KCJ614 Cambridge First Certificate B - 2nd part

School of Business Administration in Karvina
Summer 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/3/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
Department of Tourism and Leisure Activities – School of Business Administration in Karvina
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 (in Czech)
The aim of this advanced course is to bring students to an internationally recognised level of written and spoken English. Past experience has shown that it opens new opportunities to students in companies, teaching etc. because it shows that the student has reached a very high competence in general English.
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • Struktura výkladu:
    1. All you need is love
    2. It's all in the mind
    3. Review and extra practice
    4. The price of fame
    5. Mock tests

    Obsah kurzu:
    1. All you need is love
    Picture discussion, picture prompts (It's the thing you use for..).
    Reading: words about love and marriage; reading about pop songs for comprehension.
    Use of English: reported statements and questions.
    Composition: discursive, writing an article expressing your opinion
    Listening: people talking in different situations, matching with topics list.
    Revision and extension, Listening test: Revision of units 5 and 6.
    2. It's all in the mind
    Reading: : words about education, How to boost your memory.
    Use of English: gerunds and infinitives; adjectives and verbs followed by prepositions.
    Listening, use of English: still, yet or already: Another look at reported speech.
    Composition: Background reading texts
    Revision and extension: discussion on reading English books and writing reviews
    3. Review and extra practice
    Reported speech: punctuation errors to be corrected; from direct speech to reported speech;
    from reported speech to direct speech; narrative tenses and error correction.
    4. The price of fame
    Picture discussion; talking about the rich and famous
    Reading: words about entertainment; Guitar Legends, identifying synonyms
    Use of English: present perfect.
    Listening: learning phrases for agreeing and disagreeing.
    Composition: report writing
    Revision and extension: word building (noun Ű adjective)
    5. Mock tests.
    Taking tests from previous years of FCE.

Literature
    required literature
  • BURGESS, S. First Certificate Gold. London: Pearson Education Limited, Longman Group, 2000. info
    recommended literature
  • DUŠKOVÁ, L. Mluvnice současné angličtiny na pozadí češtiny. Praha: Academia Praha, 1994. info
  • Password. Anglický výkladový slovník s českými ekvivalenty. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1991. ISBN 80-204-0288-8. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2007.
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