Current events: reading and listening skills 5 1.S3.EPC.8

Course objectives:
- developing students’ receptive skills such as listening and reading corresponding to C1 English proficiency level according to the criteria suggested by CEFR for languages.
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Course content:
While interacting with particular content students will acquire the skills and strategies necessary to accomplish two primary purposes: getting the general sense of the message (written or spoken) and working out the details of a piece of reading or writing. Students will be provided with written and spoken texts concerning various areas of public communication, English in media, and English in business.
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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:
analysis of different types of written and spoken texts, various forms of exercises developing reaing comprehension and listening comprehension, in-class discussions, ICT tools/e-learning option if needed - MSTeams

Field of study

English in Public Communication

Student workload

ECTS points in relation to student’s duties total number of ECTS points: 2 1 ECTS – 30 hours: participation in classes 1 ECTS – 25 hours: preparation + 5 hours: consultations

Study level

BA level studies

Education profile

Full-time studies

Type of course

foreign languages
obligatory courses

The semester in which the subject is carried out

semester 5

Mode

(in Polish) Realizowany w sali

Requirements

Current events: reading and listening skills 1 Current events: reading and listening skills 2 Current events: reading and listening skills 3 Current events: reading and listening skills 4

Course coordinators

Term 2023/24-Z:

Małgorzata Adams-Tukiendorf
Dorota Kamińska

Term 2024/25-Z:

Małgorzata Adams-Tukiendorf
Dorota Kamińska

Term 2022/23-Z:

Dorota Kamińska

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes acc to PRK 2019

Knowledge
The student knows
1. knows English at the C1 level, knows 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 found in public communication, including authentic materials (k_W03/P6S_WG)
2. has the basic knowledge of the main methods of analysis and interpretation of uses of language in spoken and written texts at the C1 level in the context of public communication, media, and business (k_W04/P6S_WG)

Skills
The student can
3. read with comprehension and listen with comprehension to English-language texts and utterances at the C1 level in the context of public communication, including authentic materials (k_U04/P6S_UK)
4. use the English language at the C1 level (k_U05/P6S_UK)

Social competences
The student is ready to
5. comprehend and assess types of reading and listening texts in order to apply appropriate techniques to solve testing tasks (k_K02/P6S_KK)
6. understand and accept differences between their native language and English language in terms of the concept of pronunciation and ideas expressed in a written and spoken form (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 reading and listening tests - each 40% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5)

To get a credit students need to pass all tests.
Level C1
60-67% – 3,0
68-75% – 3,5
76-83% – 4,0
84-91% – 4,5
92-100% – 5,0

Bibliography

Reading list:
Used in class
O’Dell, F. (2012). Advanced Trainer. Six Practice Tests with Answers. Cambridge: CUP.
Ceramella, N., & Lee, E. (2008). Cambridge English for the Media, Cambridge English.
Materials from onestopenglish.com
Authentic materials adapted by the teacher

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:

Description of 1.S3.EPC.8 in USOSweb