UCJPRAK1 Practical Language 1

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/4/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Steven Morris, M.A. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Libor Práger, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Libor Práger, Ph.D.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites
Students must be of level A2-B1 of Council of Europe Level.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course is the first in a series of practical language courses. It aims at overall development of grammar, vocabulary, writing, listening and speaking. The textbook FCE Result used in the course corresponds to Level Three in the Cambridge ESOL five-level system, and Council of Europe Level B2.
Syllabus
  • Cambridge English First Result, 2015, Student's Book, UNITS 1-6
    1. (Unit 1) Describing personality
    2. (Unit 1) Expressing future
    3. (Unit 2) Describing natural landscape
    4. (Unit 2) Verb patterns
    5. (Unit 3) Extreme adjectives
    6. (Unit 3) Past tenses
    7. (Unit 4) Films
    8. (Unit 4) Simple and continuous aspect
    9. (Unit 5) Verbs connected with speech
    10. (Unit 5) Reported speech
    11. (Unit 6) Travel
    12. (Unit 6) Modal verbs
Literature
    required literature
  • Davies, A.P, Tim Falla. Cambridge English First Result, 2015, CUP, Student´s Book.
    recommended literature
  • McCarthy, M. and O'Dell, F. English Vocabulary in Use: Upper-Intermediate. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. info
  • Peters, S. and Gráf, T. Cvičebnice anglické gramatiky. Polygot, 1998. info
  • Swan, M. Practical English Usage. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. info
  • Murphy, R. English Grammar in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986. info
    not specified
  • Hornby, A.S. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Oxford, 2002. info
Assessment methods
Test
Written exam
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
To pass the course the students are required to achieve at least 70% in each part of the exam:
1) Grammar and vocabulary (max 90, min 63 points)
2) Listening (max 20, min 14 points)
3) Reading (max 20, min 14 points)
4) Writing (max 20, min 14 points)
5) Speaking (max 50, min 35 points)
There will be one retake for each part of the exam. The students will only have to retake the part(s) of the exam which they fail.
Coursebook: FCE Result, Student's Book, Units 1-6.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2008, Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022.
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