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Academic Language Skills: Listening and structures 3

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Course ID: 1.2.W2.EP.6
Erasmus code / ISCED: (unknown) / (unknown)
Course title: Academic Language Skills: Listening and structures 3
Name in Polish: Academic Language Skills: Listening and structures 3
Organizational unit: Faculty of Philology
Course groups: (in Polish) Studia niestacjonarne
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): (not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.

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Language: English
Type of course:

obligatory courses

Short description:

The course takes account of students' involvement in self-study development of their integrated language skills, with special focus on listening and use of English, as described within the CEFR for Languages framework.

contact with the instructor: sutarzewicz@uni.opole.pl

Full description:

The course continues introducing students into the problems of academic style. Through practical analysis of exam-oriented tasks with reference to the structures and vocabulary of English, and the language skill of listening, the course guides students towards their Practical English Exam. Finally, the module verifies students' C2-Level language proficiency with respect to listening and the use of English, with special attention to academic style.

Bibliography:

Gude, K. & M. Duckworth. (2008). Proficiency masterclass: Student book. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Harrison, M. (2013). Proficiency testbuilder. Oxford: Macmillan.

Jones, L. (1995). Progress to proficiency: Student’s book. Cambridge: Cambridge Examinations Publishing.

More, J. (2005). Common mistakes at proficiency and how to avoid them. Cambridge: University Press.

Wilson, J. & J. Newbrook. (2004). New proficiency gold. London: Longman.

Learning outcomes:

Knowledge

Graduate knows and understands

- contemporary cultural issues (k-W-1), (P6S_WG)

- know grammatical, lexical and stylistic rules of C2-Level academic English (k-W-8), (P6S_WG/K)

Skills

Graduate can

- comprehend and analyse academic texts (k-U-2), (P6S_UW)

- converse in English (k-U-6), (P6S_UK)

- apply grammatical, lexical and stylistic rules of C2-Level academic English (k-U-6, k-U-9), (P6S_UK, s-U-2)

Social competences

Graduate is ready to

- operate C2-Level written and spoken English (k-K-1), (P6S_KK)

- cooperate and work in groups (k-K-2), (P6S_KO)

- take part in cultural life (k-K-4), (P6S_KR)

Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

- work in small groups and evaluation of activity (20%),

- a listening test (40%)

- a test in advanced grammar and vocabulary of English (40%),

This course is not currently offered.
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