Language skills: vocabulary and structures 1

studia pierwszego stopnia

English Philology

semestr 4

studia niestacjonarne

profil akademicki

języki obce
obowiązkowe

Realizowany w sali

ECTS points in relation to student’s duties:

Total ECTS: 2

1 ECTS – 30 hours in class

1 ECTS – 30 hours preparation to classes (extensive vocabulary and grammar exercises) with direct participation of the teacher

Course description:

The course focuses on developing students' command of vocabulary at C1 level, improving students' knowledge of English grammar and structures used on the C1 level, and developing exam task-solving techniques.

Course objectives

The aim of the course is to improve students’ vocabulary and structures of English language at C1 level of advancement. Through analysis and practical training the course guides students towards their Practical English Exam.

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Course content

1. using prefixes/suffixes to create different parts of speech; recognizing different parts of speech.

2. using gerunds and infinitives to provide appropriate meaning.

3. recognizing and using idioms, expressions, confusable words.

4. rephrasing and transforming sentence structure.

5. training at a range of exam C1 level testing techniques, for example: word formation, gap filling, sentence transformation.

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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:

language tasks focused on vocabulary and grammar, individual work, class discussion, feedback on form, ICT tools/MSTeams

Reading list

Side, R. and Wellman, G. (2000). Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency. Longman.

Thomson, A.J. and Martinet, A.V. (1990). A Practical English Grammar. OUP.

Betsis, A. and Mamas, L. (20214). Succeed in Cambridge English: Advanced. Global ELT.

Osbourne, C. Nuttal, C. (2015). Exam Essentials Practice Tests 1. Cengage.

O’Dell, F. (2012). Advanced Trainer. Six Practice Tests with Answers. Cambridge: CUP.

Supplementary reading

Thomas, B.J. (1995). Advanced vocabulary and idiom. Harlow: Longman.

Walton, R. (1994). Advanced English CAE. Grammar Practice. London: Nelson.

Latham-Koeing, K., Oxenden, K., and Lambert, J. English File Advanced (3rd ed.) Oxford: OUP.

Hewings, M. (2013). Advanced grammar in use with answers: A self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English. Cambridge University Press.

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

Learning outcomes acc to PQR 2019

Knowledge

Student knows and understands:

1. advanced grammatical and lexical rules of C1-level English, in particular, word formation, rephrasing and transforming, confusable words (k_W02/P6S_WG)

2. techniques used for testing vocabulary and structures at C1 level (k_W04/P6S_WG)

Skills

Student can:

3. analyse testing tasks using techniques of discrimination, matching, elimination, and gap-filling (k_U02/P6S_UW)

4. apply grammatical and lexical rules of C1-level English, in particular can identify and use parts of speech in a sentence (k_U05/P6S_UK)

5. rephrase and transform sentences (k_U05/P6S_UK)

6. understand, use and match expressions and idioms to a given context (k_U05/P6S_UK)

7. understand a range of spoken material and use English as a foreign language at the level of C1 (k_U05/P6S_UK)

Social competences

Student is ready to:

8. comprehend types of vocabulary and grammar aspects in order to apply appropri-ate techniques to solve testing tasks (k_K02/P6S_KK)

9. understand and accept differences between their native language and English language in terms of the concept of vocabulary and structures (k_K03/P6S_KO)

Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes:

1. Active participation during classes and preparation – 20% of the final grade (outcomes 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9)

2. vocabulary and structures tests - 80% of the final grade (outcomes 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)

To get a credit students need to pass all tests.

Marks are granted according to the following framework:

grade 2,0 (fail): 0–54%

grade 3,0 (average): 55–69%

grade 3,5 (plus average): 70–79%

grade 4,0 (good): 80–89%

grade 4,5 (plus good): 90–95%

grade 5,0 (very good): 96–100%

pass at 60% of the final grade