Current events: grammar and style 3 1.S3.EPC.18
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to improve students’ grammar and structures of English language at B2+/C1 level of advancement.
The course focuses on:
1. improving students' grammatical competencies,
2. improving students’ fluency in style,
3. training and developing task-solving techniques.
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Course content
1. Grammar: inversion; determiners and pronouns (one(s), another, other(s), one another, each other); quanti-fiers (much, many, a lot of, (a) few, (a) little, most); nouns and phrases.
2. Style: linking words and phrases; punctuation and spelling.
3. Task-solving techniques: rephrasing and transforming sentence structure, word formation, gap filling, etc.
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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:
short texts analysis, various forms of exercises, in-class discussions, ICT tools/e-learning option if needed
Field of study
Student workload
Study level
Education profile
Type of course
foreign languages
The semester in which the subject is carried out
Mode
Requirements
Course coordinators
Term 2024/25-Z: | Term 2023/24-Z: | Term 2022/23-Z: |
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes acc to PRK 2019
Knowledge
Student knows and understands
1. stylistic and grammatical rules of inversion, linking words and phrases, punctuation and spelling, chosen determiners and pronouns, chosen quantifiers, and noun phrases of English language at B2+/C1 level (k_W02/P6S_WG)
2. basic methods of analysis and interpretation of style and structures in public communication at B2+/C1 level (k_W04/P6S_WG)
Skills
Student can
3. use chosen stylistic and grammatical rules of inversion, linking words and phrases, punctu-ation and spelling, chosen determiners and pronouns, chosen quantifiers, and noun phrases of English language at B2+/C1 level (k_U05/P6S_UK)
4. recognise and analyse the chosen style and grammar elements at B2+/C1 level in relation to public communication (k_U09/P6S_UU)
Social competences
Student is ready to:
5. manage the learning process effectively in the field of media and business language at B2+/C1 level (k_K01/ P6S_KK)
6. understand and accept differences between their native language and English language in terms of the concept of grammar, style, and structure at B2+/C1 level (k_K03/P6S_KO)
Assessment criteria
Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes
1. Active participation - 20% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5,6)
2. Two language tests - each 40% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4)
To get a credit students need to pass all tests.
the criteria of assessment of the language tests:
Level: B2+/C1.
55-63% - 3,0
64-72% – 3,5
73-81% – 4,0
82-90% – 4,5
91-100% – 5,0
Bibliography
Reading list:
Vince, M. and Sunderland, P. (2003). Advanced Language Practice. Macmillan.
Vince, M. (2008). English Grammar in Context. Advanced. Macmillan.
Betsis, A. and Mamas, L. (20214). Succeed in Cambridge English: Advanced. Global ELT.
Online materials prepared by a teacher.
Additional information
Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system: