OPF:CVABPCE3 Cambridge English Exam C1 Adva - Course Information

CVABPCE3 Cambridge English Exam C1 Advanced: Preparation 3

Extent and Intensity

1/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Jaroslava Hošková (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Jaroslava Hošková
Department of Tourism and Leisure Activities – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Contact Person: PhDr. Janusz Karpeta, Ph.D.

Timetable

Thu 17:15–17:35 VC008

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

CVABPCE3/01: Thu 17:40–18:00 VC008, J. Hošková

Prerequisites

The course is recommended for the students with provable certification of English, such as the Maturita exam or other Cambridge English/ international exams, minimally at CEFR levels B1-B2. It is also suitable for exceptionally gifted students with strong language skills and motivation to practise English on a high academic level, improve their language skills so as to get the opportunity to be awarded C1 Advanced certificate in English.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 1 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/1, only registered: 0/1

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

The main goal of this subject is to prepare the students for the Cambridge English exam "C1 Advanced", develop their language skills in English (Reading, Use of English, Writing, Listening, Speaking) on a high academic level and help them reach their proficiency in English. The overall course thus provides a better opportunity for the candidates to pass the exam and gain this lifelong valid certificate in English, indispensable in the academic environment, international business or other professional settings these days and recognized internationally by thousands of organizations, employers and universities worldwide.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the students will be able to: - understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts - recognize implicit meanings - express themselves fluently and spontaneously without hesitation - use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes - produce clear, well-structured and detailed text on complex subjects - show professional use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices - communicate effectively at a managerial and professional level and participate with confidence in workplace meetings or academic tutorials and seminars on the global scale

Syllabus

• 1.Unit 11 topic: Being somewhere else. Travelling. Speaking: Different types of travelling. Listening Part 1: travelling on a river. A sponsored walk. A conversation between two travellers. Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs. Grammar: Conditional clauses. Reading and Use of English Part 5: Disappearing into Africa. Vocabulary: Prepositions to express location. Reading and Use of English Part 2: Island wanted. Paradise found. Speaking Part 1 practice. Writing Part 2: review. 2.Unit 12 topic: The living world. Nature. Speaking. Listening PART 2: Climate change. The Inuit people. Prepositions following verbs. Reading and Use of English Part 7: Alex the African Grey. Grammar: Nouns and articles. Word formation practice. Speaking Part 3: interaction. Reading and Use of English Part 3: Species loss accelerating. Writing Part 2: Proposal. 3.Unit 11 and 12 review. Additional practice from Workbook. 4.Unit 13 topic: Health and Lifestyle. Speaking: medical vocabulary, illnesses, allergies and diseases. Listening Part 3. Prepositions following adjectives. Grammar: Contrasting ideas. Speaking Part 2 practice. Reading and Use of English Part 8: Unusual national sports. Grammar: The language of comparison. Reading and Use of English Part 3: Why I run. Writing Part 2: A letter. 5.Unit 14 topic: Moving abroad. Tourism. International matters. Speaking: emigration. Grammar: comment adverbial and intensifying adverbs. Listening Part 4. Vocabulary: learn, find out, know, provide, offer, give. Reading and Use of English Part 6: Cities and immigration. Speaking Part 4 practice. Grammar: cleft sentences. Reading and Use of English Part 4: key word transformation practice. Writing Part 1: Essay. 6.Unit 13 and 14 review. Additional practice from Workbook. Training for Ongoing tests. 7.Ongoing practice tests: Reading and Use of English, Listening. 8.Ongoing practice tests: Speaking and Writing. 9.Exam training: Practice test 1. Additional training adjusted to individual needs of the students. 10.Exam training: Practice test 2. Additional training adjusted to individual needs of the students. 11.Focus on additional C1 themes and sciences: politics, history, religions, psychology, Linguistics, Pragmatics, Phraseology, ideologies, cultures, culture values, cohesion, coherence and other complex grammatical and idiomatic structures. 12.Summary of the topics, grammar and vocabulary. 13.Summary of the exam, its content, the evaluation, marking system, with the precise and extensive practice and mental preparation towards the exam.

Literature

required literature
• BROOK-HART, Guy and Simon HAINES. Cambridge English Complete Advanced, Student´s Book without answers, 2nd edition. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2014, 200 pp. ISBN 978-1-107-63106-9. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/. info

Teaching methods

Seminar classes, Lectures, Demonstration of these language skills: Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking, Use of English

Assessment methods

Evaluation: To pass the course in the 3rd/final semester, it is enough to sit the real exam C1 Advanced and the credits (5) will be automatically given to the candidates afterwards. Those who decide not to try the real test but take Mock test of the "whole exam" (all of the parts of C1 Advanced) in the class, will be evaluated as follows: 1) Reading and Use of English (max 40 points), 2) Listening (max 20 points), Writing (max 20 points), Speaking (max 20 points). Note: to pass the course with the Mock test, the students need minimally 60% of the total score 100 points obtained in the test, as specified above.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials

Teacher's information

Note: The subject "Cambridge English C1 Advanced Preparation" is organized as preparatory course to pass C1 Advanced exam and divided into 3 parts, taught consecutively through 3 semesters. Hence, the course CVABPCE1/Cambridge English Exam C1 Advanced: Preparation 1 is the first part, followed by Preparation 2 and 3 courses in the subsequent semesters. After the last - Preparation 3 course, to get their 5 credits, the students can decide whether or not they will take the real/actual exam or finish the course with so called Mock test = the whole C1 Advanced practice test taken in the classroom as usual during examination period. If the candidates decide to sit the real/actual exam C1 Advanced, it can be arranged for them, or they can arrange this themselves however, in both cases, the students pay for the exam!

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