Self-study 1.N2.EP.TTP.AP.7
Course objectives
The aim of the examination is to test whether the student’s language proficiency satisfies the C2-Level requirements with reference to:
- understanding heard and read texts,
- summarising information from spoken and written sources,
- reconstructing arguments in a coherent presentation,
- expressing her-/himself spontaneously, with fluency and precision,
- differentiating between subtle shades of meanings in elaborate situations.
The exam consists of three parts:
a) Integrated test to control the student’s language proficiency in:
a1) listening comprehension (maximum score = 20 percent of the test score),
a2) reading comprehension (maximum score = 20 percent of the test score), a3) the use of English (maximum score = 20 percent of the test score),
b) Writing – a short essay (approximately two pages of A4 format) focusing on a discussion of a chosen research problem emerging from their Academic major. The student’s task is to justify why a chosen problem seems to be important and interesting. This part of the exam serves the purpose of checking the student’s ability to apply the appropriate academic style in a written text (maximum score = 20 percent of the test score).
c) Oral exam – this part aims at checking the student’s knowledge of grammar and vocabulary, pronunciation, academic discourse markers, and the ability to conduct interactive communication within the fields analysed in Academic Language Skills: Reading, writing and speaking classes. The questions are related to the student’s MA profile (maximum score = 20 percent of the test score).
The evaluation guidelines for the exam follow those issued by the Council of Europe in The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment (CEFR). While evaluating the student’s accomplishment in exam tasks, special attention is paid to the way of handling academic features of discourse such as: the use of impersonal forms, formal field terminology, the lack of emotional load and the presence of objective distance, an appropriate handling of formal information in arguments, and – finally – the student’s social participation in a discussion (i.e. turn-taking, respecting other conversers’ views, dealing with communication problems, the use of extra-linguistic communication).
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 2023/24-Z: | Term 2024/25-Z: |
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes acc to PQF 2019
Knowledge
The students know and understand:
1. the role of English as a cognitive means and a tool used for studying with its language subtlety and indirect expressions (k_W03/P7S_WG)
2. to an in-depth extent the rules of academic discourse in English, including characteristics of various types of academic texts such as a paraphrase, summary, definition, comparison, synthesis, critique, argument, discourse, and polemic (k_W06/P7S_WG)
3. to an in-depth extent grammatical, lexical and stylistic rules of C2-Level academic English (k_W06/ 7S_WG)
Skills
The students can
4. read and create proficient English language texts in the field of English philology at C2 level (k_U04/P7S_UK)
5. speak English at C2 level, with particular emphasis on academic discourse, taking part in the specialist communication and conducting a formal debate (k_U05/P7S_UK)
Social competences
The students are ready to
6. prioritize the implementation of various tasks related to studying and approaching a self-study C2 exam (k_K01/P7S_KK)
Assessment criteria
Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes
Written and oral exam in English at C2 level - 100% of the final grade (outcomes 1,2,3,4,5,6)
The accomplishment of all exam tasks is represented by a sum of percentage points scored in individual tasks. Final marks are granted according to the following framework:
total score: 0 – 59% - mark: 2,0 (failed)
total score: 60 – 68% - mark: 3,0 (pass)
total score: 69 – 76% - mark: 3,5 (satisfactory)
total score: 77 – 84% - mark: 4,0 (good)
total score: 85 – 92% - mark: 4,5 (very good)
total score: 93 – 100% - mark: 5,0 (excellent)
Bibliography
Reading list:
Brown, K. (2007). Academic encounters: Life in society: Reading, study skills, writing. Cambridge: University Press.
Cumming, A. (Ed.). (2006). Goals for academic writing. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Espeseth, M. (2006). Academic listening encounters: Listening, note taking, discussion: Human behavior. Cambridge: University Press.
Flowerdew, J. (Ed.). (2002). Academic discourse. Harlow: Longman.
MacPherson, R. (2006). English for academic purposes. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN.
McCarthy, M. (2009). Academic vocabulary in use. Cambridge: University Press.
Osuchowska, D. (2009). The rudiments of academic writing. Rzeszów: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego.
Sanabira, K. (2007). Academic listening encounters: Life in society: Listening, note taking, discussion. Cambridge: University Press.
Additional information
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