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Modern English IV - OPBA4A061A
Title: Moderní angličtina IV
Guaranteed by: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
Faculty: Faculty of Education
Actual: from 2023
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 5
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/2, C+Ex [HT]
Extent per academic year: 0 [hours]
Capacity: unknown / 110 (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
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: Mgr. Jana Richterová, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): Mgr. Martin Mikuláš, Ph.D.
PhDr. Zuzana Nádraská, Ph.D.
Pre-requisite : OPBA4A033A
Annotation -
Last update: Mgr. Martin Mikuláš, Ph.D. (27.01.2024)
The aim of the course is the development of language skills equivalent to C1+ (CEFR). The course aims at the following areas: the improvement of language accuracy, fluency and the overall complexity of students’ spoken and written discourse; the systematic enrichment of vocabulary, including collocations, idioms, phasal verbs and abstract concepts. The students are encouraged to perceive the language system as a whole and to acquire the use of less frequent phenomena. Topics for discussion and vocabulary development (including collocations, idioms and word-formation processes): Grammar topics 1. Focus and emphasis, cleft sentences 2. Past modals (possibility, necessity, obligation, speculation) 3. Definining and non-defining clauses; reduced clauses 4. Adverbial claues - manner, reason and contrast clauses 5. Conditionals (counter-factual, unreal, mixed) Vocabulary topics: 1. vocabulary related to the discussed topics (i.e. family, health, science, entertainment, money) including stylistic characteristics, idioms and collocations; 2. word-formation processes 3. synonyms 4.discourse markers
Descriptors -
Last update: PhDr. Zuzana Nádraská, Ph.D. (27.01.2024)

Individual work with study materials:  30 hours 

Fulfilling the individual course assignments: 15 hours

Credit test (zápočet) preparation: 20 hours

Exam and exam preparation: 35 hours

Literature -
Last update: PhDr. Zuzana Nádraská, Ph.D. (27.01.2024)

FLOCKHART, J.; PELTERET, C. Phrasal Verbs: B1-C2. Glasgow: Collins, 2012. ISBN 978-0007464661.

GUDE, K.; DUCKWORTH, M.; ROGERS, L. Cambridge English Proficiency Masterclass. Oxford: OUP, 2012. ISBN 978-0-19-470524-0. (selected chapters)

HEWINGS, M.; HAINES, S. Grammar and Vocabulary for Advanced. Cambridge: CUP, 2015. ISBN 978-1107481114.

McCARTHY, M.; O´DELL, F. English Vocabulary in Use Advanced with CD-ROM: Vocabulary Reference and Practice. Cambridge: CUP, 2013 (2nd edition). ISBN 978-1107637764

VINCE, M. Language Practice for Advanced: Macmillan: 2014.  ISBN 1 405 00762 1.  (selected chapters)

Requirements to the exam -
Last update: Mgr. Martin Mikuláš, Ph.D. (27.01.2024)

Examination requirements:

1. active participation in the seminars throughout the semester and completion of all assigned tasks (homework, self-study) 

2. Only the students who have acquired 'zápočet' can take the examination.

3. A written test focusing on the grammar and vocabulary dealt with during the course (Units 4, 6, 7, 10 and 12 from Cambridge Proficiency Masterclass, Gude et al. 2012)

- minimum score is 70%

- there are two re-sits possible

Syllabus -
Last update: Mgr. Martin Mikuláš, Ph.D. (31.01.2024)

Kurz je postaven na vybraných lekcích z učebnice Cambridge English Proficiency Masterclass (Gude a kol. 2012) a zahrnuje následující kapitoly:

WEEK 1 -2

Unit 4 Family and Relationships

WEEK 3-4

Unit 6 Health and Lifestyle

WEEK 5 -6

Unit 7 Science and Technology

WEEK 7-8 + other weeks and self-study

Unit 10  Entertainment and Leisure

Unit 12  Money matters

Course completion requirements -
Last update: Mgr. Martin Mikuláš, Ph.D. (31.01.2024)

Credit ('Zápočet') requirements:

1. active participation in the seminars throughout the semester and completion of all assigned tasks (homework, self-study) 

2. an essay written on a given topic

- the essay should be 280-320 in length

- it is written in class some time during the semester; the exact date and other requirements will be specified at the beginning of the course

- there is one re-sit possible

3. a credit test focusing on reading and listening

- the minimum score is 70%

- there is one re-sit possible 

Examination requirements:

1. active participation in the seminars throughout the semester and completion of all assigned tasks (homework, self-study) 

2. Only the students who have acquired 'zápočet' can take the examination.

3.  A written test focusing on the grammar and vocabulary dealt with during the course (Units 4, 6, 7, 10 and 12 from Cambridge Proficiency Masterclass, Gude et al. 2012) and other recommended materials

- minimum score is 70%

- there are two re-sits possible

 
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