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. Pavlína Bartušková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jitka Janoušková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Karim Sidibe (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ala Vida Vachušková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Monika Lavičková (assistant)
Mgr. Monika Peka Kolafová (assistant)
Mgr. Daniel Raušer (assistant)
Mgr. Petr Sádlo (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/S01: Wed 11:25–12:55 E7, Thu 11:25–12:55 E6, K. Sidibe
ACJ_2z/S02: Tue 9:40–11:10 E5, Thu 16:30–18:00 E4, J. Janoušková
ACJ_2z/T5: Sat 9. 3. 13:05–14:35 D515, 14:50–16:20 D515, 16:30–18:00 D515, Sat 23. 3. 13:05–14:35 D416, 14:50–16:20 D416, 16:30–18:00 D416, Sun 26. 5. 14:50–16:20 D516, 16:30–18:00 D516, K. Sidibe

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 aim of the course is to extend the students' knowledge to a B1 level according to the Common Frame of Reference for Languages. The course runs from unit 7 to unit 12. Upon the successful completion of this course, the students will be able to understand the main ideas expressed in standard language regarding common topics encountered at work, school, leisure, etc. They will be able to understand the meaning of many radio and television programs related to current events, regular topics or professional interests provided they are expressed at a standard speed and clearly. The students will be able to understand texts that contain vocabulary frequently used on daily basis or that relate to their work, and also the descriptions of events, feelings and wishes in a personal letter. The students can deal with most situations likely to arise when they travel in an area where the language is spoken. They can engage in spontaneous conversation on topics which are familiar to them, they are interested in or which relate to everyday life (e.g. family, hobbies, work, travel and current events). The students can combine phrases in a simple way to describe their experiences and events, dreams, hopes and goals or briefly justify and explain their views and plans. The students can tell a story or describe the content of a book or film and express their opinion on them. They can write a simple concise text on familiar topics or personal interest and write personal letters describing experiences and impressions.

Learning outcomes

Upon the successful completion of this course, the students will be able to understand the main ideas expressed in written language about common topics encountered at work, at school, in their free time. They will understand the meaning of many radio and television programs that relate to current events or topics in the areas of their personal or professional interests, provided they are expressed at a standard speed and clearly. They will be able to write a simple concise text about familiar topics or topics involving a personal interest. They will be able to write personal letters describing their experiences and impressions. The students will be able to make a telephone call without preparation.

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
• LATHAM-KOENIG, C., C. OXENDEN a P.SELINGSON, 2012. Enlish File Pre-Intermediate 3rd Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780-945988-1-1

not specified
• 2006. Cambridge preliminary English test extra: with answers. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 144 s. Cambridge books for Cambridge exams. ISBN 9780521676687.
• MURPHY, R. English Grammar in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. 379 s. ISBN 3 125 3408405.
• MURPHY, R. 2007. Essential Grammar in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-67543-7.

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 for both full-time and part-time students: a semester exam during the semester, a 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 % (25 % speaking exam, 5% written test)

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

The lessons are provided in a contact form in a mode of seminars in allocated classrooms. The 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. 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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