English As a Foreign Language 09-ANG-FK-26
Topics to be discussed:
- Personality
- Work
- Learning a language; English as lingua franca
- History in pop culture
- Sounds and noises around us
- Literature
- Time management, multitasking
- Money
- Modern addictions
- Intelligence and knowledge
- Art
- Health and medicine
- Travel and tourism
Vocabulary:
- Collocations, fixed expressions and idioms related to personality, art, pop culture, work, warfare, time, money, technology, tourism and travelling
- Words for different features of character, weapons, sounds, money instruments, illnesses, literary genres, artists, works of art, modern gadgets
- Phrasal verbs with ‘get’ and ‘have’
- Word formation (abstract nouns, prefixes, compound adjectives)
Grammar:
- ‘have’ as an auxiliary verb and as a main verb
- Discourse markers/linkers
- Pronouns
- The past: habitual events and specific incidents
- The verb ‘get’
- Adverbs and adverbials
- Modal verbs: speculation, deduction, certainty
- Adding emphasis: inversion
- Distancing: the passive and other structures
- ‘Unreal use’ or the past tenses (after ‘wish’, ‘if only’, etc.)
- The choice of the infinitive or the gerund in verb+object patterns
- Conditional clauses
- Modal verbs: obligation, necessity, permission
- Verbs of the senses
- Ways of expressing he future
Writing:
- The structure of the paragraph: Building and developing topic sentences
- Constructing different types of paragraphs (expository, compare/contrast, process, etc.)
- Selected types of letters/emails (informal and formal)
Pronunciation:
- Word stress (shifting stress in word families, main and secondary stress in loner words)
- Weak forms (reduction of vowels in unstressed syllables)
- Vowels in stressed syllables
- Avoiding devoicing of final consonants
- Consonant clusters
- Basic intonation patterns, the rhythm of spoken English
- Main processes in connected speech (linking in short phrases)
- Sound-spelling relationships, homophones
- Understanding accents
Module learning aims
Information on where to find course materials
Major
Course module conducted remotely (e-learning)
Cycle of studies
Module type
Year of studies (where relevant)
Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
After the course the student:
Understands main ideas of standard written texts whose topics discuss those aspects of life that they are familiar with, e.g. school, work, free time
Understands short and longer spoken utterances which discuss the topics they are familiar with or interested in
Can express their opinions and justify them briefly
Can talk about various events and experiences
Can write a relatively short paragraph in which they express their views on topics that they are familiar with
Is able to speak with adequate intelligibility to enable communication with both native and non-native speakers of English
Moreover, students are familiar with the main cultural aspects of major English speaking countries
Assessment criteria
In order to get credit for the classes students have to:
- pass all the tests
- prepare various assignemnts on time (oral, written, projects)
- perform homework tasks
- attend classes regularly (Students are allowed to 2 unexcused absences per term)
The final grade for the course depends on the final examination result combined with the grade for class performance throughout the year (continuous assessment).
Bibliography
COURSEBOOK:
Selected coursebook at least at the B2+ level.
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS:
McCarthy, M. and F. O'Dell. 2005. English Collocations in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Vince, M. 2003. Advanced Language Practice. Macmillan.
Vince, M. 2008. Macmillan English Grammar In Context Advanced. Macmillan.
Foley, M. and D. Hall. 2012. My GrammarLab Advanced. Pearson.
Evans, V. 1997. Successful Writing Upper-Intermediate., Successful Writing Advanced. Express Publishing.
Skipper, M. 2002. Advanced Grammar and Vocabulary. Express Publishing.
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Term 2022/SL:
Jeremy Day, Graham Skerritt. 2020. |
Additional information
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