S_EIP English in Practice

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
SUMMER 2023
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Monika Peka Kolafová (seminar tutor)
Frederik De Feyter, MSc (assistant)
Mgr. Jitka Janoušková (assistant)
Mgr. Daniel Raušer (assistant)
Mgr. Petr Sádlo (assistant)
Mgr. Karim Sidibe (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Libuše Turinská
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_EIP/S01: Thu 14:50–16:20 N006, M. Peka Kolafová
Prerequisites
recommended for B1 level
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
The objective of the course is to deepen students´ knowledge, enrich vocabulary and practise using English in real-life situations concerning work and study in a foreign country, the ability to give a presentation in English, improve listening, reading, speaking and writing skills. After successful completion of the course, the students are able to understand lectures, debates and participate in discussions on general topics/topics of their interest. Students understand TV and radio news, programmes and newspaper/online articles on topical issues and are able to present their views and discuss.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students are able to prepare and give presentation on a selected topic, communicate effectively and appropriately in real life situation, to use English effectively for study purpose across the curriculum, to develop and integrate the use of the four language skills (Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing) and to be able to use them in any situation concerning travelling, work and study in a foreign country.
Syllabus
  • 1. Providing and obtaining personal information in social situations (work, study, travelling, participation in social events); small talk. Present simple vs present continuous
  • 2. Housing. Living in a country or in a town. Big towns in the Czech Republic. Prepositions – time, place, movement.
  • 3. Travelling; means of transport, problems you may encounter while travelling, accommodation. Infrastructure in the Czech Republic in comparison with the student´s native country. Verbs and adjectives with prepositions.
  • 4. System of Education (in the Czech Republic vs the student´s native country – primary, secondary, tertiary education. Grading. Comparisons.
  • 5. Social life, culture, literature (student´s life, cultural events). Idioms.
  • 6. Nature and environment. Environmental protection. Modals – obligation, probability. Modals in the past.
  • 7. Health and illnesses. Human body and illnesses, health system and insurance in the Czech Republic. At the doctor´s.
  • 8. Holidays and celebrations (the CR vs student´s native country). Shopping. Past simple, past continuous. 9. Food. Traditional meals. Eating habits, trends, healthy food. Restaurants. First conditional.
  • 10. Jobs and occupation. Labour market in the Czech Republic. Work conditions. Second conditional.
  • 11. CV, job applications. Job advertisements. Interviews. Word order in questions, indirect questions.
  • 12. Media. TV, Internet, press. Fake news. Passive voice.
  • 13. Revision. Spoken exam - presentation.
Literature
    required literature
  • LATHAM-KOENIG, Christina. English file: Intermediate: Third edition. Student's book. Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN 978019451975
    recommended literature
  • MURPHY, Raymond. English grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate learners of English : with answers. 4th ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012, x, 380 s. ISBN 978-0-521-18906-4.
  • REDMAN, Stuart. English Vocabulary in Use. Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate. 4th edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. 264 s. ISBN 978-131663171-3
Forms of Teaching
Seminar
Consultation
Teaching Methods
Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Project Teaching
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Teaching Supported by Multimedia Technologies
E-learning
Student Workload
ActivitiesNumber of Hours of Study Workload
Daily StudyCombined Study
semestral test1 
Presentation1 
Presentation preparation20 
Preparation for the Mid-term Test20 
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial50 
Preparation for the Final Test38 
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion26 
Total:1560
Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
Test – final 70 %
Semester exam (presentation) (in Czech) 30 %
Exam conditions
Grading of the course:

Semester exam: 0 – 30 points

Final exam: 0 – 70 points

For successful completion of the course, it is necessary to get totally at least 70 points.

Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught only once.
Teacher's information
Attendance in lessons is defined in a separate internal standard of the ITB (Evidence of attendance of students at ITB). The attendance is compulsory and shall not be lower than 70 % lessons of the subject in a semester. Semestral exam needs to be passed during the semester by the end of instruction period, final test has a written paper or online form and is taken during the exam period.
The course is also listed under the following terms winter 2023, summer 2024, winter 2024.
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