Current events: reading and listening skills 6 1.S3.EPC.9
Course objectives:
1. understanding authentic texts while reading and listening,
2. developing exam task-solving techniques,
3. developing the general command of English language at C1 level.
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Course content
Listening comprehension: training in listening to understand the meaning of a range of spoken material set in the academic context at C1 level, including lectures, speeches and talks taking place in an academic environment, monologues, conversations held by two or three people on campus or University buildings. Training in a range of listening techniques, for example: listening for general information, listening for specific information, matching, gap-filling, paraphrasing, note-taking.
Reading comprehension: training in understanding different forms of written texts at C1 level such as: academic articles, lectures, critical opinions. Training in a range of reading techniques, for example: matching, discriminating, selecting, grasping general or detailed information.
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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
Student workload
Study level
Education profile
Type of course
obligatory courses
The semester in which the subject is carried out
Mode
Requirements
Course coordinators
Term 2022/23-L: | Term 2024/25-L: | Term 2023/24-L: |
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes acc to PRK 2019
Knowledge
The student knows and understands
1. 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 during classes and preparation - 20% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5,6)
2. Two reading and listening tests (mid-term and end of term) - each 40% of the final grade.
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 the classroom
O’Dell, F. (2012). Advanced Trainer. Six Practice Tests with Answers. Cambridge: CUP.
French, A., (2015) CAE Testbuilder 3rd edition. Macmillan
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: