Lecturer(s)
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Pavlíková Jana, Mgr. Ph.D., M.A.
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Course content
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The students learn how to prepare high-quality presentations, choose and organise information, prepare visual support, use body language. They are able to reflect and improve the qualities of their own speech.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified
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- 56 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The lessons under the guidance of a native speaker focus on developing speaking skills, the ability to communicate fluently in real-life context, including some more closely specified topics (technology, global issues, entertainment, design, business and science). The students acquire rich vocabulary, phrases and idioms, and learn morea about the cultural and social context of English speaking countries.
The students develop their communicative skills, their speech reflecting also their reasoning skills, comparison, analysis, interpretation, inference, generalisation, etc. Their pronunciation improves, the speech is flexible, fluent and accurate.
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Prerequisites
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There are no prerequisites for this subject.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
discussions, speeches and monologues presented in the seminars
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Recommended literature
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Lynch, T. Communication in the language classroom. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.
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O'Dell, F. & Broadhead, A. Objective CAE. Self study student's book. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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Porter Ladoucse, G. Role play. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
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Woodward, T. Ways of training. Edinburgh: London: Longman, 1992.
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