská
RLZ_ACJ_3/S01: Mon 9:40–11:10 N004, Thu 14:50–16:20 E4, F. De Feyter, M. Peka Kolafová
RLZ_ACJ_3/S02: Mon 8:00–9:30 N006, Thu 14:50–16:20 N010, J. Janoušková

Prerequisites

recommended completion of the following subjects: ACJ_1 and ACJ_2 (B1 level)

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 deepen B1 language skills and gradually achieve B1+ according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, enlarge vocabulary and improve listening, reading, speaking and writing skills. After successful completion of the course, the students are able to understand lectures, debates and participate in discussions on general topics/topics of their interest. Students understand TV and radio news, programmes and newspaper/online articles on topical issues. They are fluent and able to express their opinion on a wide range of topics.

Learning outcomes

Having successfully completed the subject, the students will be able to:
- communicate their enquiries more extensively and explain given problems;
- provide specific information required in an interview or a consultation;
- summarise or express (orally or in a written form) their opinion about a short story, article, discussion or documentary and answer further questions in detail;
- carry out a prepared interview, listen and check the information mentioned, though it may be occasionally necessary to ask for repetition if the other person’s response is rapid or extended;
- describe how to do various activities and give detailed instructions;
- exchange the content of accumulated factual information on familiar (routine) and non-routine matters within their field or area of interest.

Syllabus

• 1. Food and meals, restaurants;
• 2. Present simple and continuous
• 3. Active and state verbs
• 4. Family, families in the future
• 5. Making predictions; each other
• 6. Personality adjectives;
• 7. Future tenses
• 8. Money;
• 9. Present perfect vs past simple
• 10. Life changes;
• 11. Present perfect continuous
• 12. Base and strong adjectives
• 13. Transport, means of transport
• 14. Comparatives and superlatives (adjectives, adverbs)
• 15. Stereotypes;
• 16. Articles
• 17. Success and failure
• 18. BE ABLE TO, can, could
• 20. Relative pronouns
• 21. Modern manners, communication
• 22. Modal verbs for obligation
• 23. Modals in past
• 24. Superstitions; past tenses (past simple, past continuous, past perfect)
• 25. Friendship, relationships
• 26. Used and usually

Literature

required literature
• Náhradní obsah: Náhradní obsah: LATHAM-KOENIG, Christina. English file: Intermediate: Third edition. Student's book. Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN 978019451975

recommended literature
• MURPHY, Raymond. English grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate learners of English : with answers. 4th ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012, x, 380 s. ISBN 978-0-521-18906-4.
• MURPHY, R., 2015. English Grammar in Use 4th edition Edition with answers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-18906-4.

Forms of Teaching

Seminar
Exercise
Tutorial
Consultation

Teaching Methods

Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Project Teaching
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
Semestral test	1	1
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial	28	50
Preparation for the Final Test	22	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

Full-time and part-time form of study: Final Test 70 % (0 – 70 points) and semester exam 30% (0-30). The final test requires the B1+ 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 30 % (i.e. 30 points)

Final test

Final test - 70 % (i.e. 70 points)

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.

Teacher's information

Attendance in lessons is defined in a separate internal standard of the ITB (Evidence of attendance of students at ITB). It is compulsory, except of the lectures, for full-time students to attend 70 % lesson of the subject in a semester. Active participation in seminars is required

Students with ISPs must complete a semester exam and final test. The semester exam will take place on a date agreed with the teacher. The date must be agreed with the teacher no later than two weeks before the end of the teaching period. In case of any questions, please contact the course guarantor

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