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Last update: Mgr. Michaela Gloverová Konečná (26.01.2023)
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Last update: Mgr. Michaela Gloverová Konečná (29.01.2017)
The objective of this course is to bridge the gap between secondary school English and the needs of a university student. |
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Last update: Mgr. Michaela Gloverová Konečná (29.01.2024)
Obligatory literature: Recommended: R.Murphy: English Grammar in Use (Units 1-136)
www.economist.com www.dictionary.com http://dictionary.cambridge.org/linktous.asp
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Last update: Mgr. Michaela Gloverová Konečná (29.01.2017)
Content-based language learning seminar |
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Last update: Mgr. Michaela Gloverová Konečná (09.02.2024)
Students have to: 1. be able to read and understand an unknown economic text The assessment of the student´s performance is based on five parts. Each part is compulsory. The total is 100 points, to get the credits a student needs 51% of the total, i.e. 51 points. The examination consists of:
1. Home assignments 16 points
2. Preparation and performance in academic debate 18 points
3. Argumentative essay 15 points
4.Oral examination 11 points
5. Complex Test 40 points (minimum of 20 points to be achieved)
The assessment scale: 0-50 % = F A - outstanding performance with only minor errors, B - above the average standard but with some errors, C - generally sound work with a number of notable errors, D - fair but with significant shortcomings, E - performance meets the minimum criteria, F - fail – considerable further work is required
ad 1. Regular home assignments (commencing during the third week of the term) Students are asked to complete home assignments as per the instructions of their teacher and save their work in the Google folder (8 assignments, each assignment 3 points). Students can take the Complex test upon the completion of all assigned work. There will be two parts to each assignment: 1.1 Exercise testing the terms and grammatical features discussed during individual seminars. Students are asked to complete the exercise and subsequently their teacher will check the answers and provide the key (1 point). 1.2 Students will receive a motion relating to the topic of the upcoming seminar and in their Google folder they will register pros and cons, sources of information and their opening statement/their stance (1 point). Both tasks are to be completed prior to the upcoming seminar. If a student fails to do so, he/she will not gain any points for the tasks.
ad 2. Requirements for the preparation and performance in an academic debate during the summer term: 2.2 The group of students will provide at least three sources containing information relevant to the selected topic and send a worksheet with processed information and sources one week in advance to their teacher for approval (for Debate Worksheet Sample go to SIS, files). After being approved the teacher will send such materials to the rest of the students of the relevant seminar group so they can study the information and be prepared for the upcoming debate. Following the debate the students of the debating group will create a vocabulary list which after having it approved by the teacher will post on Quizlet and send a link to the teacher (see Wordlist instructions on SIS). Each member of the debating group will be asked to prepare his/her self-assessment and send it to his/her teacher (see Debate Self-assessment in SIS files). Every single student – when in the audience - will have one question per term ready to ask the debating team (2 points). 2.3 Groups of students will sign up for a certain date in person at the beginning of the summer term or during office hours. Those students who do not attend seminars should contact the teacher by the middle of March. Debate assessment: * English 3 points * Structure 2 points * Argumentation 3 points * Materials 3 points * Self-assessment 3 points * Quizlet 2 points * Posed question { students in the audience} 2 points The points are taken away from the total if a student does not reach the required standard.
FYI: http://www.procon.org/
ad 3. Argumentative essay During the final week of the term students will be asked to write an argumentative essay (700 words plus minus 70 words) based on one of the topics which will arise out of the debates held during our seminars. Such a topic will be sent out to students via email together with sources that should be mentioned in their argumentative essay. Students are to submit their argumentative essay within a week and have one attempt to write it. Option 1 – students are asked to write their entire argumentative essay on their own, i.e. without any AI tools. Option 2 – students may write their argumentative essay with the help of AI tools. However, they will be asked to highlight the passages which were produced with the help of a text generator and at the same time state a/ prompts submitted to the text generator b) adjustments made to the generated text, c) which text generator (or some other AI tool) was used while stating the correct AI referencing. NB: Notes b) and c) should be of approximately 200 - 300 words. Assessment criteria - 15 points (3 x 5 points) 1 Structure and logical transition from one paragraph to the next/ references 2 Vocabulary and use of relevant style, grammar 3 Clear connection between the title of the essay, the thesis statement and the concluding remarks
ad 4. Oral examination (during the examination period) Students are to sign up in pairs for a brief online interview as per instructions provided by their teacher. During such interview they will be asked to debate one of the topics using a set of assigned terms. Further on, they will be invited to defend their argumentative essay while being posed a set of questions by their colleague. Assessment criteria (11 points)
Appropriate use of terms in context, grammar, relevant register, and connectors 4 points Argumentation 3,5 points Preparation of relevant questions to be posed during the defense 3,5 points
ad 5. Complex test (during the examination period) Written test - the total is 40 points (a minimum of 20 points to be achieved). Students have three attempts. For Complex Test Sample go to SIS.
The actual test consists of: * Vocabulary covered during the entire term * Grammar (emphatic structures, linking words, hedging, inversion, stating facts and opinions, cause and effect) * Describing trends or movements expressed in graphs NB: The test contains instructions ONLY in English ( no translation is provided).
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Last update: Mgr. Michaela Gloverová Konečná (26.01.2023)
1. Academic debate 2. Argumentative essay I 3. Argumentative essay II 4. Takeovers and mergers 5. Taxing 6. Banking 7. Currency markets 8. Securities markets 9. Accounting 10. Marketing 11. Keynesianism 12. Complex Test
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Last update: Mgr. Michaela Gloverová Konečná (29.01.2017)
To pass the credit examination of the course English for economists I is essential for enrolment. |