Czech

3

Not applicable.

The student signed up for the class is expected to be able to:

- use general vocabulary from all common areas (family, home, food, jobs and career, health and sickness, travelling and transport, sports, hobbies)
- apply carefully grammar rules during conversation (grammar tenses, relative clauses, time clauses, conditionals, passive voice, modal verbs)
- speak clearly with certain error tolerance
- understand very well classes taught in English

written test (40 points), it contains vocabulary
presentation (60 points)

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

- to involve students effectively and in a stress-free way in discussions so they could feel more confident when engaged in more sophisticated debates.
- to include and practise a wide range of speaking skills such as negotiating, persuading, expressing and defending opinions, giving presentations
- to work with stress and intonation
- to practise and extend constantly vocabulary including slang and idiomatic expressions

Active participation in classes along with passing a written exam will show that a student is able to:

- communicate with greater confidence when engaged in more sophisticated debates
- use wider vocabulary based on the topics discussed including slang, phrasal verbs and idioms (science and technology, religion, money, weapons, space exploration, telling lies, death penalty, addictions, art, immigration, racism)
- apply smoothly and carefully all common grammar rules during conversation (grammar tenses, relative clauses, time clauses, conditionals, passive voice, modal verbs)
- use proper stress and intonation
- give well-structured, attractive presentation
- negotiate, persuade, express and defend opinions

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

MacAndrew, Richard and Martínez, Ron: TABOOS AND ISSUES.
Haines, Simon: ADVANCED SKILLS (A resource book of advanced-level skills activities).
Gammidge, Mick: SPEAKING EXTRA (A resource book of multi-level skills activities).
Koebecses, Z., Extended contextual metaphor theory, ISBN 978-110-849-0870 (CS)

Not applicable.

eLearning: currently opened course

26 hours, optionally

Students learn about the aims of the course
Describing and giving reasons for one's aims in life
Finding solutions to a problem
Agreeing on a shared holiday
Ranking places for a sightseeing tour
Choosing someone for a job
Ranking objects
Memory, insight into the process of communication
Recognizing the functions of gestures in English
Ways of being polite in social encounters
Social behaviour in the target language
Problems people encounter when living in a new country
Assessing the progress of students in the course
A cross-cultural discussion about gifts and giving
To get students to share opinions
Sharing opinions on family
Telling each other about emotions
Promoting discussion about inventions
Showing empathy
Things students value in their daily lives
Discussing priorities for the future
Deciding on individual responsibility for a tragedy
A conflict situation in having to decide what to do
Discussing the role of secretaries at work
Planning a short holiday
To be announced

eLearning: currently opened course