ACJ_5 English as a Foreign Language 5
Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovicewinter 2020
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/4/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Olga Kendall (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Petr Sádlo (seminar tutor)
Richard Colin Thompson (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jana Vlasáková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Monika Peka Kolafová (assistant)
Mgr. Daniel Raušer (assistant)
Mgr. Karim Sidibe (assistant)
Mgr. Libuše Turinská (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Petr Sádlo
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_5/A6: Sat 17. 10. 13:05–14:35 B1, 14:50–16:20 B1, 16:30–18:00 B1, Sat 31. 10. 13:05–14:35 B2, 14:50–16:20 B2, 16:30–18:00 B2, Sat 14. 11. 14:50–16:20 B1, 16:30–18:00 B1, Sat 28. 11. 11:25–12:55 B2, 13:05–14:35 B2, P. Sádlo
ACJ_5/S01: Wed 13:05–14:35 N109, Wed 14:50–16:20 N109, P. Sádlo
ACJ_5/S02: Tue 9:40–11:10 N107, Thu 9:40–11:10 N109, R. Thompson
ACJ_5/S03: Wed 13:05–14:35 N007, Wed 14:50–16:20 N007, O. Kendall
ACJ_5/S04: Tue 9:40–11:10 N011, Thu 9:40–11:10 N107, J. Vlasáková - Prerequisites
- meeting the requirements of the subjects ACJ_4 is recommended
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
- Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
- The course objective is to improve the language competence level in general language to B2 level according to CEFR in all productive and receptive skills. The students who have completed the course successfully can follow a complicated exchange of opinions, they can understand the majority of films that maintain received pronunciation. They can understand articles and news depicting contemporary problems and texts that belong among contemporary literature. They can take part in the conversation with native speakers and speak fluently and spontaneously. They can explain their point of view concerning contemporary problems and state advantages and disadvantages of various solutions. Their range of vocabulary is sufficient to create clear descriptions, without longer hesitations and with the help of subordinate clauses. They are able to avoid mistakes which could cause misunderstanding. They can initiate, maintain and close the conversation. They are able to conduct a clear, structured and well-developed presentation, in which they highlight the main ideas, include sufficient detail information, develop the ideas and supports them by additional arguments and relevant examples. They are able to write a film, a book or a play review. They are able to paraphrase in order to make up for inadequacies in their vocabulary and grammar both in written and spoken form.
- Learning outcomes
- Having finished the course, the student will be able:
-understand several types of professional and colloquial texts
-deduce the meaning of unknown words from context
-understand detailed information when listening and take notes
-use all English tenses and aspects and create questions in them
-tell various types of stories and express feelings and wishes
-speak about fashion, health, illnesses, films and literature
- create a text with a complicated plot
-write a description, argumentative essay and a story - Syllabus
- 1. Questions and answers, Question formation 2. Do you believe it? Comparative 3. Call the doctor! Illnesses and injuries 4. Older and wiser? Using adjectives as nouns, adjectival order 5. The truth about the air travel, Narrative tenses, Pars perfect continuous, so/such 6. Incredibly short stories, the position of adverbs and adverbial phrases 7. Eco-guilt, future perfect and continuous 8. The survivors' club, unreal conditionals 10. It drives me mad, -ed, ing 11. Regrets, 'wish' structures 12. Revision 13. Revision
- Literature
- required literature
- LATHAM-KOENIG, C. a C. OXENDEN, 2014. New English File Upper-Intermediate: Third Edition. Oxford University Press, 167 s. ISBN 978-0-19-455874-7.
- BURGESS, S., J. NEWBROOK aj. WILSON, 2008. FCE Gold Plus: exam maximiser with key. Longman, 158 s. ISBN 978-1- 4058-7679-7.
- BURGESS, S., J. NEWBROOK aj. WILSON., 2008. FCE Gold Plus: exam maximiser with key. Longman, 158 s. ISBN 978-1- 4058-7679-7.
- recommended literature
- HEWINGS, M., 2013. Advanced grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English : with answers and CDROM. 3rd ed. Cambridge University Press, 294 s. ISBN 978-1-107-69989-2.
- Forms of Teaching
- Seminar
Tutorial
Consultation - Teaching Methods
- Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Competition
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Group Teaching - Collaboration
Project Teaching
Brainstorming
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Teaching Supported by Multimedia Technologies
- Student Workload
Activities Number of Hours of Study Workload Daily Study Combined Study Semester exam 6 Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial 26 50 Preparation for the Final Test 20 34 Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion 52 20 Total: 104 104 - Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
- Test – final 70 %
Semester exam 30 % - Exam conditions
- Full-time form of study
Final Test 70 % (0 – 70 points) and semester exam 30% (0-30). The final test requires the B2 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
Presentation - 30 % (i.e. 30 points)
Final test
Final test - 70 % (i.e. 70 points)
Part-time form of study
Final Test 100 % (0 – 100 points). Successful graduates of the course have to get totally at least 70 points.
Final test
Final test - 100 % (i.e. 100 points)
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Teacher's information
- Seminars will be pre-recorded and saved in the VSTE IS where it will be available, students will be able to play them anytime. The remaining part will take place in real time, when the students will discuss the relevant topic / problem with the teacher via MS Teams.
Students are active during the lessons and perform tasks assigned by teachers. The learning material of ACJ_5 is from 1st to 5th lesson of the textbook. The attendance at lessons is governed by Internal Regulations of ITB (keeping records of students' attendance at ITB). The compulsory attendance for full-time students is 70% at the face-to-face lessons, i.e. all lessons subject to lectures. In the event of failing to meet requirements for 'zápočet' before the deadline, students are entitled to one retake. The examination date for the retake is announced by a specific teacher or guarantor of the subject within the respective exam period. The subject may be recognized as completed according to requirements uploaded to IS.
ACJ_5 English as a Foreign Language 5
Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovicesummer 2020
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/4/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Petr Sádlo (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jana Vlasáková (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Ing. Lukáš Polanecký
Lifelong learning Centre – Directorate of Study Administration and Lifelong Learning – 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
- ACJ_5/CCV: Sat 21. 3. 9:40–16:20 A1, P. Sádlo
- Prerequisites
- OBOR ( CAP )
meeting the requirements of the subjects ACJ_4 is recommended - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
- Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
- The course objective is to improve the language competence level in general language to B2 level according to CEFR in all productive and receptive skills. The students who have completed the course successfully can follow a complicated exchange of opinions, they can understand the majority of films that maintain received pronunciation. They can understand articles and news depicting contemporary problems and texts that belong among contemporary literature. They can take part in the conversation with native speakers and speak fluently and spontaneously. They can explain their point of view concerning contemporary problems and state advantages and disadvantages of various solutions. Their range of vocabulary is sufficient to create clear descriptions, without longer hesitations and with the help of subordinate clauses. They are able to avoid mistakes which could cause misunderstanding. They can initiate, maintain and close the conversation. They are able to conduct a clear, structured and well-developed presentation, in which they highlight the main ideas, include sufficient detail information, develop the ideas and supports them by additional arguments and relevant examples. They are able to write a film, a book or a play review. They are able to paraphrase in order to make up for inadequacies in their vocabulary and grammar both in written and spoken form.
- Learning outcomes
- Having finished the course, the student will be able:
-understand several types of professional and colloquial texts
-deduce the meaning of unknown words from context
-understand detailed information when listening and take notes
-use all English tenses and aspects and create questions in them
-tell various types of stories and express feelings and wishes
-speak about fashion, health, illnesses, films and literature
- create a text with a complicated plot
-write a description, argumentative essay and a story - Syllabus
- 1. Entertainment, collocations with the verb TAKE 2. Informal e-mail and interviews 3. Film survey, argumentative essay 4. Adjectives - expressing feelings 5. Semiformal letter and e-mail 6. Risk taking, illnesses and injuries 7. Comparison, fashion and clothes 8. Storytelling, environment 9. Reading books, air travel 10. Food and healthy lifestyle 11. Body and health, expressing wishes 12. Mock Exam B2 (reading and writing) 13. Mock Exam B2 (listening and speaking)
- Literature
- required literature
- LATHAM-KOENIG, C. a C. OXENDEN, 2014. New English File Upper-Intermediate: Third Edition. Oxford University Press, 167 s. ISBN 978-0-19-455874-7.
- BURGESS, S., J. NEWBROOK aj. WILSON, 2008. FCE Gold Plus: exam maximiser with key. Longman, 158 s. ISBN 978-1- 4058-7679-7.
- BURGESS, S., J. NEWBROOK aj. WILSON., 2008. FCE Gold Plus: exam maximiser with key. Longman, 158 s. ISBN 978-1- 4058-7679-7.
- recommended literature
- HEWINGS, M., 2013. Advanced grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English : with answers and CDROM. 3rd ed. Cambridge University Press, 294 s. ISBN 978-1-107-69989-2.
- Forms of Teaching
- Seminar
Tutorial
Consultation - Teaching Methods
- Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Competition
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Group Teaching - Collaboration
Project Teaching
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Teaching Supported by Multimedia Technologies
- Student Workload
Activities Number of Hours of Study Workload Daily Study Combined Study Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial 26 50 Preparation for the Final Test 20 34 a short talk 6 Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion 52 20 Total: 104 104 - Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
- Test – final 70 %
students on the distance-learning programme only final written test 100 %
a speaking exam, a listening test, a written essay - full-time students 30 % - Exam conditions
- Grading of the course for full-time students: Final Test 70% (0 – 70 points) and continuous evaluation 30% (0-30). The continuous evaluation, which is fully organized by the teacher, consists of a speaking exam (max. 20 points), a listening test (max. 5 points) and a written essay (max. 5 points). The final test requires a B2 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 together). Part-time students: Final Test: maximum 100% (0-100 points) Successful graduates of the course have to get totally at least 70 points (70%). The final test includes the questions within the range of the level B2 (not only based on the textbook)
- Language of instruction
- Czech
ACJ_5 English as a Foreign Language 5
Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovicewinter 2019
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/4/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Monika Peka Kolafová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Petr Sádlo (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Libuše Turinská (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Daniel Raušer (assistant)
Mgr. Karim Sidibe (assistant)
Mgr. Jana Vlasáková (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Petr Sádlo
Centre of language services – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- ACJ_5/A5: Sun 29. 9. 9:40–11:10 B2, 11:25–12:55 B2, Sun 6. 10. 9:40–11:10 B2, 11:25–12:55 B2, Sat 26. 10. 14:50–16:20 B2, 16:30–18:00 B2, Sat 30. 11. 13:05–14:35 E1, 14:50–16:20 E1, Sun 1. 12. 13:05–14:35 B2, 14:50–16:20 B2, P. Sádlo
ACJ_5/S01: Mon 14:50–16:20 N010, Thu 8:00–9:30 N010, M. Peka Kolafová
ACJ_5/S02: Mon 13:05–14:35 N010, Thu 9:40–11:10 N010, P. Sádlo
ACJ_5/S03: Mon 13:05–14:35 N007, Thu 8:00–9:30 N007, L. Turinská - Prerequisites
- MAX_KOMBINOVANYCH ( 105 ) && MAX_PREZENCNICH ( 105 )
meeting the requirements of the subjects ACJ_4 is recommended - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
- Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
- The course objective is to improve the language competence level in general language to B2 level according to CEFR in all productive and receptive skills. The students who have completed the course successfully can follow a complicated exchange of opinions, they can understand the majority of films that maintain received pronunciation. They can understand articles and news depicting contemporary problems and texts that belong among contemporary literature. They can take part in the conversation with native speakers and speak fluently and spontaneously. They can explain their point of view concerning contemporary problems and state advantages and disadvantages of various solutions. Their range of vocabulary is sufficient to create clear descriptions, without longer hesitations and with the help of subordinate clauses. They are able to avoid mistakes which could cause misunderstanding. They can initiate, maintain and close the conversation. They are able to conduct a clear, structured and well-developed presentation, in which they highlight the main ideas, include sufficient detail information, develop the ideas and supports them by additional arguments and relevant examples. They are able to write a film, a book or a play review. They are able to paraphrase in order to make up for inadequacies in their vocabulary and grammar both in written and spoken form.
- Learning outcomes
- Having finished the course, the student will be able:
-understand several types of professional and colloquial texts
-deduce the meaning of unknown words from context
-understand detailed information when listening and take notes
-use all English tenses and aspects and create questions in them
-tell various types of stories and express feelings and wishes
-speak about fashion, health, illnesses, films and literature
- create a text with a complicated plot
-write a description, argumentative essay and a story - Syllabus
- 1. Entertainment, collocations with the verb TAKE 2. Informal e-mail and interviews 3. Film survey, argumentative essay 4. Adjectives - expressing feelings 5. Semiformal letter and e-mail 6. Risk taking, illnesses and injuries 7. Comparison, fashion and clothes 8. Storytelling, environment 9. Reading books, air travel 10. Food and healthy lifestyle 11. Body and health, expressing wishes 12. Mock Exam B2 (reading and writing) 13. Mock Exam B2 (listening and speaking)
- Literature
- required literature
- LATHAM-KOENIG, C. a C. OXENDEN, 2014. New English File Upper-Intermediate: Third Edition. Oxford University Press, 167 s. ISBN 978-0-19-455874-7.
- BURGESS, S., J. NEWBROOK aj. WILSON, 2008. FCE Gold Plus: exam maximiser with key. Longman, 158 s. ISBN 978-1- 4058-7679-7.
- BURGESS, S., J. NEWBROOK aj. WILSON., 2008. FCE Gold Plus: exam maximiser with key. Longman, 158 s. ISBN 978-1- 4058-7679-7.
- recommended literature
- HEWINGS, M., 2013. Advanced grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English : with answers and CDROM. 3rd ed. Cambridge University Press, 294 s. ISBN 978-1-107-69989-2.
- Forms of Teaching
- Seminar
Tutorial
Consultation - Teaching Methods
- Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Competition
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Group Teaching - Collaboration
Project Teaching
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Teaching Supported by Multimedia Technologies
- Student Workload
Activities Number of Hours of Study Workload Daily Study Combined Study Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial 26 50 Preparation for the Final Test 20 34 a short talk 6 Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion 52 20 Total: 104 104 - Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
- Test – final 70 %
Test – final 70 %
a speaking exam, a listening test, a written essay - full-time students 30 % - Exam conditions
- Grading of the course: Final Test 70% (0 – 70 points) and seminar evaluation 30% (0-30). The final test requires a B2 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 together). Successful graduates of the course have to get totally at least 70 points (70%). The final test includes the questions within the range of the level B2 (not only based on the textbook).
- Language of instruction
- Czech
ACJ_5 English as a Foreign Language 5
Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovicesummer 2019
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/4/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Petr Sádlo (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Libuše Turinská (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jitka Janoušková (assistant)
Mgr. Daniel Raušer (assistant)
Mgr. Karim Sidibe (assistant)
Mgr. Věra Sládková (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Ing. Jaroslav Staněk, DiS.
Lifelong learning Centre – Directorate of Study Administration and Lifelong Learning – 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
- ACJ_5/CCV: Sat 9. 3. 9:40–12:55 E6, Sat 23. 3. 9:40–12:55 E5, P. Sádlo
ACJ_5/CCV2: Mon 11. 3. 8:00–12:55 E7, Mon 18. 3. 8:00–11:10 E7, L. Turinská - Prerequisites
- OBOR ( CAP )
meeting the requirements of the subjects ACJ_4 is recommended - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
- Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
- The course objective is to improve the language competence level in general language to B2 level according to CEFR in all productive and receptive skills. The students who have completed the course successfully can follow a complicated exchange of opinions, they can understand the majority of films that maintain received pronunciation. They can understand articles and news depicting contemporary problems and texts that belong among contemporary literature. They can take part in the conversation with native speakers and speak fluently and spontaneously. They can explain their point of view concerning contemporary problems and state advantages and disadvantages of various solutions. Their range of vocabulary is sufficient to create clear descriptions, without longer hesitations and with the help of subordinate clauses. They are able to avoid mistakes which could cause misunderstanding. They can initiate, maintain and close the conversation. They are able to conduct a clear, structured and well-developed presentation, in which they highlight the main ideas, include sufficient detail information, develop the ideas and supports them by additional arguments and relevant examples. They are able to write a film, a book or a play review. They are able to paraphrase in order to make up for inadequacies in their vocabulary and grammar both in written and spoken form.
- Learning outcomes
- Having finished the course, the student will be able:
-understand several types of professional and colloquial texts
-deduce the meaning of unknown words from context
-understand detailed information when listening and take notes
-use all English tenses and aspects and create questions in them
-tell various types of stories and express feelings and wishes
-speak about fashion, health, illnesses, films and literature
- create a text with a complicated plot
-write a description, argumentative essay and a story - Syllabus
- 1. Entertainment, collocations with the verb TAKE 2. Informal e-mail and interviews 3. Film survey, argumentative essay 4. Adjectives - expressing feelings 5. Semiformal letter and e-mail 6. Risk taking, illnesses and injuries 7. Comparison, fashion and clothes 8. Storytelling, environment 9. Reading books, air travel 10. Food and healthy lifestyle 11. Body and health, expressing wishes 12. Mock Exam B2 (reading and writing) 13. Mock Exam B2 (listening and speaking)
- Literature
- required literature
- LATHAM-KOENIG, C. a C. OXENDEN, 2014. New English File Upper-Intermediate: Third Edition. Oxford University Press, 167 s. ISBN 978-0-19-455874-7.
- BURGESS, S., J. NEWBROOK aj. WILSON, 2008. FCE Gold Plus: exam maximiser with key. Longman, 158 s. ISBN 978-1- 4058-7679-7.
- BURGESS, S., J. NEWBROOK aj. WILSON., 2008. FCE Gold Plus: exam maximiser with key. Longman, 158 s. ISBN 978-1- 4058-7679-7.
- recommended literature
- HEWINGS, M., 2013. Advanced grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English : with answers and CDROM. 3rd ed. Cambridge University Press, 294 s. ISBN 978-1-107-69989-2.
- Forms of Teaching
- Seminar
Tutorial
Consultation - Teaching Methods
- Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Competition
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Group Teaching - Collaboration
Project Teaching
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Teaching Supported by Multimedia Technologies
- Student Workload
Activities Number of Hours of Study Workload Daily Study Combined Study Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial 26 50 Preparation for the Final Test 20 34 a short talk 6 Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion 52 20 Total: 104 104 - Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
- Test – final 70 %
students on the distance-learning programme only final written test 100 %
a speaking exam, a listening test, a written essay - full-time students 30 % - Exam conditions
- Grading of the course for full-time students: Final Test 70% (0 – 70 points) and continuous evaluation 30% (0-30). The continuous evaluation, which is fully organized by the teacher, consists of a speaking exam (max. 20 points), a listening test (max. 5 points) and a written essay (max. 5 points). The final test requires a B2 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 together). Part-time students: Final Test: maximum 100% (0-100 points) Successful graduates of the course have to get totally at least 70 points (70%). The final test includes the questions within the range of the level B2 (not only based on the textbook)
- Language of instruction
- Czech
ACJ_5 English as a Foreign Language 5
Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovicewinter 2018
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/4/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Daniel Raušer (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Petr Sádlo (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Karim Sidibe (assistant)
Mgr. Věra Sládková (assistant)
Mgr. Libuše Turinská (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Věra Sládková
Centre of language services – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- ACJ_5/A4: Sun 14. 10. 8:00–9:30 B2, 9:40–11:10 B2, 11:25–12:10 B2, Sat 3. 11. 13:05–14:35 B2, 14:50–16:20 B2, 16:30–17:15 B2, Sat 1. 12. 8:00–9:30 B2, 9:40–11:10 B2, 11:25–12:10 B2, Sat 15. 12. 8:00–9:30 B2, 9:40–11:10 B2, 11:25–12:10 B2, P. Sádlo
ACJ_5/S01: Tue 9:40–11:10 N004, Thu 13:05–14:35 N004, D. Raušer
ACJ_5/S02: Tue 9:40–11:10 N006, Thu 13:05–14:35 N006, P. Sádlo
ACJ_5/S03: Thu 14:50–16:20 N006, Thu 16:30–18:00 N006, P. Sádlo - Prerequisites
- MAX_KOMBINOVANYCH ( 90 ) && MAX_PREZENCNICH ( 105 )
meeting the requirements of the subjects ACJ_4 is recommended - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
- Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
- The course objective is to improve the language competence level in general language to B2 level according to CEFR in all productive and receptive skills. The students who have completed the course successfully can follow a complicated exchange of opinions, they can understand the majority of films that maintain received pronunciation. They can understand articles and news depicting contemporary problems and texts that belong among contemporary literature. They can take part in the conversation with native speakers and speak fluently and spontaneously. They can explain their point of view concerning contemporary problems and state advantages and disadvantages of various solutions. Their range of vocabulary is sufficient to create clear descriptions, without longer hesitations and with the help of subordinate clauses. They are able to avoid mistakes which could cause misunderstanding. They can initiate, maintain and close the conversation. They are able to conduct a clear, structured and well-developed presentation, in which they highlight the main ideas, include sufficient detail information, develop the ideas and supports them by additional arguments and relevant examples. They are able to write a film, a book or a play review. They are able to paraphrase in order to make up for inadequacies in their vocabulary and grammar both in written and spoken form.
- Learning outcomes
- Having finished the course, the student will be able:
-understand several types of professional and colloquial texts
-deduce the meaning of unknown words from context
-understand detailed information when listening and take notes
-use all English tenses and aspects and create questions in them
-tell various types of stories and express feelings and wishes
-speak about fashion, health, illnesses, films and literature
- create a text with a complicated plot
-write a description, argumentative essay and a story - Syllabus
- 1. Entertainment, collocations with the verb TAKE 2. Informal e-mail and interviews 3. Film survey, argumentative essay 4. Adjectives - expressing feelings 5. Semiformal letter and e-mail 6. Risk taking, illnesses and injuries 7. Comparison, fashion and clothes 8. Storytelling, environment 9. Reading books, air travel 10. Food and healthy lifestyle 11. Body and health, expressing wishes 12. Mock Exam B2 (reading and writing) 13. Mock Exam B2 (listening and speaking)
- Literature
- required literature
- LATHAM-KOENIG, C. a C. OXENDEN, 2014. New English File Upper-Intermediate: Third Edition. Oxford University Press, 167 s. ISBN 978-0-19-455874-7.
- BURGESS, S., J. NEWBROOK aj. WILSON, 2008. FCE Gold Plus: exam maximiser with key. Longman, 158 s. ISBN 978-1- 4058-7679-7.
- BURGESS, S., J. NEWBROOK aj. WILSON., 2008. FCE Gold Plus: exam maximiser with key. Longman, 158 s. ISBN 978-1- 4058-7679-7.
- recommended literature
- HEWINGS, M., 2013. Advanced grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English : with answers and CDROM. 3rd ed. Cambridge University Press, 294 s. ISBN 978-1-107-69989-2.
- Forms of Teaching
- Seminar
Tutorial
Consultation - Teaching Methods
- Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Competition
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Group Teaching - Collaboration
Project Teaching
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Teaching Supported by Multimedia Technologies
- Student Workload
Activities Number of Hours of Study Workload Daily Study Combined Study Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial 26 50 Preparation for the Final Test 20 34 a short talk 6 Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion 52 20 Total: 104 104 - Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
- Test – final 70 %
students on the distance-learning programme only final written test 100 %
a speaking exam, a listening test, a written essay - full-time students 30 % - Exam conditions
- Grading of the course for full-time students: Final Test 70% (0 – 70 points) and continuous evaluation 30% (0-30). The continuous evaluation, which is fully organized by the teacher, consists of a speaking exam (max. 20 points), a listening test (max. 5 points) and a written essay (max. 5 points). The final test requires a B2 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 together). Part-time students: Final Test: maximum 100% (0-100 points) Successful graduates of the course have to get totally at least 70 points (70%). The final test includes the questions within the range of the level B2 (not only based on the textbook)
- Language of instruction
- Czech
ACJ_5 English as a Foreign Language 5
Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovicewinter 2022
The course is not taught in winter 2022
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/4/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Olga Kendall (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Petr Sádlo (seminar tutor)
Richard Colin Thompson (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jana Vlasáková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Monika Peka Kolafová (assistant)
Mgr. Daniel Raušer (assistant)
Mgr. Karim Sidibe (assistant)
Mgr. Libuše Turinská (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Petr Sádlo
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 - Prerequisites
- meeting the requirements of the subjects ACJ_4 is recommended
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
- Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
- The course objective is to improve the language competence level in general language to B2 level according to CEFR in all productive and receptive skills. The students who have completed the course successfully can follow a complicated exchange of opinions, they can understand the majority of films that maintain received pronunciation. They can understand articles and news depicting contemporary problems and texts that belong among contemporary literature. They can take part in the conversation with native speakers and speak fluently and spontaneously. They can explain their point of view concerning contemporary problems and state advantages and disadvantages of various solutions. Their range of vocabulary is sufficient to create clear descriptions, without longer hesitations and with the help of subordinate clauses. They are able to avoid mistakes which could cause misunderstanding. They can initiate, maintain and close the conversation. They are able to conduct a clear, structured and well-developed presentation, in which they highlight the main ideas, include sufficient detail information, develop the ideas and supports them by additional arguments and relevant examples. They are able to write a film, a book or a play review. They are able to paraphrase in order to make up for inadequacies in their vocabulary and grammar both in written and spoken form.
- Learning outcomes
- Having finished the course, the student will be able:
-understand several types of professional and colloquial texts
-deduce the meaning of unknown words from context
-understand detailed information when listening and take notes
-use all English tenses and aspects and create questions in them
-tell various types of stories and express feelings and wishes
-speak about fashion, health, illnesses, films and literature
- create a text with a complicated plot
-write a description, argumentative essay and a story - Syllabus
- 1. Questions and answers, Question formation 2. Do you believe it? Comparative 3. Call the doctor! Illnesses and injuries 4. Older and wiser? Using adjectives as nouns, adjectival order 5. The truth about the air travel, Narrative tenses, Pars perfect continuous, so/such 6. Incredibly short stories, the position of adverbs and adverbial phrases 7. Eco-guilt, future perfect and continuous 8. The survivors' club, unreal conditionals 10. It drives me mad, -ed, ing 11. Regrets, 'wish' structures 12. Revision 13. Revision
- Literature
- required literature
- LATHAM-KOENIG, C. a C. OXENDEN, 2014. New English File Upper-Intermediate: Third Edition. Oxford University Press, 167 s. ISBN 978-0-19-455874-7.
- BURGESS, S., J. NEWBROOK aj. WILSON, 2008. FCE Gold Plus: exam maximiser with key. Longman, 158 s. ISBN 978-1- 4058-7679-7.
- BURGESS, S., J. NEWBROOK aj. WILSON., 2008. FCE Gold Plus: exam maximiser with key. Longman, 158 s. ISBN 978-1- 4058-7679-7.
- recommended literature
- HEWINGS, M., 2013. Advanced grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English : with answers and CDROM. 3rd ed. Cambridge University Press, 294 s. ISBN 978-1-107-69989-2.
- Forms of Teaching
- Seminar
Tutorial
Consultation - Teaching Methods
- Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Competition
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Group Teaching - Collaboration
Project Teaching
Brainstorming
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Teaching Supported by Multimedia Technologies
- Student Workload
Activities Number of Hours of Study Workload Daily Study Combined Study Semester exam 6 Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial 26 50 Preparation for the Final Test 20 34 Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion 52 20 Total: 104 104 - Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
- Test – final 70 %
Semester exam 30 % - Exam conditions
- Full-time form of study
Final Test 70 % (0 – 70 points) and semester exam 30% (0-30). The final test requires the B2 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
Presentation - 30 % (i.e. 30 points)
Final test
Final test - 70 % (i.e. 70 points)
Part-time form of study
Final Test 100 % (0 – 100 points). Successful graduates of the course have to get totally at least 70 points.
Final test
Final test - 100 % (i.e. 100 points)
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Teacher's information
- Seminars will be pre-recorded and saved in the VSTE IS where it will be available, students will be able to play them anytime. The remaining part will take place in real time, when the students will discuss the relevant topic / problem with the teacher via MS Teams.
Students are active during the lessons and perform tasks assigned by teachers. The learning material of ACJ_5 is from 1st to 5th lesson of the textbook. The attendance at lessons is governed by Internal Regulations of ITB (keeping records of students' attendance at ITB). The compulsory attendance for full-time students is 70% at the face-to-face lessons, i.e. all lessons subject to lectures. In the event of failing to meet requirements for 'zápočet' before the deadline, students are entitled to one retake. The examination date for the retake is announced by a specific teacher or guarantor of the subject within the respective exam period. The subject may be recognized as completed according to requirements uploaded to IS.
ACJ_5 English as a Foreign Language 5
Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovicewinter 2021
The course is not taught in winter 2021
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/4/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Olga Kendall (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Petr Sádlo (seminar tutor)
Richard Colin Thompson (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jana Vlasáková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Monika Peka Kolafová (assistant)
Mgr. Daniel Raušer (assistant)
Mgr. Karim Sidibe (assistant)
Mgr. Libuše Turinská (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Petr Sádlo
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 - Prerequisites
- meeting the requirements of the subjects ACJ_4 is recommended
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
- Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
- The course objective is to improve the language competence level in general language to B2 level according to CEFR in all productive and receptive skills. The students who have completed the course successfully can follow a complicated exchange of opinions, they can understand the majority of films that maintain received pronunciation. They can understand articles and news depicting contemporary problems and texts that belong among contemporary literature. They can take part in the conversation with native speakers and speak fluently and spontaneously. They can explain their point of view concerning contemporary problems and state advantages and disadvantages of various solutions. Their range of vocabulary is sufficient to create clear descriptions, without longer hesitations and with the help of subordinate clauses. They are able to avoid mistakes which could cause misunderstanding. They can initiate, maintain and close the conversation. They are able to conduct a clear, structured and well-developed presentation, in which they highlight the main ideas, include sufficient detail information, develop the ideas and supports them by additional arguments and relevant examples. They are able to write a film, a book or a play review. They are able to paraphrase in order to make up for inadequacies in their vocabulary and grammar both in written and spoken form.
- Learning outcomes
- Having finished the course, the student will be able:
-understand several types of professional and colloquial texts
-deduce the meaning of unknown words from context
-understand detailed information when listening and take notes
-use all English tenses and aspects and create questions in them
-tell various types of stories and express feelings and wishes
-speak about fashion, health, illnesses, films and literature
- create a text with a complicated plot
-write a description, argumentative essay and a story - Syllabus
- 1. Questions and answers, Question formation 2. Do you believe it? Comparative 3. Call the doctor! Illnesses and injuries 4. Older and wiser? Using adjectives as nouns, adjectival order 5. The truth about the air travel, Narrative tenses, Pars perfect continuous, so/such 6. Incredibly short stories, the position of adverbs and adverbial phrases 7. Eco-guilt, future perfect and continuous 8. The survivors' club, unreal conditionals 10. It drives me mad, -ed, ing 11. Regrets, 'wish' structures 12. Revision 13. Revision
- Literature
- required literature
- LATHAM-KOENIG, C. a C. OXENDEN, 2014. New English File Upper-Intermediate: Third Edition. Oxford University Press, 167 s. ISBN 978-0-19-455874-7.
- BURGESS, S., J. NEWBROOK aj. WILSON, 2008. FCE Gold Plus: exam maximiser with key. Longman, 158 s. ISBN 978-1- 4058-7679-7.
- BURGESS, S., J. NEWBROOK aj. WILSON., 2008. FCE Gold Plus: exam maximiser with key. Longman, 158 s. ISBN 978-1- 4058-7679-7.
- recommended literature
- HEWINGS, M., 2013. Advanced grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English : with answers and CDROM. 3rd ed. Cambridge University Press, 294 s. ISBN 978-1-107-69989-2.
- Forms of Teaching
- Seminar
Tutorial
Consultation - Teaching Methods
- Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Competition
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Group Teaching - Collaboration
Project Teaching
Brainstorming
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Teaching Supported by Multimedia Technologies
- Student Workload
Activities Number of Hours of Study Workload Daily Study Combined Study Semester exam 6 Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial 26 50 Preparation for the Final Test 20 34 Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion 52 20 Total: 104 104 - Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
- Test – final 70 %
Semester exam 30 % - Exam conditions
- Full-time form of study
Final Test 70 % (0 – 70 points) and semester exam 30% (0-30). The final test requires the B2 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
Presentation - 30 % (i.e. 30 points)
Final test
Final test - 70 % (i.e. 70 points)
Part-time form of study
Final Test 100 % (0 – 100 points). Successful graduates of the course have to get totally at least 70 points.
Final test
Final test - 100 % (i.e. 100 points)
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Teacher's information
- Seminars will be pre-recorded and saved in the VSTE IS where it will be available, students will be able to play them anytime. The remaining part will take place in real time, when the students will discuss the relevant topic / problem with the teacher via MS Teams.
Students are active during the lessons and perform tasks assigned by teachers. The learning material of ACJ_5 is from 1st to 5th lesson of the textbook. The attendance at lessons is governed by Internal Regulations of ITB (keeping records of students' attendance at ITB). The compulsory attendance for full-time students is 70% at the face-to-face lessons, i.e. all lessons subject to lectures. In the event of failing to meet requirements for 'zápočet' before the deadline, students are entitled to one retake. The examination date for the retake is announced by a specific teacher or guarantor of the subject within the respective exam period. The subject may be recognized as completed according to requirements uploaded to IS.
ACJ_5 English as a Foreign Language 5
Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovicesummer 2021
The course is not taught in summer 2021
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/4/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Petr Sádlo (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Libuše Turinská (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jitka Janoušková (assistant)
Mgr. Daniel Raušer (assistant)
Mgr. Karim Sidibe (assistant)
Mgr. Věra Sládková (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Ing. Jaroslav Staněk, DiS.
Lifelong learning Centre – Directorate of Study Administration and Lifelong Learning – 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 - Prerequisites
- OBOR ( CAP )
meeting the requirements of the subjects ACJ_4 is recommended - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
- Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
- The course objective is to improve the language competence level in general language to B2 level according to CEFR in all productive and receptive skills. The students who have completed the course successfully can follow a complicated exchange of opinions, they can understand the majority of films that maintain received pronunciation. They can understand articles and news depicting contemporary problems and texts that belong among contemporary literature. They can take part in the conversation with native speakers and speak fluently and spontaneously. They can explain their point of view concerning contemporary problems and state advantages and disadvantages of various solutions. Their range of vocabulary is sufficient to create clear descriptions, without longer hesitations and with the help of subordinate clauses. They are able to avoid mistakes which could cause misunderstanding. They can initiate, maintain and close the conversation. They are able to conduct a clear, structured and well-developed presentation, in which they highlight the main ideas, include sufficient detail information, develop the ideas and supports them by additional arguments and relevant examples. They are able to write a film, a book or a play review. They are able to paraphrase in order to make up for inadequacies in their vocabulary and grammar both in written and spoken form.
- Learning outcomes
- Having finished the course, the student will be able:
-understand several types of professional and colloquial texts
-deduce the meaning of unknown words from context
-understand detailed information when listening and take notes
-use all English tenses and aspects and create questions in them
-tell various types of stories and express feelings and wishes
-speak about fashion, health, illnesses, films and literature
- create a text with a complicated plot
-write a description, argumentative essay and a story - Syllabus
- 1. Entertainment, collocations with the verb TAKE 2. Informal e-mail and interviews 3. Film survey, argumentative essay 4. Adjectives - expressing feelings 5. Semiformal letter and e-mail 6. Risk taking, illnesses and injuries 7. Comparison, fashion and clothes 8. Storytelling, environment 9. Reading books, air travel 10. Food and healthy lifestyle 11. Body and health, expressing wishes 12. Mock Exam B2 (reading and writing) 13. Mock Exam B2 (listening and speaking)
- Literature
- required literature
- LATHAM-KOENIG, C. a C. OXENDEN, 2014. New English File Upper-Intermediate: Third Edition. Oxford University Press, 167 s. ISBN 978-0-19-455874-7.
- BURGESS, S., J. NEWBROOK aj. WILSON, 2008. FCE Gold Plus: exam maximiser with key. Longman, 158 s. ISBN 978-1- 4058-7679-7.
- BURGESS, S., J. NEWBROOK aj. WILSON., 2008. FCE Gold Plus: exam maximiser with key. Longman, 158 s. ISBN 978-1- 4058-7679-7.
- recommended literature
- HEWINGS, M., 2013. Advanced grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English : with answers and CDROM. 3rd ed. Cambridge University Press, 294 s. ISBN 978-1-107-69989-2.
- Forms of Teaching
- Seminar
Tutorial
Consultation - Teaching Methods
- Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Competition
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Group Teaching - Collaboration
Project Teaching
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Teaching Supported by Multimedia Technologies
- Student Workload
Activities Number of Hours of Study Workload Daily Study Combined Study Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial 26 50 Preparation for the Final Test 20 34 a short talk 6 Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion 52 20 Total: 104 104 - Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
- Test – final 70 %
students on the distance-learning programme only final written test 100 %
a speaking exam, a listening test, a written essay - full-time students 30 % - Exam conditions
- Grading of the course for full-time students: Final Test 70% (0 – 70 points) and continuous evaluation 30% (0-30). The continuous evaluation, which is fully organized by the teacher, consists of a speaking exam (max. 20 points), a listening test (max. 5 points) and a written essay (max. 5 points). The final test requires a B2 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 together). Part-time students: Final Test: maximum 100% (0-100 points) Successful graduates of the course have to get totally at least 70 points (70%). The final test includes the questions within the range of the level B2 (not only based on the textbook)
- Language of instruction
- Czech
ACJ_5 English as a Foreign Language 5
Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovicesummer 2018
The course is not taught in summer 2018
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/4/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Daniel Raušer (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Petr Sádlo (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Libuše Turinská (seminar tutor)
Bc. Lucie Švehlová (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Věra Sládková
Centre of language services – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
ACJ_5 Anglický jazyk V
Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovicewinter 2016
The course is not taught in winter 2016
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)