VŠTE:AJP_1 English First I - Course Information

AJP_1 English First I

Extent and Intensity

0/4/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Karim Sidibe (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Monika Peka Kolafová (assistant)
Mgr. Daniel Raušer (assistant)
Mgr. Petr Sádlo (assistant)
Mgr. Libuše Turinská (assistant)
Mgr. Jana Vlasáková (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

AJP_1/SX01: Mon 8:00–9:30 N108, Wed 9:40–11:10 N108, K. Sidibe
AJP_1/SX02: Mon 9:40–11:10 N108, Wed 11:25–12:55 N108, K. Sidibe

Prerequisites

FORMA(P)
Language competence at A2 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 competences of students and achieve B1 level according to CEFR. The course involves units 1 - 4. After successful accomplishing AJP_1 course, 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 an everyday basis.

Learning outcomes

He/She can understand a basic text about everyday life of people. He/She can get the main point in short, clear, basic messages and announcements. He/She can discuss what to do, where to go with other people, and make arrangements to meet. He/She can describe past activities and experiences. He/She can write about aspects of his/her everyday life in basic phrases and sentences.

Syllabus

• 1. Everyday life situations, small talk 2. Travelling and flying 3. Hotel, accommodation 4. Family, society 5. Housing 6. Pace of life and lifestyle 7. Recreation and nature 8. Holidays 9. Free time 10. Health 11. Fashion,clothes 12. Biography 13. Atmosphere in cities

Literature

required literature
• • OXENDEN, Clive, Christina KOENIG LATHAM a Paul SELINGSON. English File third edition Pre-intermediate Student's Book with iTutor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-19-45988-1-1.

recommended literature
• MURPHY, R., Essential Grammar in Use. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007. 319 s. ISBN 978-0-521-67543-7

not specified
• Náhradní obsah: COLLYAH, B. Anglicko-český, česko-anglický slovník. 4. vydání. Praha : Fin, 2008. 64 s.
• BLOOM, B., SMIDOWICZ, V., City&Guilds International English for Speakers of Other Languages 3 Achiever Student's Book, 2005, 168 s., ISBN: 9780851931630

Forms of Teaching

Seminar
Tutorial
Consultation

Teaching Methods

Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Brainstorming
Partner Teaching
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	10
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial	38	50
Preparation for the Final Test	30	60
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion	52	20
Total:	130	130

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 B1- 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

Follow-Up Courses

• AJP_2 English as the First Language II

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.

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.

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.

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