FPF:UCJPRAK1 Practical Language 1 - Course Information
UCJPRAK1 Practical Language 1
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in OpavaWinter 2016
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/4/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Daniel Jedlička, M.A. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Markéta Johnová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
M.Sc. Gary Rostock (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Markéta Johnová, Ph.D.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava - Prerequisites
- Students must be of level A2-B1 of Council of Europe Level.
- 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
- English in combination with another discipline (programme FPF, B1803 InDO)
- English in combination with another discipline (programme FPF, B6107 HuSt)
- English in combination with another discipline (programme FPF, B7310 Filo)
- Course objectives
- This course is the first in a series of practical language courses. It aims at overall development of grammar, vocabulary, writing, listening and speaking. The textbook FCE Result used in the course corresponds to Level Three in the Cambridge ESOL five-level system, and Council of Europe Level B2.
- Syllabus
- 1. (Unit 1) Describing personality
2. (Unit 1) Expressing future
3. (Unit 2) Describing natural landscape
4. (Unit 2) Verb patterns
5. (Unit 3) Extreme adjectives
6. (Unit 3) Past tenses
7. (Unit 4) Films
8. (Unit 4) Simple and continuous aspect
9. (Unit 5) Verbs connected with speech
10. (Unit 5) Reported speech
11. (Unit 6) Travel
12. (Unit 6) Modal verbs
- 1. (Unit 1) Describing personality
- Literature
- required literature
- Davies, Paul A a Falla, Tim. FCE Result Student's Book. Cambridge, 2008. ISBN 978-0-19-480027-3. info
- recommended literature
- McCarthy, M. and O'Dell, F. English Vocabulary in Use: Upper-Intermediate. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. info
- Peters, S. and Gráf, T. Cvičebnice anglické gramatiky. Polygot, 1998. info
- Swan, M. Practical English Usage. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. info
- Murphy, R. English Grammar in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986. info
- not specified
- Hornby, A.S. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Oxford, 2002. info
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
- Teacher's information
- To pass the course the students are required to achieve at least 70% in each part of the exam:
1) Grammar and vocabulary (max 90, min 63 points)
2) Listening (max 20, min 14 points)
3) Reading (max 20, min 14 points)
4) Writing (max 20, min 14 points)
5) Speaking (max 50, min 35 points)
There will be one retake for each part of the exam. The students will only have to retake the part(s) of the exam which they fail.
Coursebook: FCE Result, Student's Book, Units 1-6.
- Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2016, recent)
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