Current Events: Oral Communication Skills

studia pierwszego stopnia

English in Public Communication

semestr 1

Studia stacjonarne

profil akademicki

języki obce
obowiązkowe

Realizowany w sali

ECTS points in relation to student’s duties:

total number of ECTS: 2

1 point ECTS = 30 hours of classes

1 point ECTS = 30 hours of preparation to class (presentations/

vocabulary/ videos) with direct participation of the teacher

Course description

The course offers an opportunity to improve speaking skills as well as vocabulary at B2+/C1 level.

Course objectives:

The aim of the course is to help students achieve fluency in discussing various topics in the academic context during oxford debates; to improve argumentation skills needed for studying and communication in English.

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Course content

speaking on the following topic areas: technology, body issues, legalization of drugs and guns, education, money, politics, upbringing children, homosexuality, religion, art, celebrities, crime and punishment, the Internet, media.

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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:

Oxford debates, group work and pair work, recordings, presentation, ICT tools/online work if needed - MSTeams

Reading list:

MacAndrew Richard and Martinez Ron, 2002. Taboos and Issues. Boston : Thomson Heinle

TED conferences - www.ted.com

Learning outcomes acc to PQR 2019

Knowledge

Students know and understand:

1. the importance of English language in various public discourses and are aware of the rules of organizing and holding a conversation and/or Oxford debates on various topics in the academic environment (k_W03/P6S_WG)

2. various facts related to the economical, technological, political, financial, religious, legal and educational issues related to the English speaking countries (k_W06/P6S_WG)

Skills

Students can:

3. use spoken English correctly, fluently and effectively to discuss a variety of topics and can do a presentation on a given topic at B2+/C1 level (k_U05/P6S_UK)

4. collaborate with other students to prepare projects, presentations or debates in English that lead to the improvement of their oral communication skills (k_U08/P6S_UO)

Social competences

Students:

5. are well-organized, reliable, prepared and punctual as regards assignments and tasks which they are asked to fulfil (k_K01/P6S_KK)

6. accept social, economical, ideological and cultural differences of people who they need to cooperate with while carrying out group work (k_K03/P6S_KO)

Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes

1. Active participation in class discussions (oral performance) - up to 100% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5,6)

Pass at 60% of the final grade

Make up tasks:

to get the pass covering their active participation, a student needs to prepare a video minimum 7 minutes long on every topic from the syllabus that they missed .

level of English: B2+/C1

- fluent, coherent, grammatically and lexically correct talk without breaks, repetitions, and reading (it must be a speech).

- the films can be recorded on a phone or a computer and put on a website or sent directly. The speaker must be clearly seen and heard.