General English - reading and listening 2 1.S3.EP.PP.4
Course aims:
The course aims at developing students' listening and reading skills at C1 level. One of the aims is preparing students to pass C1 self-study - writing part.
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Course content:
Listening comprehension: understanding informative monologues, conversation held by two or three people and also abrupt fragments of speech presenting one topic matter.
Reading comprehension: different forms of texts on the basis from which a student has to find out or match particular elements of information. Vocabulary and language structures: variety of texts presenting structures requiring correction, completion or transformation according to a given model.
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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:
listening comprehension tasks, reading comprehension tasks, pair work cooperation,group discussion, online materials analysis, using Internet resources, ICT tools/MSTeams
Field of study
Student workload
Study level
Education profile
Type of course
obligatory courses
foreign languages
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
1. Students 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_W02/P6S_WG),
2. Students know the main methods of analysis and interpretation of uses of language in listening and reading materials (k_W04/P6S_WG),
Skills
3. Students can perform language tasks requiring comprehension of various texts in English, both oral and written, applying reading and listening stategies (k_U05/P6S_UK)
4. Students can use English (relative to C1 level) when listetning and reading, and identify the general point/attitude and to find specific information in authentic public communications (k_U06/ P6S_UK; m-U-4/P6S_UK)
5. Students can work individually and in cooperation with others (k_U09/P6S_UO).
Social competences
6. Students are ready to critically evaluate their own language skills pertaining to comprehension in English at C1 level (K_K03/ P6S_KK)
Assessment criteria
Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes:
1. Active participation in the classes - 45% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5)
2. A credit test at the end of the semester - 55% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,4,6)
pass at 60% of the final grade
Bibliography
Reading list
A. obligatory reading (to get a credit):
A.1. used in class
Kenny, N., and J. Newbrook. (2008). CAE Practice Tests Plus. Harlow: Pearson.
Harrison, M. (2014). Advanced Practice Tests. Oxford: Oxford UP.
Osborne, Ch., and C. Nuttal (2009). CAE practice tests. Andover: Heinle.
A.2. used for self-study
Betsis, A., and L. Mamas. (2014). Succeed in CAE: 10 Practice Tests. Brighton: Global ELT.
Gude, K., and M. Stephens. (2014). CAE Result. Oxford: Oxford UP.
Hewings, M. (2005). Advanced Grammar in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge UP.
McCarthy, M., and F. O'Dell. (1994). English Vocabulary in Use. Advanced. Cambridge: Cambridge UP.
B. supplementary reading
Cotton, D., D. Falvey, and S. Kent. (2015). New Language Leader Advanced. Harlow: Pearson.
Foley, M., and D. Hall. (2003). Advanced Learners' Grammar. Harlow: Pearson.
Additional information
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