USESZJ050 English Language I

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Soňa Harasimová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Soňa Harasimová
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Prerequisites (in Czech)
žádné
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 regarding 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. Language as means of communication
    2. Travelling
    3. Job and job interview
    4. Dreams and inventions
    5. Living
    6. Infinitive and gerund
    7. Verb tenses
    8. Modal verbs
    9. Indirect speech
    10. The meaning of words
    11. European Union
    12. Ethnic minority
Literature
    required literature
  • O´NEILL, R., DUCKWORTH M., Gude K. New Success at First Certificate: lekce 1-5. Oxford Universtiy Press, 1997. info
    recommended literature
  • MURPHY, R. English grammar in use (third edition). Cambridge University Press, 2004. info
  • McCARTHY, M., O´DELL, F. English Vocabulary in Use - advanced. Cambridge University Press, 2002. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2015.
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