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Lecturer(s)
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Najvar Petr, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Horníčková Beata, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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- Introduction to the course: objectives of teaching English for academic purposes. - Personal language history. - Autonomous foreign language learning. - Work with English information sources and dictionaries. - Work with foreign language text. - Extracting meaning. Text editing. - Development of a personal academic lexicon. - Academic essay writing (explanatory and comparative essay). Style, register, idiolect. - Listening text processing: listening comprehension, listening for specific purposes, etc. - Work with descriptive academic text. - Definition. - Summary. - Work with visual information material. - Development of presentation skills
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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), Text analysis
- Participation in classes
- 42 hours per semester
- Term paper
- 20 hours per semester
- Preparation for examination
- 20 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 8 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| unspecified |
| unspecified |
| learning outcomes |
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| characterize different genres and types of academic texts |
| characterize different genres and types of academic texts |
| describe strategies for creating academic texts and presentations |
| describe strategies for creating academic texts and presentations |
| describe the elements of academic essays (explanatory and comparative essay) |
| describe the elements of academic essays (explanatory and comparative essay) |
| describe the elements of an academic poster |
| describe the elements of an academic poster |
| explain the specifics of academic language |
| explain the specifics of academic language |
| Skills |
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| extract meaning from a professional text |
| extract meaning from a professional text |
| write an academic essay (explanatory and comparative essay) |
| write an academic essay (explanatory and comparative essay) |
| analyze an academic text |
| analyze an academic text |
| prepare and present an academic poster |
| prepare and present an academic poster |
| use academic English in both speaking and writing |
| use academic English in both speaking and writing |
| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
| Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing) |
| Text analysis |
| Text analysis |
| Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book) |
| Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book) |
| Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing) |
| Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
| assessment methods |
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| Written examination |
| Written examination |
| Didactic test |
| Didactic test |
| Analysis of seminar paper |
| Analysis of seminar paper |
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Recommended literature
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Oxford Dictionary of Education. Oxford: OUP.
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De Chazal, E. & McCarter, S. Oxford EAP: A Course in English for Academic Purposes. Upper-Intermediate/B2: e-coursebook, video lectures and DVD. Oxford: OUP., 2012.
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Hewings, M. Cambridge Academic English (B2 Upper Intermediate): An Integrated Skills Course for EAP - coursebook, class audio CD.
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Pokrivčáková, S. Dyslectic and dysgraphic learners in the EFL classroom. Zlín: Nakladatelství UTB., 2018.
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