Current events: reading and listening skills 1 1.S3.EPC.4
Course objectives
1. training to understand different types of texts for reading and listening,
2. training reading for general information, specific information, reading for the understanding context of a message,
3. training listening for general information, detailed information, and basic understanding of different types of English pronunciation.
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Course content
Listening comprehension: training in listening to understand the meaning of a range of spoken material at B2/B2+ level, including interviews, radio broadcasts, speeches and talks, monologues, and conversations held by two or three people. Training in a range of listening techniques, for example: listening for general infor-mation, listening for specific information, matching, gap-filling, paraphrasing, note-taking.
Reading comprehension: training in understanding different forms of written texts at B2/B2+ level such as: descriptions, narrative texts, critical opinions, reviews, etc. Training in a range of reading techniques, for ex-ample: matching, discriminating, selecting, grasping general or detailed information.
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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:
listening comprehension tasks, reading comprehension tasks, group work, online assignments, ICT tools/elearning option if needed
Field of study
Student workload
Study level
Education profile
Type of course
foreign languages
obligatory courses
The semester in which the subject is carried out
Mode
Course coordinators
Term 2024/25-Z: | Term 2023/24-Z: | Term 2022/23-Z: |
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes acc to PRK 2019
Knowledge
Students know and understand:
1. selected types of registers in listened and written English texts at the B2/B2+ level, typical for public communication (k_W03/P6S_WG).
2. different methods to analyse and interpret reading and listening texts at B2/B2+ level (k_W04/P6S_WG).
Skills
Students can:
3. understand information in various reading and listening texts at B2/B2+ level, typical for public communication (k_U02/P6S_UW).
4. analyse different types of reading and listening texts at B2/B2+ level, using techniques of matching, gap-filling, guessing from context, skimming, and scanning (k_U07/P6S_UO).
Social competences
Students can:
5. manage their own time and prioritise learning process in the field of studying written and listened texts at B2/B2+ level (k_K01/P6S_KK).
Assessment criteria
Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes:
1. Active participation 20% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5)
2. Mid-term test - 40% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5)
3. Final test - 40% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5)
To get a credit students need to pass all tests.
Level B2/B2+
50-59% - 3,0
60-69% - 3,5
70-79% - 4,0
80-89% - 4,5
90-100%- 5,0
Bibliography
Reading list:
Used in class:
Brook-Hart, G., & Haines, S. (2014). Complete Advanced Teacher’s Book with Teacher’s Resources, Cambridge English.
Gude, K., and M. Stephens. (2014). CAE Result. Oxford: Oxford UP.
Virginia Evans, James Milton, Jenny Dooley. Listening and speaking skills 2. For revised Cambridge ESOL FCE examination. Express Publishing 2009.
Students' self-study:
https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/exams-and-tests/advanced/preparation/
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/business-english/podcasts-for-professionals
Additional information
Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system: