VŠTE:ANJ_1 English as a foreign language - Course Information
ANJ_1 English as a foreign language 1
Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovicewinter 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/4/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Pavlína Bartušková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jitka Janoušková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Karim Sidibe (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Libuše Turinská (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ala Vida Vachušková (seminar tutor)
Frederik De Feyter, MSc (assistant)
Mgr. Daniel Raušer (assistant)
Mgr. Petr Sádlo (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
- ANJ_1/ST3: Sun 6. 10. 11:25–12:55 I214P, 13:05–14:35 I214P, Sat 2. 11. 11:25–12:55 I214P, 13:05–14:35 I214P, Sun 24. 11. 8:00–9:30 I214P, 9:40–11:10 I214P, Sat 14. 12. 8:00–9:30 I214P, 9:40–11:10 I214P, L. Turinská
ANJ_1/S01: Wed 11:25–12:55 I317B, Thu 11:25–12:55 I317B, P. Bartušková - Prerequisites
- A2 language competence is recommended
- 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
- Mechanical Engineering (programme VŠTE, STR) (2)
- Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
- The aim of the course is to reach the B1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The course is from unit 1 to unit 6. After a successful completion of ANJ_1 course the student will be able to understand phrases and usual vocabulary regarding circumstances that he or she normally deals with(e.g. basic personal information, family situation, shopping, local geography, job). He or she can understand the meaning of short and clear reports, read less complicated texts and find specific predictable information in regular sources, e.g. advertisements, flyers, menus and timetables. He or she can understand short personal letters, communicate in every-day situations requiring the direct exchange of information about familiar topics and activities, make a short social conversation, describe his or her family, living conditions, education, current or previous job. He or she is able to make notes and reports regarding his or her basic needs or to write a personal letter.
- Learning outcomes
- He or she can understand a basic text about everyday life of people. He or she can get the main point in short, clear, basic messages and announcements. He or she can discuss what to do, where to go with other people, and make arrangements to meet. He or she can describe past activities and experiences, write about aspects of his or her everyday life in basic phrases and sentences.
- Syllabus
- 1. Everyday life, small talk, CEFR
- 2. Word order in questions
- 3. Present simple
- 4. Present continuous
- 5. Holiday
- 6. Past simple
- 7. Past continuous, descriptions in the past
- 8. Linking words, story telling
- 9. Hotel, accommodation
- 10. Plans and dreams
- 11. Future tense - going to
- 12. Present continuous for expressing arranged future
- 13. Relative clauses, relative pronouns
- 14. Generation gap
- 15. Present perfect simple, yet, just already
- 16. Present perfect simple vs past simple
- 17. Some, any, no
- 18. Clothes and fashion
- 19. Comparative adjectives and adverbs
- 20. Superlative of adjectives and adverbs
- 21. Quantifiers, countability, quantification
- 22. Will for predictions
- 23. Will for decisions and offers
- 24. Overview and revision of verb tenses
- 25. Review
- 26. Speaking exam
- Literature
- required literature
- OXENDEN, Clive, Christina KOENIG LATHAM a Paul SELINGSON. English File third edition Pre-intermediate Student's Book with iTutor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-19-45988-1-1.
- recommended literature
- BLOOM, B., SMIDOWICZ, V., City&Guilds International English for Speakers of Other Languages 3 Achiever Student's Book, 2005, 168 s., ISBN: 9780851931630
- MURPHY, R., Essential Grammar in Use. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007. 319 s. ISBN 978-0-521-67543-7
- Náhradní obsah: COLLYAH, B. Anglicko-český, česko-anglický slovník. 4. vydání. Praha : Fin, 2008. 64 s.
- LATHAM-KOENIG, Christina. English file: Intermediate: Third edition. Student's book. Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN 978019451975
- Forms of Teaching
- Seminar
Tutorial
Consultation
- Student Workload
Activities Number of Hours of Study Workload Daily Study Combined Study Mid-semester exam 10 10 Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial 20 38 Preparation for the Final Test 21 39 Final test 1 1 Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion 52 16 Total: 104 104 - Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
- Test – final 70 %
Mid -semester exam 30 % - Exam conditions
- Full-time form of study
Final Test 70 % (0 – 70 points). Mid-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 must achieve at least 70 points (from both parts of tests) in total.
Mid-semester exam
Presentation - 30 % (i.e. 30 points)
Final test
Final test - 70 % (i.e. 70 points)
Combined form of study Final Test 70 % (0 – 70 points).
Mid-semester exam 30% (0-30).
The final test requires the B1- level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The successful graduates of the course must achieve at least 70 points (from both parts of tests) in total.
Mid-semester exam
Mid-semester test - 30 % (i.e. 30 points)
Final test
Final test - 70 % (i.e. 70 points)
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
- Teacher's information
- The lessons are provided in a contact form in a mode of seminars in allocated classrooms. Students are required to fulfill their tasks and actively participate in the lessons with the study materials brought with them. Attendance in lessons is defined in a separate internal standard of ITB (Evidence of attendance of students at ITB). It is compulsory for full-time students to achieve a 70 % attendance rate in the course of a semester. If a student on an Individual Study Plan is not able to obtain a mid-sesmester evaluation, he or she is able to arrange a later date to take a mid-semester test.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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