UVSRPZJ052 English Language III

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Bc. Roman Adamczyk, Ph.D.
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Prerequisites (in Czech)
USESZJ051 English Language II || UVSRPZJ051 English Language II
žádné
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 subject is aimed at enlargement of knowledge in the frame of general English and specialized English. The plan of the course is based on presumption that the students have already studied English at least as the second language. This knowledge will form the basis and the aim is to develop the students in the area of reading with comprehension, listening with comprehension, conversation, use of English (in this part, the word stock will be widen with focus on word building and the ability to use grammatical rules will be developed) and according to time capacity, the writing will be included. The basic textbook is New Success at First Certificate which is the preparation for internationally respected exam FCE and is structured in order to include all five levels of the language in each unit. An inseparable part of this subject is specialised English. The topics will correspond to specialization of the students. This section will be focused only on ability to communicate and development of word stock to given topic and is composed as a super-structure part of the whole course. The materials will be chosen from various sources, e.g. from newspaper articles. The communication will be stressed in the course. The conversation and listening topics will be treated in accordance with basic textbook. The following part "Structure of the course" includes five conversational topics, five grammatical topics and two specialized topics.
Syllabus
  • 1. Literature
    2. Opposites
    3. Shopping
    4. Unexplained events
    5. Criminality and unemployment
    6. Passive voice
    7. Prepositions
    8. Relative pronouns and relative clauses
    9. Other types of pronouns
    10. The meaning of words
    11. Selected ethnic issues
    12. Global issues
Literature
    required literature
  • O´NEILL, R., DUCKWORTH M., Gude K. New Success at First Certificate: lekce 11-15. Oxford Universtiy Press, 1997. info
    recommended literature
  • MURPHY, R. English grammar in use (third edition). Cambridge University Press, 2004. info
  • McCARTHY, M., O´DELL, F. English Vocabulary in Use - advanced. Cambridge University Press, 2002. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 1993, Winter 1994, Winter 1995, Winter 1996, Winter 1997, Winter 1998, Winter 1999, Winter 2000, Winter 2001, Winter 2002, Winter 2003, Winter 2004, Winter 2006, Winter 2007, Winter 2008, Winter 2009, Winter 2010.
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