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Lecturer(s)
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Öbrink Markus Johan, MgA. M.A.
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Course content
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During the course you will practice: - planning a presentation - necessary vocabulary - holding the presentation - non-verbal language - answering questions - necessary grammar and much more. The most important books for self study are: - Vocabulary: McCarthy, O'Dell. Academic Vocabualry in Use - Grammar: Murphy, English Grammar in Use. A Self-Study Reference and Practice Book for Intermediate Students of English
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
- Preparation for the Exam
- 15 hours per semester
- Attendace
- 24 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 90 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Presentation skills are one of the most important skills for academic work. Still, very few take courses in how to speak in front of an audience. But without practice, we cannot improve. This course is designed for history students who need to develop their English presentation skills. We will work with developing speech techniques, planning and organising presentations, non-verbal langauge etc. The course also includes some grammar necessary for the development of better presentation skills. During the course you will learn how to present your work attractively in spoken form, as well as better understand subject related texts.
This course will teach you how to plan and hold presentations about academic topics in English. This includes planning, composing and revising. Part of this is improving your general English level, students who take the AEW course should begin at level B1 and are to reach level B2. Minimal level of English to take the course is B1! Students who have a lower level of English should take other courses, since this will be too difficult. At the end of the course you will: - be able to interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes interaction on a given, previously prepared, subject with native speakers quite possible - be able to explain your viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options - be able to express yourself fluently and spontaneously on a given subject-related theme - be able to use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes - be able to produce clear, well-structured oral presentations on a given demanding theme.
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Prerequisites
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To take this course you need to have English on at least level B1. Before choosing the course, you can do the placement test (user ID and password are identical with Portal UP):https://moodle.ff.upol.cz/course/view.php?id=287
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam, Student performance, Analysis of linguistic, Analysis of Creative works (Music, Pictorial,Literary), Dialog, Systematic Observation of Student
Requirements for acquiring the credits at the end of the course The student must: 1) sign up in the electronic system STAG at the beginning of the semester; 2) attend the classes regularly (a document from the doctor or from the department explaining the reasons for the student´s absence is needed); the student´s absence from a class does not justify failure to fulfil their tasks for the following class; 3) be disciplined, attentive and active in class; 4) prepare their homework on a regular basis; 5) have good results in the colloquium; 6) fulfil all their tasks by the end of the examination period of the given semester at the latest.
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Recommended literature
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Markus Öbrink. (2018). Speak Up! A short manual for students (and everyone else) in how to present stuff in front of an audience.. Olomouc.
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McCarthy, M., & O'Dell, F. (2008). Academic vocabulary in use: 50 units of academic vocabulary reference and practice : self-study and classroom use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Murphy, R. (2012). English grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate learners of English : with answers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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