Course: English Conversation for Follow-up Master Students

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Course title English Conversation for Follow-up Master Students
Course code FEI/NNAKO
Organizational form of instruction Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hooper Paul Charles
Course content
1. Conversation Starters 2. Traveling and Adventure 3. Active and Pasive Sports 3. Books and Movies 4. Bad Habits 5. Fears and Happiness 6. Fascinating Facts, Unexplained Mysteries 7. Computers and Social Networks 8. Gadgets of 21st century 9. Free time 10. Meetings (formal vs informal) 11. Taboo Topics 12. Getting a job 13. A Wish Topic (students')

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Skills training, Stimulating activities (simulation, games, drama)
Learning outcomes
The main aim of the course is to activate and improve conversational and listening skills and the ability to reproduce the written text.
Fluent oral and written communication about common topics.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of English at level of B1 and plus.

Assessment methods and criteria
Systematic monitoring

Minimum of 50 % attendance is required.
Recommended literature
  • Ibbotson, M. Cambridge English for Engineering. Cambridge, 2008. ISBN 9780521715188.
  • Olejniczak, M. English for Information Technology 1. Harlow, 2011. ISBN 9781408269961.
  • Sparling, Don. English or Czenglish? Jak se vyhnout čechismům v angličtině. Praha: SPN, 1989.


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