Modern English I - OIBA3A013A

• Title: Modern English I
• Guaranteed by: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
• Faculty: Faculty of Education
• Actual: from 2020
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 3
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/3, MC [HT]
• Extent per academic year: 0 [hours]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Guarantor: PhDr. Klára Lancová, Ph.D.

Annotation

English

Last update: PhDr. Monika Kadrnožková, Ph.D. (25.10.2020)

The aim of the course is the development of language skills from B2 to C1 level according to CEFR. The course develops practical communicative skills, reading comprehension, listening comprehension, and writing skills. Its focus is on less common lexico-grammatical aspects of language use. Topic 1: Grammar – passive, registers Lexis – expressing and describing emotions Topic 2:Grammar – category of definiteness; determiners and pronouns Lexis – expressing and describing attitudes and characteristics Topic 3:Grammar – future tense Lexis – figures of speech Topic 4:Grammar – modality Lexis – entertainment and leisure

Literature

English

Last update: PhDr. Monika Kadrnožková, Ph.D. (25.10.2020)

BELL, Jan; GOWER, Roger. Advanced Expert Coursebook, 3rd edition. London: Pearson, 2014. ISBN 978-1-4479-6198-7

BELL, Jan; KENNY, Nick. Advanced Expert Student´s Resource Book, 3^rd edition. London: Pearson, 2015. ISBN 978-1-4479-8060-5
FOLEY, Mark; HALL, Diane. Longman Advanced Learner’s Grammar. London: Longman, 2003. ISBN 978-0-5824-0383-3
HEWINGS, Martin. Advanced Grammar in Use, 3^rd edition. Cambridge: CUP, 2013. ISBN 978-1-1076-9738-6

McCARTHY Michael; O'DELL, Felicity. English Idioms in Use, 2^nd edition. Cambridge: CUP, 2017. ISBN 978-1-3166-2973-4
McCARTHY Michael; O'DELL, Felicity. English Vocabulary in Use., 3^rd edition. Cambridge: CUP, 2017. ISBN 978-1-3166-3153-9
VINCE, Michael. Advanced Language Practice, 4^th edition. London: Macmillan, 2014. ISBN 978-0-230-46381-3