Language skills: speaking 1 1.S3.EP.1
Course objective:
The course prepares students for the C1 self-study exam - speaking part. It aims at developing their fluency and accuracy in speaking.
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Course content:
In this course students work on: Initiating of the conversation, giving personal information, expressing an opinion, informing the speaker about personal feelings and experience, comparing, expressing assumptions, encouraging the speaker to exchange the views, ways of expressing acceptance or lack of it in the context of the speaker, task negotiating, problem solution (individual and group), finishing the conversation.
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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:
in-class discussions, pair work, oral perfomance and presentations, analysis of oral performance, analysis of language samples, error correction, ICT tools if necessary/MSTeams
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 2023/24-Z: | Term 2024/25-Z: | Term 2022/23-Z: |
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes acc to PRK 2019
Knowledge
Students:
1. have a proficiency in English at C1 level, know grammatical, lexical and stylistic rules of correct uses of English, as well as of various registers to be used appropriately to social contexts (k_W07/P6S_WG, k_W03/P6S_WG)
Skills
Students can:
2. use different source materials (the Internet, library) and search, analyse, select and use information in the form of an oral presentation or performance (k_U07/P6S_UW)
3. plan and organize individual work as well as collaborate with other students to prepare presentations in English (k_U08/P6S_UO)
4. use spoken English (relative to C1 level) correctly, fluently and effectively to discuss a variety of topics and communicate thoughts and emotions as well as express observations and opinions in a clear manner (k_U05/P6S_UK)
Social competences
Students:
5. are well-organized and reliable as regards assignments (k_K01/P6S_KK)
Assessment criteria
Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes:
Giving a presentation (75%) - 1,2,3,4,5
Presentation must last at least 70 minutes.
Active participation in class (25%) - 1,4,5
Active participation in 10+ classes will grant the student a half-grade extra at the end of the semester.
Bibliography
Reading list
A. obligatory reading (to get a credit):
Teacher's own materials
Ron Martinez and MacAndrew, Instant Discussions (2003) (pdf supplied by teacher)
A.2.used for self study
T. Lewandowski (2011) Making Your English English. Opole: University of Opole Press
Additional information
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