Lecturer(s)
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Atcheson Hana, Mgr.
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Skořepová Tereza, Mgr.
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Drápala Igor, Mgr.
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Šmajdlerová Simona, Mgr.
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Navrátil Michal, Mgr.
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Course content
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The classes cover three Units 1, 2, 3 from the textbook Open Mind Upper Intermediate. Grammar: - Talking about a past experience, past tenses - Would, used to, be + always + ing - Static and dynamic verbs - Comparatives - Reported speech with use of modal verbs and past perfect tense Vocabulary: - Personal identity - Globalisation - Celebrities, talking about famous people - Work and career
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming), Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book), Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization), Practice exercises
- Preparation for course credit
- 15 hours per semester
- Participation in classes
- 26 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 19 hours per semester
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prerequisite |
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Knowledge |
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This class is offered to students who operate in their receptive and productive English language skills at the upper-intermediate level, B1+ to B2. |
This class is offered to students who operate in their receptive and productive English language skills at the upper-intermediate level, B1+ to B2. |
learning outcomes |
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After the course students have English language knowledge minimum at B2 level or higher in: - Talking about a past experience - Would, used to, be + always + ing - Static and dynamic verbs - Comparatives - Reported speech with use of modal verbs and past perfect tense - English vocabulary which is used to talk about personal identity, globalisation, work and career, famous people and their lives |
After the course students have English language knowledge minimum at B2 level or higher in: - Talking about a past experience - Would, used to, be + always + ing - Static and dynamic verbs - Comparatives - Reported speech with use of modal verbs and past perfect tense - English vocabulary which is used to talk about personal identity, globalisation, work and career, famous people and their lives |
Skills |
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After the course students have ability to: - Communicate freely about personal, social and selected professional topics - Understand the main ideas of selected vocational texts - Get oriented in common grammatical structures and can use those without mistakes, students also start getting oriented in more problematic grammar areas of English language at B2 level |
After the course students have ability to: - Communicate freely about personal, social and selected professional topics - Understand the main ideas of selected vocational texts - Get oriented in common grammatical structures and can use those without mistakes, students also start getting oriented in more problematic grammar areas of English language at B2 level |
teaching methods |
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Knowledge |
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Practice exercises |
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book) |
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book) |
Practice exercises |
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization) |
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization) |
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing) |
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing) |
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
assessment methods |
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Analysis of the student's language performance |
Analysis of the student's language performance |
Analysis of the student's performance |
Analysis of the student's performance |
Preparation of a presentation |
Grade (Using a grade system) |
Grade (Using a grade system) |
Preparation of a presentation |
Recommended literature
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HASHEMI, Luise. English Grammar in Use: Supplementary Exercises, with answers. Cambridge, 2012. ISBN 9781107616417.
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Osborn, Anna. Open Mind Upper Intermediate Workbook. London, 2015. ISBN 978 0230 458406.
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Rogers, Mickey et al. Open Mind Upper Intermediate. London, 2015. ISBN 978-0230 458253.
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SWAN, Michael and Catherine WALTER. Oxford English Grammar Course: Intermediate. Oxford, 2011. ISBN 978 0 19 442082 2.
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