| Course title | English Language A |
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| Course code | FJC/BAR1 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lesson |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | 1 |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 2 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
| Lecturer(s) |
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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 |
| unspecified, unspecified, unspecified |
| 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. |
| Prerequisites |
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None
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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. |
| Recommended literature |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Cultural History (A14) | Category: History courses | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): General Basis (A14) | Category: Philosophy, theology | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Intercultural German Studies (A14) | Category: Philological sciences | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) | Category: Philosophy, theology | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): German Language and Literature (Double-Subject Combination) (A14) | Category: Philological sciences | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Documentation of Historical Memorials (A14) | Category: History courses | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Human Studies focused Aesthetics (A14) | Category: Philosophy, theology | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): History (Single Subject) (A14) | Category: History courses | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) | Category: Philosophy, theology | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter |