VŠTE:S_ACJ_1 S_ACJ_1 - Course Information
S_ACJ_1 English language I
Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovicesummer 2019
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Věra Sládková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Karim Sidibe (lecturer)
Mgr. Jitka Janoušková (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
Supplier department: Centre of language services – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- S_ACJ_1/S01: Wed 9:40–11:10 E4, K. Sidibe
- Prerequisites
- FORMA(P)
Achieving level A2 on the CEFR is recommended. - 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 improve the language competence of students and achieve at least the A2+ level according to CEFR. Having accomplishing S_ACJ_1 course successfully, the student will be able to understand phrases and common vocabulary relating to areas of his/her immediate needs (i.e. personal information, information about the family, shopping, local geography, employment). He/she can understand the meaning of short, clear news and announcements. He/She can read short simple texts and look up specific, expected information in text encountered on everyday basis.
- Learning outcomes
- He/She can understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters. He/She can read short simple texts and find specific and predictable information in them. He/She can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information. He/She can connect phrases in a simple way in order to describe events and experiences. He/She can write a simple personal letter.
- Syllabus
- 1.Everyday life situations, small talk, familiarising students with CEFR 2.Getting about the city, transport 3.Hotel, accommodation 4.Family, society 5.Housing 6.Shopping and services 7.Healthy lifestyle, environment 8.Holidays 9.Free time 10.Healthcare 11.Fashion,clothes 12.Biography 13. B1 exam structure, speaking exam
- Literature
- recommended literature
- MURPHY, R., Essential Grammar in Use with Answers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 330 s. ISBN 978-1-107-48055-1
- not specified
- Latham-Koenig, c., Oxenden, c., Seligson, P. English File Pre-intermediate Student’s Book. OUP: Oxford, 2012. 191 p. ISBN 978-0-19-459881-1
- Cambridge preliminary English test extra: with answers. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, 144 s. Cambridge books for Cambridge exams. ISBN 9780521676687
- Forms of Teaching
- Lecture
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
Activities Number of Hours of Study Workload Daily Study Combined Study Preparation for the Mid-term Test 18 Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial 26 Preparation for the Final Test 36 preparation for a short communicative task 24 Attendance on Lectures 26 Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion 26 Total: 156 0 - Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
- Test – final 70 %
speaking exam 30 %
final test 70 % - Exam conditions
- Grading of the course for full-time students: Final Test 70% (0 – 70 points) and dialogue 30% (0-30). The final test requires A2+ 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): A 100 – 90, B 89,99 – 84, C 83,99 – 77, D 76,99 – 73, E 72,99 – 70, FX 69,99 – 30, F 29,99 - 0.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- General note: Erasmus.
- Teacher's information
- Attendance in lessons is defined in a separate internal standard of ITB (Evidence of student attendance at ITB). Full-time students are obliged to attend 70 % of the lessons.
- Enrolment Statistics (summer 2019, recent)
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