UIIABP0056 Practical Language 6

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Hájek (seminar tutor)
Gregory Jason Bell, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Barbora Hamplová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Lenka Jašková (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Hájek
Institute of Computer Science – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Timetable of Seminar Groups
UIIABP0056/A: Mon 10:35–11:20 H4, Wed 8:55–9:40 M11, G. Bell, P. Hájek
Prerequisites
Knowledge acquired in Practical Language 1-5.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course is the sixth in a series of practical language courses. It aims at the overall development of grammar, vocabulary, writing, listening and speaking. The textbook CAE Result used in the course corresponds to the C1 level in the Cambridge ESOL five-level system and Council of Europe.
English File Advanced 4th ed. - Oxford University Press
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to:
- communicate in the most common situations
- write a longer letter
- understand a complex written text
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. (Unit 6A) Verb+object+infinitive or gerund; main and secondary stress
  • 3. (Unit 6B) Conditional sentences; short and long vowels
  • 4. (Unit 7A) permission, obligation, and necessity; intonation and linking in exclamations
  • 5. (Unit 7B) perception and sensation; -ure
  • 6. (Unit 8A) Advanced gerunds and infinitives; schwa sound
  • 7. (Unit 8B) Expressing future plans and arrangements; homophones
  • 8. (Unit 9A) Ellipsis; auxiliary verbs and to
  • 9. (Unit 9B) Nouns: compound and possessive forms; words with silent syllables
  • 10. (Unit 10A) Relative clauses; homographs
  • 11. (Unit 10B) Adding emphasis (2): cleft sentences; intonation in cleft sentences
  • 12. Revision
  • 13. Credit test
Literature
    required literature
  • Latham-Koenig, Ch., C. Oxenden, J. Lambert, K. Chomacki. English File Advanced, (4th edition, 2020)
    recommended literature
  • SWAN, Michael. Practical English usage. Fourth edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. ISBN 978-0-19-420243-5. info
  • GUDE, K., STEPHENS, M., EDWARDS, L., LUDLOW, K., WENDHOLT, H. and GUDE, K., STEPHENS, M., EDWARDS, L., LUDLOW, K., WENDHOLT, H. Cambridge English Advanced Result. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0-19-451240-4. info
  • MURPHY, Raymond. English grammar in use: a reference and practice book for intermediate learners of English : without answers. 4th ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-521-18908-8. info
  • HORNBY, A S. Oxford advanced learner's dictionary of current English. 6th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0-19-431585-2. info
  • Wells, J., Harlow C. Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. Longman, 2000. info
Teaching methods
seminar
Assessment methods
Written and oral exam
Compulsory attendance min. 80 %.
Language of instruction
English
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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