USESEP051 English Language II

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2013
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 Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Prerequisites (in Czech)
USESEP050 English Language I || UVSRPEP050 English Language I
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 enlarging knowledge in the frame of general 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). Essential part of this subject is specialised English. The topics will correspond to specialization of the students. This section will be focused on ability to communicate and development of word stock of given topic and is composed as a super-structure part of the whole course. The materials will be chosen mainly from the web pages of European Union. The stress will be put on all levels of language study: Grammar, Writing, Listening, Speaking and especially on part READING. The subject is intended for students of Department of public administration and regional policy only.
Syllabus
  • 1. The European Union - Education
    2. Lesson 5 - Working in a big organisation
    3. The European Union - Employment and Social affairs
    4. Lesson 6 - Tourist attraction
    5. Lesson 7 - Working in a big organisation
    6. The European Union - Enterprise and industry
    7. Lesson 8 - Globalisation - Talking about trade and economy
    8. Lesson 9 - Talking about news and media
    9. Lesson 11 - Finance and investment, money questions
    10. Lesson 12 - Ecotourism
    11. Lesson 14 - Talking about customer service
    12. Lesson 15 - An interesting place to live
Literature
    required literature
  • INTERNETOVÉ ZDROJE. URL info
  • MURPHY, R. English grammar in use (third edition). Cambridge University Press, 2004. info
  • English 365 Student´s Book 2. Cambridge, 2004. info
  • English 365 Student´s Book 2. Cambridge, 2004. info
  • Kocmanová M., Pokorná Z. EURO ENGLISH. Ostrov, Praha, 2004. info
  • WHITTAKER, P. and J. English for Europe. Olomouc: inStep, 2002. info
Teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Lecture with a video analysis
Assessment methods
EXAM
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Written pre-exam test from specialized texts and vocabulary + READING test
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2012, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019.
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