Modern English II - OEBAA1743Z

• Title: Modern English II
• Guaranteed by: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
• Faculty: Faculty of Education
• Actual: from 2021
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 4
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/2, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: Mgr. Jana Richterová, Ph.D.

Annotation

Last update: PhDr. Petra Kacafírková, Ph.D. (28.01.2024)

The aim of the subject is to develop students' language skills from B2/B2+ level to C1 level (CEFR). This is the second semester of a six-semester course which is focused on effective language skills development towards the advanced level, i.e. C1+ (first three semesters), and then the proficiency level (the following three semesters). The course is based on systematic work with the core course-book, however, there are also obligatory sources required by the teacher. The course works with students on the development of practical skills regarding speaking, reading, listening and writing. LINK FOR THE MOODLE COURSE:

Descriptors

Last update: PhDr. Petra Kacafírková, Ph.D. (28.01.2024)

study materials (15 hours), assignments (8 hours), preparation for the credit test (5 hours), preparation for the exam (18 hours)

Literature

Last update: PhDr. Petra Kacafírková, Ph.D. (29.01.2021)

Required literature:

Bell, Jan; Gower, Roger. Advanced Expert Coursebook, 3rd edition. Pearson 2014.

Vince, Michael. Advanced Language Practice. Macmillan 2003. (or more recent editions)

 

Recommended literature: 

BELL, J; KENNY, N. Advanced Expert Student´s Resource Book, Pearson 2015. 
McCARTHY; O'DELL, F. English Idioms in Use. Cambridge University Press, 2002.
McCARTHY; O'DELL, F. English Vocabulary in Use. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
FOLEY, M.; HALL, D. Longman Advanced English Grammar. Longman, 2003.
HEWINGS, M. Advanced Grammar in Use. Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Requirements to the exam

Last update: PhDr. Petra Kacafírková, Ph.D. (28.01.2024)

Credit test - 70% for pass

Written exam (language skills + Use of English test - based on Modules 1-6 of the course book Advanced Expert, Pearson 2014, and selected chapters from the Language Practice for Advanced - see Modern English I and Modern English II syllabus)

Syllabus

Last update: PhDr. Petra Kacafírková, Ph.D. (27.01.2023)

Module 4. THE GLOBAL VILLAGE (WEEK 1-4)

part A: A small world?

• Language input: sleep, similar words/idioms/word pairs, word formation: prefixes/suffixes
• Vince self-study: V19: word formation
  

part B: Making a difference

• Language input: issues and opinions, language to express probability and certainty, noun clauses
• Vince self-study: G19, G20, G21 Phrasal verbs, V10 social problems

Module 5. CONTROVERSY (WEEK 5-8)

part A: Global Issues

• Language input: global issues, word formation, modifying (un)gradable adjectives, adv-adj collocations
• Vince self-study: V14 world issues

part B: An open society?

• Language input: security, intensifying expressions, conditionals
• Vince self-study: G7 conditionals 

module 6. COMMUNICATION (WEEK 9-12)

part A: Getting your message across 

• Language input: phrasal verbs, TALK/SPEAK/SAY expressions, informal expressions of speaking and understanding, spelling, easily confused words
• Vince self-study: G23 punctuation, spelling

part B: A sixth sense 

• Language input: emotional reactions, gerunds and infinitives
• Vince self-study: G16: verbs + infinitive or –ing

Course completion requirements

Last update: PhDr. Petra Kacafírková, Ph.D. (27.01.2023)

active participation

attendance min. 80%

credit test and exam (70% for pass)