Course: Cambridge exam preparation

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Course title Cambridge exam preparation
Course code CJV/CCAE1
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Navrátil Michal, Mgr.
  • Atcheson Hana, Mgr.
Course content
- Events, media - Travel, customs, traditions - Human behaviour and relationships - Money and business - Health and sports - Review of tenses - present, past, future - Participle clauses - Reported speech - Passive forms - Conditionals - Word building prefixes, suffixes - Essay - Report - Letter formal, informal, neutral style, layout

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming), Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book), Practice exercises
  • Participation in classes - 24 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for course credit - 16 hours per semester
learning outcomes
Knowledge
After the course students have English language knowledge at C1 level in: - Grammatical tenses - present, past, future - Usage of participles - Usage of tense sequence in time clauses - Usage of passive voice - Forming conditional sentences - Word building with prefixes and suffixes - Formal organisation of the Cambridge CAE ad how to effectively study for the exam
After the course students have English language knowledge at C1 level in: - Grammatical tenses - present, past, future - Usage of participles - Usage of tense sequence in time clauses - Usage of passive voice - Forming conditional sentences - Word building with prefixes and suffixes - Formal organisation of the Cambridge CAE ad how to effectively study for the exam
Skills
After the course students have ability to: - Talk about topics related to media, travelling, customs and traditions, trade, health and sport - Understand differences in formal and informal style of writing - Write a business report - Interpret statistic data provided in a graph or table
After the course students have ability to: - Talk about topics related to media, travelling, customs and traditions, trade, health and sport - Understand differences in formal and informal style of writing - Write a business report - Interpret statistic data provided in a graph or table
teaching methods
Knowledge
Practice exercises
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Practice exercises
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
assessment methods
Written examination
Analysis of educational material
Analysis of educational material
Written examination
Recommended literature
  • Debra Powell. Common Mistakes at CAE .. and How to Avoid Them. CUP, 2005. ISBN 9780521603775.
  • Martin Hewings. Advanced Grammar in Use. ISBN 0521498685.
  • Peter May. Compact Advanced (2nd edition) Student´s Book. CUP, 2014. ISBN 97811074118028.
  • Richard Side , Guy Wellman. Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency: With Key (Grammar & vocabulary). ISBN 978-0582518216.
  • Simon Haines. Compact Advanced (2nd edition) Workbook without Answers with Audio. CUP, 2014. ISBN 9781107417823.


Study plans that include the course
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