Language skills: speaking 1

studia pierwszego stopnia

English Philology

semestr 1

studia niestacjonarne

profil akademicki

języki obce
obowiązkowe

Realizowany w sali

ECTS points in relation to student’s duties:

total number of ECTS: 2

0,5 ECTS – 15 hours: participation in classes,

0,5 ECTS - 15 hour consultation

1 ECTS - 30 hours preparation to classes

Course descripition

The course Speaking 1 improves student conversion skills in English through participation and presentations. The course focuses on discussing different topics, expressing own views, training communicative English at C1 level.

Course objectives

The aim of the course aims to train students’ communicative fluency and accuracy in speaking in English. The course prepares students for the C1 self-study exam - speaking part.

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Course content

Speaking skill: discussing different topics, such as: studying at a university, social media, current social problems, personal preferences, etc.

Communication skills: training negotiation, argumentation, active listening, responsiveness, etc.; training language and pronunciation correctness.

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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:

in-class discussions, pair work, oral perfomance and presentations, analysis of oral performance, analysis of language samples, error correction, ICT tools if necessary/MSTeams

Reading list

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

Online source: TED conferences - www.ted.com

Learning outcomes acc to PQR 2019

Knowledge

Students:

1. have a proficiency in English at C1 level, know grammatical, lexical and stylistic rules of correct uses of English, as well as of various

registers to be used appropriately to social contexts (k_W07/P6S_WG, k_W03/P6S_WG)

Skills

Students can:

2. use different source materials (the Internet, library) and search, analyse, select and use information in the form of an oral presentation or

performance (k_U07/P6S_UW)

3. plan and organize individual work as well as collaborate with other students to prepare presentations in English (k_U08/P6S_UO)

4. use spoken English (relative to C1 level) correctly, fluently and effectively to discuss a variety of topics and communicate thoughts and

emotions as well as express observations and opinions in a clear manner (k_U05/P6S_UK)

Social competences

Students:

5. are well-organized and reliable as regards assignments (k_K01/P6S_KK)

Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes:

1. Active participation in class - 50% of the final grade (outcome: 1,2,4)

2. Performing communication tasks - 50% of the final grade (outcome: 1,2,3,4,5)

To get a credit students need to be active during lesson and perform communication skills at C1 level.

Marks are granted according to the following framework:

grade 2,0 (fail): 0–49%

grade 3,0 (average): 50–59%

grade 3,5 (plus average): 60–69%

grade 4,0 (good): 70–79%

grade 4,5 (plus good): 80–89%

grade 5,0 (very good): 90–100%