Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Holidays, Travel. Travel - Travel abroad, Sea travel. Travel - Accommodation, Driving, Road accidents. Articles III Sightseeing. Articles III. Sightseeing - Tour sights. Sightseeing - Olomouc. Final revision. Climate - weather. Conditional clauses I. Climate. Conditional clauses II. Climate - atmosphere, environment. Conditional clauses I + II. "There is" construction. Communication (post office). Prepositions. Communication (Telephone, PC). Prepositions. Review: vocabulary, confusing phrases, speaking topics, grammar.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Demonstration
- Attendace
- 25 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 25 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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This practical course is focused on broadening the knowledge and usage of English vocabulary on an advanced level. We shall talk about the following topics: Holidays, Travel, Sightseeing, Climate and weather, Communication and pay special attention to work with text and using fixed expressions and phrases in a given context. The conversation lessons are interconnected to lessons dedicated to grammar where we shall discuss the articles, conditional clauses and prepositions.
Students will be able to express their view in English correctly and precisely on the topic of Travel, Sightseeing, Climate, Communication and will be able to use the fixed expressions.
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Prerequisites
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Knowledge of English (B1) both in practice and grammar.(As expected, for instance, after completing the course KSR/7ANG1-2).
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam, Analysis of linguistic
- Attendance, max. 2 absences - Completion of the tests on vocabulary, phrases and translation - Oral presentation on a selected topic in English - Passing the credit test
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Recommended literature
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Fictumová, J. Ceccarelli, J., Long, T.:. Angličtina. Konverzace pro pokročilé. Topic-based Vocabulary for Advanced Learners. Brno 2008..
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Gault, J.:. New Headway: Talking Points. Oxford University Press 2005.
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Peters, S., Gráf, T. Nová cvičebnice anglické gramatiky. Polyglot, Praha 2000.
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Raymond Murphy. (2004). English Grammar in Use. A Self-Study Reference and Practice Book for Intermediate Students of English, 3rd edition (Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2004). Cambridge.
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