AJP_1 English First I

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
summer 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/4. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Miroslav Kněz (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jindřiška Kraťková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Alena Lejsková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. David Urban (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ala Vida Vachušková (seminar tutor)
Vivian Lee White, M.A. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Eva Simotová (assistant)
Bc. Patrik Vinkler (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Helena Lustová
Centre of language services – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJP_1/CAP: Sun 27. 4. 14:45–16:15 D108P, 16:15–17:00 D108P, Thu 15. 5. 13:30–15:45 D108L, V. White, výuka ve zkráceném kurzu v rámci CŽV
AJP_1/S01: Thu 16:30–18:00 D415, Thu 18:10–19:40 D415, A. Vachušková
AJP_1/S02: Fri 14:50–16:20 E1, Fri 16:30–18:00 E1, D. Urban
AJP_1/S03: Thu 16:30–18:00 A2, Fri 16:30–18:00 E4, M. Kněz
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FORMA(P)&& VST VST
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 140 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/140, only registered: 0/140
Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
The target of the course is an integration of the input level of students'language skills minimally at A2+ to B1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Langugages. After the successful completion of the course, the students will be able to: - actively use and understand sentences and expressions related to the basic fields which closely concern the students (basic information about themselves, their studies, their families, shopping,topography and job, habits, etc.) - implement a simple and direct information exchange on well known and common situations - describe the family, studies, his/her neighbourhood and other phenomena concerning his/her needs. - write a short essay on a general topic.
Syllabus
  • 1. Common life situations, present simple (word order in questions)
  • 2. Studies (classroom language),family, present simple, describing personality (personality adjectives),describing yourself
  • 3. Travelling (airport), present continuous, defining relative clauses
  • 4. Holidays, prepositions of time and place, past simple
  • 5. Describing a photo, picture, art, past continuous
  • 6. Music (modern music), questions with and without auxiliaries (presents simple, present continuous)
  • 7. In a hotel, writing (describing a photo)
  • 8. Future - going to, future - using present continuous, future plans
  • 9. Will/won't, future predictions, opposite verbs
  • 10. Will/won't, promises, offers, decisions, word stress
  • 11. Present perferct - experience + ever, never, yet, just, already, clothes
  • 12. Comparatives, superlatives, time expressions
  • 13. Revision of tenses • Verbs • Pronouns • Word order • Numerals • Prepositions • Other grammar • Revision (Units 1. - 4.)
Literature
    required literature
  • OXENDEN, C., KOENIG-LATHAM, C. SELIGSON, P. New English File Pre-intermediate, Oxford University Press 2007, 167 s. ISBN 0-19-438433-0
  • Náhradní obsah: BLOOM, B., SMIDOWICZ, V., City&Guilds International English for Speakers of Other Languages 3 Achiever Student's Book New Edition + audio CD 2005, 168 s., ISBN: 9780851931630
    recommended literature
  • KOLEKTIV AUTORŮ, Eurolingua English 2. Plzeň: Fraus 2008, 191 s. ISBN 80-7238-062-1.
    not specified
  • RYNDOVÁ, J., TOUFAROVÁ, O., MALÁ, E. Study Support English Language First I. VŠTE v Českých Budějovicích, 2010, 27s. ISBN 978-80-87278-53-6.
  • MURPHY, R., Essential Grammar in Use. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007. 319 s. ISBN 978-0-521-67543-7
Forms of Teaching
Seminar
Tutorial
Consultation
Teaching Methods
Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Project Teaching
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Teaching Supported by Multimedia Technologies
Student Workload
ActivitiesNumber of Hours of Study Workload
Daily StudyCombined Study
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial2860
Preparation for the Final Test4040
preparation for the short speech1010
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion5220
Total:130130
Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
Presentation 30 %
test 70 %
Exam conditions
To write a test and present one oral speech. The oral speech is held in accordance with the schedule set by the teacher of the course. The score corresponds to the percentage ratio of assessment methods (oral speech maximum of 30 points, test the maximum of 70 points, maximum of both parts 100 points). For the successful completion of the course, the students have to achieve at least 70%, or 70 points from all parts.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2009, Summer 2010, Winter 2010, summer 2011, winter 2011, summer 2012, winter 2012, summer 2013, winter 2013, winter 2014, summer 2015, winter 2015, Summer 2016, winter 2016, summer 2017, winter 2017, summer 2018, winter 2018, summer 2019, winter 2019, summer 2020, winter 2020, summer 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (summer 2014, recent)
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