RLZ_ACJ_5 English as a foreign language V

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
winter 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/4/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petra Bláhová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Daniel Raušer (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Petr Sádlo (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Libuše Turinská (seminar tutor)
Frederik De Feyter, MSc (assistant)
Mgr. Jitka Janoušková (assistant)
Mgr. Karim Sidibe (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
RLZ_ACJ_5/S01: Mon 16:30–18:00 D516, Thu 9:40–11:10 D315, P. Bláhová, P. Sádlo
RLZ_ACJ_5/Z3: Sun 6. 10. 8:00–9:30 E6, 9:40–11:10 E6, Sat 19. 10. 13:05–14:35 E7, 14:50–16:20 E7, Sun 10. 11. 9:40–11:10 E7, 11:25–12:55 E7, Sat 14. 12. 14:50–16:20 E7, 16:30–18:00 E7, D. Raušer
Prerequisites
Recommended successful completion of RLZ_ACJ3, RLZ_ACJ4, RLZ_ACJ5
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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 have successfully can follow a complicated exchange of opinions, they can provide a complex description 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.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of the subject, the students are able to:
- understand various types of technical texts and texts in colloquial English,
- derive meanings of unknown words from the context,
- understand detailed information when listening a conversation, make notes,
- use all verb tenses and make questions,
- tell a story, express feelings and wishes,
- conversate on a number of topics,
- write a complex and clear text without major grammar mistakes.
Syllabus
  • Seminars:
  • 1. Personal information, interviews. Questions and answers.
  • 2. Guessing meaning of unknown words from context.
  • 3. Mysteries; storytelling. Auxiliary verbs.
  • 4. Compounds. Health and illnesses.
  • 5. Present perfect simple and continuous. Clothes and fashion.
  • 6. Compound nouns, word order. Adjectives as nouns.
  • 7. Order of adjectives. Narrative tenses.
  • 8. Reading, literature. Travelling.
  • 9. Means of transport. Verb phrases - TAKE.
  • 10. Past perfect continuous. Adverbs, position of adverbs
  • 11. Future tenses. Future perfect. Environment
  • 12. Weather, climate. Conditionals
  • 13. Zero conditional, mixed conditional. Semester exam.
Literature
    required literature
  • LATHAM-KOENIG,C. a C. OXENDEN, 2014. New English File Upperintermediate Workbook. 3rd edit. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-455850-1.
  • LATHAM-KOENIG, C. a C. OXENDEN, 2014. New English File UpperIntermediate. 3rd edit. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19- 455874-7.
    recommended literature
  • BURGESS, S., J. NEWBROOK a J. WILSON, 2008. FCE Gold Plus: exam maximiser with key. Harlow: Pearson Longman. ISBN 978-1- 4058- 7679-7.
  • HEWINGS, M., 2013. Advanced grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English: with answers and CDROM. 3rd edit. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1- 107-69989-2.
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 the Mid-term Test1030
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial2026
Preparation for the Final Test2030
final test11
semester exam11
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion5216
Total:104104
Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
Test – final 70 %
semester exam 30 %
Exam conditions
Full-time and part-time form of study:

Semester exam – 30 %

Final exam – 70 %

Pass the final test and semester exam (written and spoken exam, listening, max. 30 points). Semester exam takes place according to the schedule specified by a teacher. Final test requires B2 level according to CEFR (max. 70 points).

Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
Attendance in lessons is defined in a separate internal standard of the ITB (Evidence of attendance of students at ITB). It is compulsory, except of the lectures, for full-time students to attend 70 % lesson of the subject in a semester. Active participation in seminars is required

Students with ISPs must complete a semester exam and final test. The semester exam will take place on a date agreed with the teacher. The date must be agreed with the teacher no later than two weeks before the end of the teaching period. In case of any questions, please contact the course guarantor

The course is also listed under the following terms winter 2022, winter 2023, summer 2024.
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