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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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Instructor: Mgr. Nicola S. Karásková (M.A. University of Oxford; PGCE University of Southampton; RSA/Cambridge Diploma in TEFL; Trinity College London Licentiate Diploma in TESOL). Consultation Wednesdays 9:30-10:30. P4017. Let's talk over a cuppa! Contact me via email beforehand. nicola.karaskova@tul.cz Or we can call via Google Meet. Aim: The KJD4B course is a stepping-stone between KJD3B and kJD5B. It is an intensive course requiring not only class attendance and participation, but also considerable independent study. Part-time students will need to diagnose their own strengths and weaknesses in grammar and vocabulary. These gaps will be filled in KJD4B with students being directed to resoures to help them practice. Reading and Speaking skills are practiced in class. The overall aim of this course is not only to cover the language and skills taught at JD4B level, but to prepare students to pass the Final Practical Language Exam (FPLE), which is taken in the winter semester of their third year. Students should also enroll and follow the information given to the full-time students via the PJD4B Moodle course. Class 1: 27.2.26 16:10-18:45 P304 Introduction to JD4B. The Credit Test. Mock Test. Needs analysis. Tenses. Class 2 20.3.26 12:30-15:05 P200 Feedback: Grammar Practice Tasks, Mock Test Reading Task. Class 3 24.4.26 14:20-16:55 P 301 CREDIT TEST Exam Period ORAL ASSESSMENT
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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
Assessment: This course finishes with a graded credit. 1) Credit Test This tests the language of Units 1-5 of the full time students' course book Objective Proficiency and exam folders 1 and 2. (Also included is language from the Answers and Recording Scripts: pages 192-213). There is also a Reading component. Students must pass with an average of 70 to qualify for the oral assessment. 2) Oral Assessment The purpose of the Oral Assessment is to give feedback on all aspects of a student's spoken English including fluency, accuracy, pronunciation and overall impression. If a student is particularly weak at speaking, they will be heartily invited to come again at a later date - after more practice. The final graded credit will be based on a student's marks in the written test as well as in the oral assessment. There are two attempts to pass the Credit Test. The first takes place in the semester; the second in the exam period, at a date agreed upon. Credit: Students MUST - follow the course book and do the tasks on Moodle - excuse all absences via email. (If I do not reply, please send the email again) - view all the materials and complete all tasks on Moodle. - pass the oral assessment Students are required to complete the mock test before attempting the credit test. https://elearning.tul.cz/course/view.php?id=11718 The nature of the course dictates that only one rewrite attempt is allowed for the credit test. Outgoing Erasmus students should contact their respective JD4 teacher to inform them of their absence and indicate when they will be returning to Liberec. Arrangements should then be made, ideally in the first month of the semester, for a date when the Credit Test can be taken. The test must be taken on site. The test conditions and requirements are the same for all students. For more information see here: https://kaj.fp.tul.cz/studies/internal-regulations
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Recommended literature
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The English Tenses. Brighton.
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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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Swan, Michael. Oxford English Language Course. Oxford. 2011.
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Swan, Michael. Practical English Usage. Oxford University Press, 2016.
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Vince, Michael and Clarke, Simon. Macmillan English Grammar in Context Advanced. New York. 2013.
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Vince, Michael. Language Practice New Edition C1 student with Key. New York. 2014.
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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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