Language skills: reading and listening 4

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English Philology

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Language skills: reading and listening 3

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 3. 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

Practical English Exam.

Course objectives

The aim of the course is to improve students’ language fluency (according to the criteria suggested by CEFR for languages) in terms of raising their level of understanding reading and listening texts at C1 level.

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The course focuses on:

1. understanding authentic texts while reading and listening,

2. developing exam task-solving techniques,

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

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, ICT tools/MSteams

A. obligatory reading (to get a credit):

A.1. used in class

Betsis, A. and Mamas, L. (2014). 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 PQR 2019

Knowledge

Student knows and understands:

1. techniques 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 elimina-tion (k_U02/ P6S_UW)

5. apply reading and listening techniques to solve 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. comprehend and assess 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 lan-guage 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. two tests in reading and listening (mid and end of semester) - total of 80% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5,6,7).

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%