Course detail
English Upper Intermediate Higher 4 - BA - Summer
FaVU-1UPPV-LAcad. year: 2024/2025
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
3
Mode of study
Not applicable.
Guarantor
Entry knowledge
B2 winter (recommended only).
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
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.
Two absences per semester are allowed.
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.
Two absences per semester are allowed.
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.
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.
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.
Study aids
Not applicable.
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable.
Basic literature
Antennae. The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture. (EN)
e-flux, Modern Painters, Art in America, Flash Art, Mousse, and other art magazines (EN)
Octavia E. Butler. The Parable of a Sower. (EN)
The Guardian (EN)
e-flux, Modern Painters, Art in America, Flash Art, Mousse, and other art magazines (EN)
Octavia E. Butler. The Parable of a Sower. (EN)
The Guardian (EN)
Recommended reading
Not applicable.
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme VUM_B Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
2 year of study, summer semester, elective
3 year of study, summer semester, elective
4 year of study, summer semester, elective - Programme DES_B Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
2 year of study, summer semester, elective
3 year of study, summer semester, elective
4 year of study, summer semester, elective
1 year of study, summer semester, elective
2 year of study, summer semester, elective
3 year of study, summer semester, elective
4 year of study, summer semester, elective
1 year of study, summer semester, elective
2 year of study, summer semester, elective
3 year of study, summer semester, elective
4 year of study, summer semester, elective
1 year of study, summer semester, elective
2 year of study, summer semester, elective
3 year of study, summer semester, elective
4 year of study, summer semester, elective - Programme VUM_B Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
2 year of study, summer semester, elective
3 year of study, summer semester, elective
4 year of study, summer semester, elective
1 year of study, summer semester, elective
2 year of study, summer semester, elective
3 year of study, summer semester, elective
4 year of study, summer semester, elective
1 year of study, summer semester, elective
2 year of study, summer semester, elective
3 year of study, summer semester, elective
4 year of study, summer semester, elective
1 year of study, summer semester, elective
2 year of study, summer semester, elective
3 year of study, summer semester, elective
4 year of study, summer semester, elective
1 year of study, summer semester, elective
2 year of study, summer semester, elective
3 year of study, summer semester, elective
4 year of study, summer semester, elective
1 year of study, summer semester, elective
2 year of study, summer semester, elective
3 year of study, summer semester, elective
4 year of study, summer semester, elective
1 year of study, summer semester, elective
2 year of study, summer semester, elective
3 year of study, summer semester, elective
4 year of study, summer semester, elective
1 year of study, summer semester, elective
2 year of study, summer semester, elective
3 year of study, summer semester, elective
4 year of study, summer semester, elective
1 year of study, summer semester, elective
2 year of study, summer semester, elective
3 year of study, summer semester, elective
4 year of study, summer semester, elective
1 year of study, summer semester, elective
2 year of study, summer semester, elective
3 year of study, summer semester, elective
4 year of study, summer semester, elective
1 year of study, summer semester, elective
2 year of study, summer semester, elective
3 year of study, summer semester, elective
4 year of study, summer semester, elective
1 year of study, summer semester, elective
2 year of study, summer semester, elective
3 year of study, summer semester, elective
4 year of study, summer semester, elective
Type of course unit
Seminar
52 hod., compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Life Upper-Intermediate units 4 - 6 and various texts taken from art magazines and academic books on art theory or history.