Course: Language in Use I - CEFR B2

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Course title Language in Use I - CEFR B2
Course code KAA/BJAC1
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Keplová Kateřina, Mgr.
  • Kohlová Petra, Mgr.
  • Hambálek Lukáš, Mgr.
  • Mazurová Kateřina, Mgr.
Course content
Complete Advanced 3rd edition, Units 1-4. Covered topics will include for example: Grammar: - past verb forms - the passive - purpose, reason, result - modal verbs for possibility and probability Vocabulary: - collocations with give, make, get, do - multi-word verbs - dependent prepositions General topics: - People like us - More than words - Mind, body and soul - Carreer paths Listening, reading and writing skills. Additional materials and topics provided by the instructors.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities, Skills training, Stimulating activities (simulation, games, drama)
  • Contact teaching - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an exam - 24 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 70 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to develop students' communicative competence in English in all its areas - linguistic, pragmatic and strategic. Students develop their skills to use the English language effectively in its spoken and written forms appropriate to the social context. The content is the development of productive and receptive skills based on the acquisition of relevant linguistic resources.
Students will acquire grammatical and lexical accuracy of expression and fluency of speech depending on stylistic affiliation. At the same time, they will develop the ability to realize a communicative intention. Students will develop linguistic, sociolinguistic and pragmatic competence.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

Attendance Independent preparation for seminars and active participation Completion of tasks assigned by both teachers of the course Final examination (written test and oral evaluation)
Recommended literature
  • Claire Wijayatilake. Complete Advanced Workbook. Cambridge University Press, 2023. ISBN 978-1-009-16234-0.
  • Greg Archer, Guy Brook-Hart, Sue Elliot and Simon Haines. Complete Advanced Students Book. Cambridge University Press, 2023. ISBN 978-1-009-16231-9.
  • Hewings, Martin. Advanced Grammar in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
  • Mann, M.; Knowles, S. T. Destination C1 and C2 Grammar & Vocabulary Student's Book (with key) New Ed.. Macmillan, 2008. ISBN 9780230035409.
  • Swan, Michael. Practical English usage. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2016. ISBN 978-0-19-420246-6.


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