English as a foreign language 09-ANG-FK-66
Vocabulary Study:
- the natural world and environmental and protection
-stress and well-being, emotions
- technology
- language and literature
- travel
- lifestyles
- the world of work
Grammar Study:
- passive
- conditionals
- inversion
- modal verbs
- subjunctive
- relative clauses
- reported speech
Writing:
- discursive essays (for and against, opinion, solutions to problems)
Using the grammar and vocabulary studied to produce speeches and academic presentations
Module learning aims
Major
Cycle of studies
Module type
Year of studies (where relevant)
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Students can understand long and complex factual and literary
texts, even when meanings are only implied. They can understand extended factual and literary speech even when content is not signaled explicitly.
Students can communicate flexibly and effectively for social and professional purposes, also with natives. They can select style appropriate for a given context with precision and attention to accuracy.
Students can write clear and cohesive texts, on a broad range of topics, with attention to accuracy. They can use written forms with style appropriate for a given context, skilfully and correctly using linking words. Students have extensive cultural knowledge of English-speaking countries.
Assessment criteria
In order to complete the course, students need to pass all tests, deliver oral presentations and write essays. It is possible to have three absences per semester. Final grade depends on the final exam result.
Bibliography
Coursebook:
Roderick,M., Nuttall, C. and Kenny, N. 2013. Proficiency Expert. Harlow: Pearson Education Ltd.
Additional information
Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system: