Current events: oral communication skills 1.S3.EPC.20

Course objectives:
The aim of the course is to help students achieve fluency in discussing various topics in the academic context during oxford debates; to improve argumentation skills needed for studying and communication in English.
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Course content
speaking on the following topic areas: technology, body issues, legalization of drugs and guns, education, money, politics, upbringing children, homosexuality, religion, art, celebrities, crime and punishment, the Internet, media.
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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:
Oxford debates, group work and pair work, recordings, presentation, ICT tools/online work if needed - MSTeams

Field of study

English in Public Communication

Student workload

ECTS points in relation to student’s duties: total number of ECTS: 2 1 point ECTS = 30 hours of classes 1 point ECTS = 25 hours of preparation to class (presentations/ vocabulary/videos) and 5hrs of consultations

Study level

BA level studies

Education profile

Full-time studies

Type of course

obligatory courses
obligatory courses
foreign languages

The semester in which the subject is carried out

semester 1

Mode

(in Polish) Realizowany w sali

Course coordinators

Term 2024/25-Z:

Małgorzata Adams-Tukiendorf
Ewa Kropielnicka

Term 2023/24-Z:

Małgorzata Adams-Tukiendorf
Ewa Kropielnicka

Term 2022/23-Z:

Ewa Kropielnicka

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes acc to PRK 2019

Knowledge
Students:
1. know the importance of English language in various public discourses and are aware of the rules of organizing and holding a conversation and/or Oxford debates on various topics in the academic environment (k_W03/P6S_WG)
2. know various facts related to the economical, technological, political, financial, religious, legal and educational issues related to the English speaking countries (k_W06/P6S_WG)

Skills
Students can:
3. use spoken English correctly, fluently and effectively to discuss a variety of topics and can do a presentation on a given topic at B2+/C1 level (k_U05/P6S_UK)
4. collaborate with other students to prepare projects, presentations or debates in English that lead to the improvement of their oral communication skills (k_U08/P6S_UO)

Social competences
Students:
5. are well-organized, reliable, prepared and punctual as regards assignments and tasks which they are asked to fulfil (k_K01/P6S_KK)
6. accept social, economical, ideological and cultural differences of people who they need to cooperate with while carrying out group work (k_K03/P6S_KO)

Assessment criteria

Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes

1. Preparation and active participation in class discussions - up to 100% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5,6)

Pass at 60% of the final grade

Make up tasks:
to get the pass covering their active participation, a student needs to prepare a video minimum 7 minutes long on every topic from the syllabus that they missed .

level of English: B2+/C1
- fluent, coherent, grammatically and lexically correct talk without breaks, repetitions, and reading (it must be a speech).
- the films can be recorded on a phone or a computer and put on a website or sent directly. The speaker must be clearly seen and heard.

Bibliography

Reading list:
MacAndrew Richard and Martinez Ron, 2002. Taboos and Issues. Boston : Thomson Heinle
TED conferences - www.ted.com

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.20 in USOSweb