Academic Language Skills: Listening and structures 3

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.

ECTS points in relation to student’s duties:

ECTS: 2

0,5 ECTS - 15 classes

0,5 ECTS - 10 consultations

1 ECTS - 30 self-study: exercise preparation for in-class discussion, preparation for test.

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

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 course verifies students' C2-Level language proficiency with respect to listening and the use of English, with special attention to academic style.

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.

Knowledge

Graduate knows and understands:

1.(k_W02) grammatical and lexical rules of C2-Level academic English, in particular, word formation, reported speech, conditional

sentences, rephrasing and transforming, confusable words (P7S_WG)

2. (k_W06) rare expressions and idioms, phrasal verbs and confusable words(P7S_WG)

Skills

Graduate can

3. (k_U05) apply grammatical, lexical and stylistic rules of C2-Level academic English, in particular students can identify and use parts of

speech in a sentence (P7S_UK)

4. (k_U05) use conditional sentences, reported speech, apply reporting verb patterns, rephrase and transform sentences (P7S_UK)

5. (k_U05) understand, use and match rare expressions, idioms, and phrasal verbs to a given context (P7S_UK)

6. (k_U05) understand a range of spoken material and use English as a foreign language at the level of C2 (P7S_UK)

Forms of evaluation of effects

1. active participation in class and preparation to class – 1,2,3,4,5,6

2. listening test – 2,3,5,6

3. test in advanced grammar and vocabulary of English – 1,2,3,4,5,6

Criteria of evaluation

1. Active participation in class and preparation to class – 20% - continuous assessment

2. One listening test – 40%

3. One test in advanced grammar and vocabulary of English – 40%

Informed, participation in classes (pluses for informed participation in discussions and exercises: 2-3 pluses 3,0; 4-5 pluses 3,5; 6-7 pluses

4,0; 8-9 pluses 4,5; 10 pluses and more 5,0)

To get a credit students need to pass all tests.

Test marks are granted according to the following framework:

grade 2,0 (fail): 0–59%

grade 3,0 (average): 60 - 68%

grade 3,5 (plus average): 69–76%

grade 4,0 (good): 77–84%

grade 4,5 (plus good): 85–92%

grade 5,0 (very good): 93–100%