FPF:UCJNOPBK39 English 1 - Course Information
UCJNOPBK39 English 1
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in OpavaWinter 2023
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Barbora Hamplová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Gabriela Entlová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Petr Hájek (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Veronika Woznicová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Gabriela Entlová, Ph.D.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava - 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
- German for Professional Purposes (programme FPF, NOP)
- Course objectives
- The course is focused on the systematic and comprehensive development of language competence and on the practical application of communicative skills for intermediate English speakers. Students will consolidate and deepen their knowledge of English grammar, expand their vocabulary and practice pronunciation. Emphasis will be placed on listening and speaking. Classes will be based on lessons 1-4 of the English File Pre-Intermediate 3rd Edition textbook.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course, the student will have min. at A1 level, the student will be able to: expand his/her vocabulary; consolidate and deepen the knowledge of English grammar; improve his/her pronunciation;
- Syllabus
- 1. Word order in questions. Common verb phrases, spelling and numbers. Vowel sounds, the alphabet. 2. Present simple. Describing people, appearance and personality. Final -s/-es. 3. Present continuous. Clothes. Prepositions of place. Practical English (hotel problems). 4. Past simple (regular and irregular verbs). Holidays. 5. Past continuous. Prepositions of time and place (at, in, on). Sentence stress. 6. Time sequence and connectors. Verb phrases. Word stress. 7. Be going to (plans and predictions). Airports. Sentence stress and fast speech. 8. Present continuous (future arrangements). Verb + prepositions. Sounding friendly. 9. Defining relative clauses. Expressions for paraphrasing. Pronunciation in a dictionary. 10. Present perfect + yet, just, already. House work. Make or do? 11. Present perfect vs past simple. Shopping. 12. Someting, anything, nothing, etc. Adjectives ending –ed and –ing. 13. Revise and check 1-4.
- Literature
- required literature
- Latham-Koenig, Christina, Clive Oxenden, Paul Seligson, and Jane Hudson. 2012. English File Pre-Intermediate Workbook. 3rd Edition. Oxford: OUP.
- Latham-Koenig, Christina, Clive Oxenden, and Paul Seligson. 2012. English File Pre-Intermediate Student’s Book. 3rd Edition. Oxford: OUP.
- Teaching methods
- lectures, class discussion, group projects
- Assessment methods
- written test
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hod/sem.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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