Language skills: speaking and writing 2

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English Philology

semestr 4

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Language skills: speaking and writing 1

ECTS points in relation to student’s duties:

total ECTS: 2

1 ECTS: 30 hours of classes

0,5 ECTS: 10 hours of consultations

0,5 ECTS: 15 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 to reach full C1 level of proficiency in those skills.

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Course content:

Speaking is conducted by student-led activities such as: design your 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.

Online news services

Learning outcomes acc to PQR 2019

Knowledge:

Student knows

1. how to present information, discuss and debate it. (k_W03/P6S_WG)

2. produce a variety of forms of written assignments (k_W04/P6S_WG)

Skills

Student can:

3. research and discuss current events on the internet (k_U07/P6S_UW)

4. use advanced vocabulary ; identify and utilise appropriate grammar structures (K_U05/P6S_UW)

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 - 40% of the final grade (outcome 1,3,4,6)

2. Up to 6 graded writing assignments - 60% 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%