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Lecturer(s)
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Tymbay Alexey, Mgr. CSc.
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Muffett Christopher, Mgr. M.A.
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Course content
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Week 1: Unit 4A: Failure and success. Week 2: Modal verbs: can, could, be able to. Pronunciation: sentence stress. Week 3: Unit 4B: Modern manners. Phone language. Week 4: Pronunciation: silent consonants. Revise and check: unit 3 + 4. Week 5: Unit 5A: Sporting superstitions. Past tenses. Week 6: Sport vocabulary. Pronunciation: word stress Week 7: Unit 5B: Relationships. Adverbs of frequency. Pronunciation: linking Week 8: Mid-term test. Practical English: Old friends. Week 9: Unit 6A: Passives. Pronunciation: sentence stress 1. Week 10: Cinema vocabulary. Writing: a film review. Week 11: Unit 6B: Judging by appearance. Pronunciation: diphthongs. Week 12: Revising and Check: Unit 5 - 6. Week 13: Modals of deduction. Song: Got life. Week 14: Credit test. The extent of the face-to-face instruction: 8 lessons/semester
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Practicum, E-learning, Students' self-study
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Learning outcomes
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General objectives: 1. to improve students knowledge of English language systems: grammar, vocabulary, phonology and discourse 2. to improve students English language skills: both productive ( speaking and writing) and receptive ( listening and reading.) Course objectives: 1. at the end of the course students should be low B2 level on the common European framework 2. improve production skills and consolidate receptive skills Specific skills objectives: at the end of the course students should be able to 1. write clear detailed text on a wide range of subjects related to interests 2. interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers possible 3. understand extended speeches and lectures 4. understand contemporary written prose
Students are independent users of the English language at the developed B2 level.
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Prerequisites
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Threshold B2 level of English.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written assignment, Test
The students are obliged to actively participate in the seminars (2 absences are allowed), regularly work with the textbook, and be properly prepared for the seminars. They must achieve at least 70% of total points in the credit test. For students of combined study, compulsory participation in teaching in its entirety. During the last class (week 13) full-time students (only) will have to present a dialogue that was learnt during the semester. The students will enter the room in pairs and present a dialogue on the teacher's choice (by heart). The students who pass the test and answer the dialogue successfully will get a credit.
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Recommended literature
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Alexander, L.G. Longman English Grammar Practice: for Intermediate Students. New York: Longman, 1990.
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Carter, R. Cambridge Grammar of English: A Comprehensive Guide. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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Davis, F. & W. Rimmer. Active Grammar with Answers: Level 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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Latham-Koenig, Ch. & Oxenden, C. et.al. New English File. Intermediate. Student´s Book. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.
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McCarthy M. et. al. English Vocabulary in Use. Upper-intermediate &Advanced. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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Murphy, R. English Grammar in Use. A Self-study Reference and Practice Book for Intermediate Students. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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O´Connel, S & L. Hashemi. Cambridge First Certificate Listening and Speaking. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
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Vince, M. First Certificate Language Practice. Oxford: Macmillan, 2003.
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