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Modern English III - OB2301017

Title:	Moderní angličtina III
Guaranteed by:	Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
Faculty:	Faculty of Education
Actual:	from 2019
Semester:	winter
E-Credits:	2
Examination process:	winter s.:
Hours per week, examination:	winter s.:0/2, C [HT]
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
Note:	course can be enrolled in outside the study plan enabled for web enrollment priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan

Guarantor:	PhDr. Klára Lancová, Ph.D. PhDr. Mgr. et Mgr. Radek Vít, Ph.D.
Pre-requisite :	OB2301016
Is pre-requisite for:	OB2301V20, OB2301018

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Annotation -

Last update: PhDr. Klára Lancová, Ph.D. (13.09.2019)

The aim of the course is to develop the four basic language skills further from the B2+ to C1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. This is the third stage of a six-semester course. The teaching is based on systematic work with a course-book. There is special emphasis on accuracy, fluency, clarity and complexity of expression.

Literature -

Last update: PhDr. Klára Lancová, Ph.D. (24.10.2019)

Povinná literatura:

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

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

Doporučená literatura

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.

Syllabus

Last update: PhDr. Klára Lancová, Ph.D. (13.09.2019)

UNIT 7 - Values

part A: Home matters

part B: Seeing the world

Language input

· easily confused words

· home and family idiomatic expressions

· cleft sentences / emphasis

· punctuation

Language input

· TRAVEL vocabulary

· past tenses with hypothetical meaning

· wish clauses

Vince self-study

· G14: Emphasis

· WP7: expressions with BY, DO, HAVE, idioms with body parts, verbs of seeing

Vince self-study

· G9: Unreal time and subjunctives

· V2: travel and movement

· V4: places

UNIT 8 - A Rich Life

part A: Mixing business and pleasure

part B: A means to an end?

Language input

· BUSINESS collocations + fixed phrases

· compounds and prepositions

· inversion

· fronting

Language input

· spending, investing and giving

· comparatives and superlatives

· other ways of comparison

Vince self-study

· G13: Inversion

· V7: work

UNIT 9 - The World of Science

part A: Personal challenges

part B: Brain power

Language input

· SPACE collocations

· ways of seeing

· idioms with like

· reported speech

Language input

· the mind vocabulary

· dependent prepositions

· prepositions + gerund

Vince self-study

· G16: reported speech

· V16: Technology

Vince self-study

· G21: verbs + prepositions

· G22: prepositions

Course completion requirements -

Last update: PhDr. Klára Lancová, Ph.D. (24.10.2019)

Aktivní účast na seminářích, test, esej.

Požadovaná minimální hranice úspěšnosti v testu je 70% (1 řádný + 1 opravný pokus).

Před testem je nutno odevzdat vyhovující esej - požadovaná minimální hranice úspěšnosti je 70% - k datu, které bude oznámeno v prvním týdnu výuky. Pozdní odevzdání není akceptovatelné.

Pozn.: Docházku na seminářích je možné odpustit na základě předložení certifikátu CAE s hodnocením A nebo CPE s hodnocením A, B nebo C. Tento certifikát nesmí být starší dvou let. Esej a test jsou povinné pro všechny studenty bez rozdílu.