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Lecturer(s)
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Keplová Kateřina, Mgr.
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Hambálek Lukáš, Mgr.
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Course content
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The content of the course is set by the textbook and preparation for the final exam. This will include, but is not limited to: Vocabulary: - preposition following adjectives -comment adverbials and intensifying adverbs & 'learn', 'find out' and 'know' & 'provide', 'offer' and 'give' Grammar: - ways of contrasting ideas & language comparison - emphasis Topics: - A healthy lifestyle - A new land Final C1 exam preparation: - test taking techniques: reading and use of English, listening, writing, speaking - mock test
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Skills training
- Contact teaching
- 52 hours per semester
- Preparation for an exam
- 78 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 170 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The course builds on previous practical language courses and focuses on further development of students´ communicative competence in all its aspects - linguistic, pragmatic and strategic. Students will improve their communicative skills and effective use of the language in various contexts by improving their knowledge of grammatical, lexical and stylistic structures. The aim of the course is elimination of insufficiencies in fluency, accuracy, and appropriateness of expression and register, and the increase of ability to pursue effectively the purpose of communication. Within oral and written utterances, students will also employ the knowledge and skills acquired in other classes.
Listening - follow extended speech even when it is not clearly structured and when relationships are only implied and not signalled explicitly. - understand a wide range of idiomatic expressions and colloquialisms, appreciating shifts in style and register. - understand complex technical information, such as operating instructions, specifications for familiar products and services. - understand lectures, talks and reports in their field of professional or academic interest even when they are propositionally and linguistically complex. Reading - understand fairly long demanding texts - read complex reports, analyses and commentaries where opinions, viewpoints and connections are discussed. - extract information, ideas and opinions from highly specialised texts in their own field, for example research reports. - understand long complex instructions even if these are not related to one's job or field of interest, provided there is enough time to reread them. - go beyond the concrete plot of a narrative and grasp implicit meanings, ideas and connections. Spoken Interaction - keep up with an animated conversation between native speakers. - use the language fluently, accurately and effectively on a wide range of general, professional or academic topics. - use language flexibly and effectively for social purposes, including emotional, allusive and joking usage. - express ideas and opinions clearly and precisely, and can present and respond to complex lines of reasoning convincingly. Spoken Production - give clear, detailed descriptions of complex subjects. - give an extended description or account of something, integrating themes, developing particular points and concluding appropriately. Strategies - use fluently a variety of appropriate expressions to preface remarks in order to get the floor, or to gain time and keep the floor while thinking. - relate own contribution skilfully to those of other speakers. - substitute an equivalent term for a word they can't recall without distracting the listener. Language Quality - express oneself fluently and spontaneously, almost effortlessly. Only a conceptually difficult subject can hinder a natural, smooth flow of language. - produce clear, smoothly-flowing, well-structured speech, showing control over ways of developing what they want to say in order to link both their ideas and their expression of them into coherent text. - have a good command of a broad vocabulary allowing gaps to be readily overcome with circumlocutions; rarely have to search obviously for expressions or compromise on saying exactly they want to. - consistently maintain a high degree of grammatical accuracy; errors are rare and difficult to spot. Writing - express oneself in writing on a wide range of general or professional topics in a clear and user-friendly manner. - present a complex topic in a clear and well-structured way, highlighting the most important points, for example in a composition or a report. - present points of view in a comment on a topic or an event, underlining the main ideas and supporting their reasoning with detailed examples. - put together information from different sources and relate it in a coherent summary. - give a detailed description of experiences, feelings and events in a personal letter. - write formally correct letters, for example to complain or to take a stand in favour of or against something. - write texts which show a high degree of grammatical correctness and vary vocabulary and style according to the addressee, the kind of text and the topic. - select a style appropriate to the reader in mind. (Schneider, Günther & North, Brian (2000): Fremdsprachen können - was heisst das? Chur/Zürich, Rüegger.)
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Prerequisites
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Achievement at C1 level of the CEFR.
KAA/BJAC1 and KAA/BJAC3 and KAA/BJAC2
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination, Written examination, Student performance assessment
Compulsory attendance Active participation in lessons Successful completion of final exam BJAC4 exam: - the BJAC4 exam tests the achievement of level C1, based on CEFR, in all parts - the exam has four tests: 1. Listening 2. Reading & Use of English 3. Writing 4. Speaking - Students are awarded a grade, A - F, for each test. The final outcome is the average of the four grades. HOWEVER, should a student receive the grade F in any of the tests, the final outcome is the grade F and the student retakes the test for which they were awarded the fail grade (F). For each test, student is allowed one standard take and two retakes.
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Recommended literature
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Archer, Greg; Brook-Hart, Guy; Elliott, Sue; Haines, Simon. Complete Advanced Student's Book. Cambridge University Press, 2023. ISBN 978-1-009-16231-9.
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Wijayatilake, Claire. Complete Advanced Workbook. Cambridge University Press, 2023. ISBN 978-1-009-16234-0.
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