Language skills: reading and listening 3

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English Philology

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Language skills: reading and listening 2

ECTS points in relation to student’s duties:

total ECTS: 2

1 ECTS – 30 hours: class participation,

1 ECTS – 15 hours: preparation + 10 hours: consultations

Course description:

The course is a continuation of Practical English course in listening and reading 2. It gives students further practice in listening comprehenstion and reading comprehenstion at C1 level. Through practical analysis of exam-oriented reading and listening tasks the course guides students towards their Practi-cal English Exam.

Course objectives

- understanding authentic texts while reading and listening,

- developing exam task-solving techniques,

- developing the general command of English language at C1 level.

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Course content:

Listening comprehension part: intensive training in listening to understand the meaning of a range of spoken material at C1 level, including lectures, radio broadcasts, speeches and talks, monologues, conversations held by two or three people. Training in a range of testing exam techniques, for example: listening for general in-formation, listening for specific information, matching, gap-filling, paraphrasing, note-taking.

Reading comprehension part: intensive training in understanding different forms of written texts at C1 level such as: descriptions, analyses, reports, critical opinions. Training in a range of testing exam techniques, for example: matching, discriminating, selecting, grasping general or detailed information.

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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:

individual work, pair and group work, activities training reading and listening skills.

Reading list

A. obligatory reading (to get a credit):

A.1. used in class

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.

A.2. used for self-study

Betsis, A., and L. Mamas. (2014). Succeed in CAE: 10 Practice Tests. Brighton: Global ELT.

Learning outcomes acc to PQK 2019

Knowledge

Student knows and understands:

1. approaches used for testing reading and listening skills at C1 level (k_W02/P6S_WG)

2. methodology of reading and listening techniques used for testing at C1 level (k_W04/P6S_WG)

Skills

Student can:

3. use methodological terminology of types of testing techniques at C1 level (k_U01/P6S_UW)

4. analyse texts using techniques of synthesis, discrimination, matching, and elimination (k_U02/P6S_UW)

5. apply reading and listening techniques to solve listening and reading tasks at C1 level (k_U04/P6S_UW)

6. understand a range of spoken and written material in English at C1 level (k_U05/P6S_UK)

Social competences

Student is ready to:

7. solve problems arising from comprehension and assessment of types of reading and listening texts in order to apply appropriate techniques to solve testing tasks (k_K02/P6S_KK)

8. understand and accept differences between their native language and English language in terms of the concept of pronunciation and ideas expressed in a written form (k_K03/P6S_KO)

Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes

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

2. Listening and reading tests (mid and end of semester) - 80% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)

To get a credit students need to pass all tests.

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%