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Lecturer(s)
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Škvára Martin, Mgr.
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Ivancová Marie, PhDr.
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Course content
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1. Discipline introduction, faculties and universities, professional career. 2. Organizational structure of university, faculties, academic year and its parts, system of studies (courses - names, content, credit system, organizational structure of university, faculties, diploma thesis, final examination). 3. Description of discipline in terms of study and practical application. 4. Academic text (annotation/resumé of an academic text). 5. Topic I.: training, presentation. 6. Topic II.: reading of an academic text. 7. Basic composition in formal correspondence (curriculum vitae, letter of application). 8. Topic III.: discussion on a specific topic. 9. Topic IV.: listening of lectures at university. 10. Topic V.: past tenses. 11. Topic VI.: expressing future. 12. Topic VII.: stylistics of academic texts. 13. Topic VIII. 14. Final test.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The course focuses on language acquisition for academic and professional use at the intermediate and upper-intermediate level (B1 - B2 level of the Common European Framework). The aim is to develop reading skills and strengthen the communication skills in different professional and academic situations. According to students´ needs vocabulary and grammatical structures important for professional style of particular disciplines will be practiced as well.
Student knows the basic vocabulary of his/her discipline, can understand an academic text, is able to understand a lecture on own discipline in a foreign language, prepare and give a presentation in a foreign language concerning his/her discipline.
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Prerequisites
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Level B1 according to Common European Language Framework.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Test and exam which includes an introduction of students´ field of study and translation of an academic text related to their discipline, active participation in seminars, presentation.
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Recommended literature
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HRDLIČKA, M. Odborný text a překlad, Ruština v teorii a praxi 1989, 2, s. 11-16. Praha, 1989.
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Jelínek, Stanislav. RADUGA 1. Plzeň, Fraus,1996. 1999. ISBN 80-85784-70-X.
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Navrátilová, J. Ruština. INFOA,. 2000.
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