Course detail

English Upper Intermediate Higher 4 - MA - Summer

FaVU-2UPPV-M-LAcad. year: 2022/2023

The course is a follow-up (not obligatory) of English B1 Higher. Life Upper-Intermediate (4-8) represents the core material worked with in the classes, however, nearly every second class, students will reflect the reading assigment (chapters, segment) both in a written and an oral form (group discussions).

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. et MgA. Barbora Lungová

Department

Department of Art History and Theory (KTDU)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will have reached the b2 - c1 level. They will have read one or two works of contemporary fiction in English, several shorter texts focusing on issus in the philosophy or sociology of art. They will have been exposed to critical thinking about the presented issues and will be ready for attending courses in art theory held completely in English.

Prerequisites

B2 winter (recommended only).

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Seminar form; emphasis is laid on a balanced structure of the class - each class should consist of speaking, listening, reading, sometimes writing. Students are encouraged to have an equal opportunities to speak, hence discissions are led in small groups/pairs.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Assessment consists of a non-letter grade and a letter grade. In order to obtain the non-letter grade, students have to submit all assignments and pass the tests writtent during the semester(assessed only in the PASS/FAIL regime). For the final, letter grade, students have to pass the final, general test at a score of 50% and more.
Students will write 1 - 3 short assignments during the semester, including the potential rewrites recommened by the course teacher - these will not be classified.
Final test mapping the knowledge of grammar and vocabulary (B2).
Students who will not have handed in the written assignments (even though they passed the final test) will not be classified.
Students are entitled for one regular and two resit exam dates.

Course curriculum

Life Upper-Intermediate units 4 - 6 and various texts taken from art magazines and academic books on art theory or history.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Continuous vocabulary building, improving of writing, speaking, listening, and reading skills, improving the academic reading skills, preparation for the final general test on the B2 level at the end of the semester.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Two absences per semester are allowed.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Amitav Ghosh, The Hungry Tide (EN)
Life Upper-Intermediate, Stephenson Helen et Life Upper-Intermediate, Stephenson Helen et al. (EN)
Michael Williams. Deforesting the Earth: From Prehistory to Global Crisis. (EN)
T.C. Boyle, When the Killing is Done (EN)

Type of course unit

Seminar

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. et MgA. Barbora Lungová