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Lecturer(s)
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Weder Nandi, Ph.D. B.Sc. MA.
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Grzinčič Dagmar, Mgr.
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Romportlová Petra, Ing. Mgr.
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Karásková Nicola, Mgr. M.A.
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Muffett Christopher, Mgr. M.A.
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Čanecký Pavel, Mgr.
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Tymbay Alexey, Mgr. CSc.
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Course content
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Week 1: Introduction to JD4BE. The Credit Test. The course book. Week 2: Unit 1 Ring the Changes. Grammar. Week 3: Unit 1 Exam Folder. Week 4: Unit 2 Expectation: Speaking, Reading, Vocabulary. Week 5: Unit 2 Aspects of the Future, Listening and Speaking. Week 6: Unit 3 Strange Behaviour. Speaking. Listening. Week 7: Unit 3 Review of Conditional Clauses. Vocabulary. Exam Folder 2. Week 8: Unit 4 Sweet Rituals. Reading. Vocabulary. Week 9: Unit 4 Review of past tenses. Listening and Speaking. Week 10: Unit 5 The Consumer Society. Speaking. Listening. Vocabulary. Week 11: Unit 5 Nouns review. Vocabulary. Exam Folder Week 12: CREDIT TEST Week 13: ORAL ASSESSMENT Week 14: ORAL ASSESSMENT (The syllabus may be modified slightly if necessary. Any changes will be announced in class and via the Moodle forum). The extent of the face-to-face instruction: 9 lessons/semester
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Seminár, E-learning, Students' self-study
- Preparation for credit
- 20 hours per semester
- Preparation for credit
- 20 hours per semester
- Class attendance
- 28 hours per semester
- Class attendance
- 9 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 42 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 61 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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This course will continue on from the subject Practical Language 3 (Jazykové dovednosti 3) and focuses on continuing to improve the students' level of linguistic competence. The students are taught how to communicate fluently and accurately with the aim of selecting appropropriate lexical items and correct grammatical structures. Listening skills are improved by means of listening activities, demonstrating different varieties of English pronunciation.
Understanding language systems and skills approaching C1.
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Prerequisites
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Approaching C1
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Interview, Test
Requirements: Active participation in all classes, completion of tasks both in the coursebook and online. Written and oral assessment.
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Recommended literature
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Brook-Hart, Guy, and Simon Haines. Complete Advanced Student's Book with Answers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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Capel, Annette, Sharp, Wendy. Objective Proficiency. Cambridge. 2002.
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Hewings, Martin, and Simon Haines. Grammar and Vocabulary For Advanced. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016.
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McCarthy, Michael, and Felicity O'Dell. English Vocabulary in Use (Upper Intermediate). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Murphy, Raymond. English Grammar in Use. Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Swan, Michael. Practical English Usage. Oxford University Press, 2016.
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Ward, Leslie, and Geraldine Woods. English Grammar for Dummies. Chichester: Wiley and Sons, 2007.
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Williams, Phil. The English Tenses. Brighton: Rumian Publishing, 2014.
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