English Language Seminar II - AAA130033
Title: Seminář anglického jazyka II
Guaranteed by: Department of the English Language and ELT Methodology (21-UAJD)
Faculty: Faculty of Arts
Actual: from 2023
Semester: summer
Points: 0
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/2, C [HT]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (100)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Is provided by: AAA130012
Additional information: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=870
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Suzanne Lewis, M.A.
Pre-requisite : AAA130011
Interchangeability : AAA130010, AAA130012, AAA230010
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Annotation -
English Language Seminar (I, II)
This two-term seminar is designed as a practical language foundation course compulsory for all first-year students on the Anglistika-Amerikanistika bachelor's programme. Its primary aim is to better equip the student for academic studies in the field by:
– further activating and developing productive skills in both speaking and writing for application in the academic environment
– consolidating and extending advanced language-structural (grammatical, syntactical) skills
– expanding lexis particularly – although not only – in preparation for study in the specialist field (linguistic terminology etc) and for academic writing in general
– increasing lexical awareness and scope particularly with regard to collocation, synonymity, phraseology and idiomaticity
– working on finer details of pronunciation as and when necessary
– paying attention to English-language style and appropriacy in the academic environment.
Last update: Paštěka Václav, Mgr. (15.09.2021)
Course completion requirements -

Credit criteria for summer term 2024/25

Regular attendance (a maximum of 2 unexcused absences), active participation in classes

  • Timely submission of all written tasks

  • Completing three vocabulary tests in Moodle (70% pass) 

  • End-of-term online vocabulary test (prerequisite to final written exam 70% pass; max 1 resit)

  • participating in research as per the teacher's instructions

Criteria for the final written exam concluding the summer term 2024/25

  • Pass in end-of-year written examination reflecting semester content (70% pass)

  • Two exam dates will be announced in June and one in September (resit).

  • A maximum of two resits are allowed.

 * Note: Double-honours students are not required to take the end-of-year (Summer Term) written examination; in keeping with this, please note that their credits for English Language Seminar II differ in number from those awarded to single-honours students.

All requirements need to be met by the end of the academic year in which you have enrolled for the subject.



Last update: Lewis Suzanne, M.A. (06.02.2025)
Literature -

Hall, D., M. Foley (2004) Longman Advanced Learners' Grammar. A self-study reference & practice book with answers. Harlow: Longman
Hewings, M. (2009) Grammar for CAE & Proficiency. Cambridge: CUP.
Mann, M., Taylore-Knowles, S. (2008) Destination C1&C2. Grammar & Vocabulary. Oxford: Macmillan Publishers Ltd.
McCarthy, M., O'Dell, F. (2005) English Collocations in Use. Cambridge: CUP.
McCarthy, M., O'Dell, F. (2002) English Vocabulary in Use. Advanced. Cambridge: CUP.
Oxford Advanced Learner´s Dictionary. (2005) 7th edition. Oxford: OUP.
Skipper, M. (2002) Advanced grammar & vocabulary. Newbury: Express Publishing.

Last update: Paštěka Václav, Mgr. (15.09.2021)
Requirements to the exam -

see above

Last update: Paštěka Václav, Mgr. (15.09.2021)
Syllabus -

a. Lexical development:

* compulsory vocabulary (posted in Moodle)

 

b. Academic skills

* referencing

* reading and analysing abstracts

* writing: e.g. synthesis, cohesion paraphrasing, summarising 

Last update: Lewis Suzanne, M.A. (06.02.2025)