Language skills: reading and listening 1

obowiązkowe

studia pierwszego stopnia

English Philology

semestr 1

studia stacjonarne

profil akademicki

języki obce
obowiązkowe

Realizowany w sali

ECTS points in relation to student’s duties:

total ECTS: 2

1 ECTS – 30 hours in class

1 ECTS – 30 hours preparation to classes with direct participation of the teacher (extensive reading and listening; preparing a project, designing a listening task)

Course description:

The course gives students practice in reading and listening comprehension at an advanced B2+ level.

Course objectives:

The aim of the course is to improve students’ understanding of spoken and written texts and to raise student`s language fluency in comprehension to level B2+ (according to the criteria suggested by CEFR for languages) in regards to understanding various texts carrying hidden meaning. It aims at preparing students for their C1-Level Practical English Exam in the summer semester.

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Course content:

Reading comprehension: different forms of texts on the basis of which students have to find particular information (skimming, scanning, guessing from context, paraphrasing).

Listening comprehension: understanding of informative monologues, conversations and short fragments presenting some a range of themes/issues. Reading and listening materials are related to such areas of human activity as culture, literature, philosophy, politics, religion, art etc.

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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:

analysis of different types of written and spoken texts, various forms of exercises, in-class discussions, project work, ICT tools/MSTeams if needed

Reading list:

French, A., (2015). Advanced Testbuilder 3rd Edition. Oxford: Macmillan

Mann, M., Taylore-Knowles, S. (2014) Improve your Skills: Reading for Advanced +key, Macmillan Education

Mann, M., Taylore-Knowles, S. (2014) Improve your Skills: : Listening & Speaking for Advanced+key+MP3, Macmillan Education

and materials provided by the teacher

Supplementary reading

Betsis, A. and Mamas, L. (20214). Succeed in Cambridge English: Advanced. Global ELT.

Gude, K., and M. Stephens. (2014). CAE Result. Oxford: Oxford UP.

O’Dell, F. (2012). Advanced Trainer. Six Practice Tests with Answers. Cambridge: CUP.

Osborne, Ch., and C. Nuttal (2009). CAE practice tests. Andover: Heinle.

Osbourne, C. Nuttal, C. (2015). Exam Essentials Practice Tests 1. Cengage.

and student individual choice of sources

Learning outcomes acc to PQR 2019

Knowledge

Students:

1. have a proficiency in English at B2+level, know grammatical, lexical and stylistic rules of correct uses of English, as well as of various registers to be able to comprehend various types of texts (k_W03/P6S_WG),

2. know of the main methods of analysis and interpretation of uses of language in spoken and written texts (k_W04/ P6S_WG),

Skills

Students can:

3. comprehend spoken and written texts in English (relative to B2+ level) to identify the general point/attitude and to find specific information (k_U04/P6S_UK; k_U05/P6S_UK)

4. select appropriate strategies to do different types of reading and listening tasks (k_U02/ P6S_UK)

Social competences

Students can:

5. comprehend and assess types of reading and listening texts in order to apply ap-propriate techniques to solve testing tasks (k_K02/ P6S_KK)

Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes:

1. Active participation during classes - 20% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4)

2. Project - 25% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,5)

3. Tests - 55% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4)

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%

Pass at 60% of the finale grade