Language skills: speaking and writing 1

studia pierwszego stopnia

English Philology

semestr 3

Studia niestacjonarne

profil akademicki

języki obce
obowiązkowe

Realizowany w sali

ECTS points in relation to student’s duties:

total ECTS: 2

0,5 ECTS: 15 hours of classes

0,5 ECTS: 10 hours of consultations

1 ECTS: 30 hours of self-study, writing papers, preparing for classes

Course description:

The course is a continuation in Practical English development of speaking and writing at C1 level. This course gives students the opportunity to utilise their English skills in various practical conversational communicative activities. This is interspersed with practical writing lessons in a variety of genres and registers. Students are first given the right tools and advice on each genre, followed by the production of a writing assignment in class.

Course objectives:

The aim of the course is to allow students to practice the productive skills of writing and conversation.

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Course content:

Speaking is conducted by student-led activities such as: design you own class speaking lesson, presentations, class discussions, arguments and debates etc.

Writing activities are designed to leave students prepared for a C1 level writing exam. Writing genres and correspondence is presented so that students have a template from which to produce written assignments in class.

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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:

speaking and writing tasks, discussion, feedback, ICT tools/MSTeams

Reading list

Kenny, N., Newbrook, J., and Acklam, R. (2008) CAE Gold Plus. Pearson Longman.

MacAndrew, R. (2003) Instant Discussions. Thomson Heinle.

Teacher's own materials

LLearning outcomes acc to PQR 2019

Knowledge:

Student knows:

1. the role of English as a cognitive means to present information, discuss and debate it (k_W03/P6S_WG)

2. a variety of methods and approached to produce different forms of written assignments (k_W04/P6S_WG)

Skills

Student can:

3. research and discuss current events presented on the Internet (k_U07/P6S_UO)

4. use advanced vocabulary in speaking and writing; identify and utilise appropriate grammar structures in speaking and writing (k_U05/P6S_UK)

5. use different registers and writing style (k_U04/P6S_UK)

Social competences

Student

6. is able to engage effectively with their colleagues in spoken and written form (k_K04/P6S_KO)

Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes:

1. Active participation in speaking - 50% of the final grade (outcome 1,3,4,6)

2. Graded writing assignments - 50% of the final grade (outcome 2,3,4,5,6)

Final Grading Framework:

2.0 (Fail): 0-59%

3.0 (Average): 60-68%

3.5 (Average Plus): 69-74%

4.0 (Good): 75-84%

4.5 (Good Plus): 85-92%

5.0 (Very Good): 93-100%