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Course, academic year 2025/2026
   
English conversation II - OPMN0A354C
Title: Anglická konverzace II
Guaranteed by: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
Faculty: Faculty of Education
Actual: from 2025
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 4
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/2, C [HT]
Capacity: unknown / 36 (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Note: enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: Mgr. Kristýna Červinková Poesová, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): PhDr. Klára Lancová, Ph.D.
Pre-requisite : OPMN0A185B
Annotation -
In this course, the students develop their oral skills with the emphasis on fluency. They are encouraged to discuss, summarize and express their opinions about selected topics.
Last update: Pěničková Barbora, Mgr. (29.01.2021)
Aim of the course -
The aim of this course is to complement the more formally structured English classes with something more experiential.  The main emphasis will be on the fluency, adequacy and enjoyment of conversation and debate with the classmates and the teacher.
Last update: Pěničková Barbora, Mgr. (29.01.2021)
Descriptors - Czech

přímá výuka (24 hodin), průběžné plnění úkolů (50 hodin), příprava na zápočet (26 hodin)

Last update: Červinková Poesová Kristýna, Mgr., Ph.D. (07.02.2022)
Course completion requirements -
80% attendance, preparation fot the classes and active participation; oral task
Last update: Pěničková Barbora, Mgr. (29.01.2021)
Literature -

Recommended literature:

PRENTIS. N. Speaking B2+ Upper Intermediate. London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2014. ISBN978-0-00754269-7.

PELTERET, Ch. Speaking B1+Intermediate. London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2012. ISBN 978-0-00-745783-0.

Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Oxford: OUP ELT, 2010 (8th edition). ISBN 0194799123.

Oxford Collocations Dictionary for students of English. Oxford: OUP, 2009. ISBN 978 0 19 4325387.

CARTER, R.; McCARTHY, M. Language as Discourse, Perspectives for Language Teaching. London: Routledge, 1993. ISBN 978-0582084247.

HUGHES, H.; MALLET, A. Successful Presentations DVD and Student's Book Pack. Oxford: OUP, 2012. ISBN 978-0-19-476835-1.

KELLER, E.; WARNER, S. T. Conversations Gambits. Real Conversation Practices. Ottawa: Language Teaching Publications (2nd edition), 1988. ISBN-13: 978-0906717592

KEHE, D.; KEHE, P. D. Conversation Strategies. Pair and Group Activities for Developing Communicative Competence. Brattleboro, Vermont: Pro Lingua Associates (3rd edition), 2014. ISBN-13: 978-0866473699.

WEISS, M. Presentation Skills. New York: Business Expert Press, 2015. ISBN 978-1606498767.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish

http://www.theguardian.com/uk

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4

Last update: Pěničková Barbora, Mgr. (29.01.2021)
Syllabus -

The subjects will include both the serious and light-hearted:  

Education 

Travelling

Personality & Character 

Gender (what are the differences that distinguish the sexes?)

Science and Religion

Freedom of Speech

Multiculturalism (national culture vs cosmopolitan, etc., the ‘Woke movement and its critics)

Food & Cooking

Art (what is its purpose?)

Children and Parenting

Last update: Lancová Klára, PhDr., Ph.D. (28.01.2026)
 
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