USESZJ051 English Language II

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2015
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)
USESZJ050 English Language I || UVSRPZJ050 English Language I
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
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. 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. OFFICE ENGLISH 2
    2. Salavation Army - a registered charity for people in need
    3. Nation Union of Journalists - professional and ethical standards of writing
    4. Formal and informal writing - WRITING official emails
    5. Transparency International - public funds and corruption
    6. Progress report - WRITING (PET/KET tests)
    7. Business ling organisation - supporting a small business
    8. Structuring of speech - WRITING (PET/KET tests)
    9. Children and Families Across Boarders - social work across boarders
    10. Local government information service
    11.National Heritage Memorial Fund - preserving of national treasures
    12. Community planning of social service
Literature
    required literature
  • OFFICE ENGLISH 2. (E-learning of FVP, 2013). info
  • DINGEN, B, FLINDERS, S,. English 365 Student´s Book 2, Cambridge 2004, lekce 5 - 15. info
  • MURPHY, R. English grammar in use (third edition). Cambridge University Press, 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 (in Czech)
Zápočtový test z OFFICE ENGLISH 2
Praktická část jazyka je zaměřena na zvládnutí testu PET/(KET) - část WRITING
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
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2016.
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