CVABPCE1 Cambridge English Exam C1 Advanced: Preparation 1

Obchodně podnikatelská fakulta v Karviné
léto 2023
Rozsah
1/2/0. 5 kr. Ukončení: z.
Vyučující
Mgr. Jaroslava Hošková (přednášející)
Garance
Mgr. Jaroslava Hošková
Katedra cestovního ruchu a volnočasových aktivit – Obchodně podnikatelská fakulta v Karviné
Kontaktní osoba: PhDr. Janusz Karpeta, Ph.D.
Rozvrh
Pá 10:35–11:20 VC010
  • Rozvrh seminárních/paralelních skupin:
CVABPCE1/01: Pá 11:25–13:00 VC010, J. Hošková
Předpoklady
FAKULTA(OPF) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(P) && ROCNIK(1) && !NOWANY( CVANPCE1 Cambridge English Exam C1 Advanced: Preparation 1 , CVABPCE2 Cambridge English Exam C1 Advanced: Preparation 2 )
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.
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 8 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 2/8, pouze zareg.: 0/8
Mateřské obory/plány
předmět má 18 mateřských oborů, zobrazit
Cíle předmětu
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.
Výstupy z učení
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
Osnova
  • 1. Introduction to Cambridge English Exam: C1 Advanced Cambridge exams. C1 Advanced content and overview. The language skills and parts of the exam: Reading and Use of English, Writing, Listening, Speaking. Conversation topic: Getting to know each other. 2. Unit 1 topic: Our people. Adjectives used to describe personalities. Jobs, Careers. Listening Part 4: Unusual occupations. Reading and Use of English Part 8: My early career. Grammar: Verb forms to talk about past. Collocations with give and make. Essay writing. Key word transformation: Reading and Use of English Part 4. Speaking Part 1 practice. 3. Unit 2 topic: Mastering Languages. Listening Part 1: Language learning, Spelling reform, Interviews. Collocations with „make, get and do. Word formation: Reading and Use of English Part 3. Reading and Use of English Part 6: Endangered languages. Speaking 2 practice. Grammar: Expressing purpose, reason and result. Writing Part 2: Report. 4. Unit 1 and 2 review. Additional practice from Workbook. 5. Unit 3 topic: All in mind. Psychology. Speaking practice related to psychology and intelligence. Listening Part 2: Face-blindness. Vocabulary: nouns which can be countable or uncountable. No, none, not. Grammar: The passive. Reading and Use of English Part 5: The next step in brain evolution. Formal and Informal language. Reading and Use of English Part 2: Nature vs Nurture. Speaking Part 3: interaction. An essay writing practice. 6. Unit 4 topic: Just the job! Business. Speaking practice on the topic. Reading and Use of English Part 1: Friends benefit firms. Reading and Use of English Part 8: Graduate jobs: advice from an expert. Dependent prepositions. Adjective-noun collocations. Listening Part 2: The co-operative movement. Grammar: expressing possibility, probability and certainty. Speaking Part 4 training. A report writing. 7. Unit 3 and 4 review. Additional practice from Workbook. Training for Ongoing tests. 8. Ongoing practice tests: Reading and Use of English, Listening. 9. Ongoing practice tests: Speaking and Writing. 10. Unit 5 topic: Dramatic events. Adventure. Speaking practice. Listening Part 1. Idiomatic language. Verbs followed by to or -ing form. Reading and Use of English Part 4. Reading and Use of English Part 7: A walk in the woods. Speaking Part 2 training (skills, qualities, activities, jobs). Writing Part 2: Proposal. 11. Exam training: Practice test 1. Additional training adjusted to individual needs of the students. 12. Exam training: Practice test 2. Additional training adjusted to individual needs of the students. 13. Summary of the topics, grammar and vocabulary. The most frequent idiomatic structures in C1 Advanced.
Literatura
  • MATTHEWS, Laura a Barbara THOMAS. Cambridge English Advanced Workbook without answers, 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press, 2014. ISBN 978-1-107-63148-9. info
  • BROOK-HART, Guy a Simon HAINES. Cambridge English Complete Advanced, Student´s Book without answers, 2nd edition. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2014, 200 s. ISBN 978-1-107-63106-9. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/. info
Výukové metody
Seminar classes Lectures Demonstration of these language skills: Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking, Use of English
Metody hodnocení
Evaluation: to pass the course and receive the credits (5), it is necessary to gain at least 60 % of the total score 100 points obtained in the tests below: 1) Ongoing Reading+Use of English test, Parts 1-8, 10 points 2) Ongoing Listening test, Parts 1-4, 10 points 3) Ongoing Speaking test, Parts 1-4, 10 points 4) Ongoing Writing test, Parts 1 and 2, 10 points 5) Final Credit test: 60 points, during examination period, the test is based on the content of the classes and structured as follows: randomly selected parts (exercises) of each Part of the exam C1 Advanced, i.e. Reading and Use of English (max 15 points), Listening (max 15 points), Writing (max 15 points), and Speaking (max 15 points).
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
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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