Course: English Conversation

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Course title English Conversation
Course code KCJ/W0035
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Suchánková Hana, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Bennett Ivana, Mgr.
Course content
Dialogues, discussions, reading and listening comprehension: Topics 1. Personal characteristics 2. Relationships 3. Housing 4. Shopping 5. Transport and travelling 6. Weather and seasons 7. Current issues: social problems 8. Current issues: environmental issues 9. Health and medical care 10. Jobs and career 11. Culture: film and cinema, literature, music 12. Life in English-speaking countries 13. Revision

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
  • unspecified - 13 hours per semester
  • unspecified - 26 hours per semester
  • unspecified - 13 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to improve students' language skills through discussions and dialogues focused on everyday and current topics. Emphasis is placed on the acquisition and development of specific vocabulary, on the ability to express one's own opinion, as well as on the development of speaking skills and interaction on the given topics.
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able: - understand spoken and written texts - distinguish and summarize main ideas - give opinion on topical issues - chair a discussion on a professional topic
Prerequisites
Language level B2

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Active class participation, 75% attendance, final revision.
Recommended literature
  • www.bbc.com.
  • www.usatoday.com.
  • Gairns R., Redman S. Oxford Word Skills Advanced. Oxford University Press, 2009.
  • Peck,E., Peck A.M. Let´s Talk Anew.. Fraus, 2010.
  • Redman, S. English Vocabulary in Use: pre- intermediate & intermediate. Cambridge, 2013.


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