Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1. Unit 7 - TED Talk - The sore problem of prosthetic limbs. Presentation skills - Taking the audience on the journey. Passive. Developing new technology. 2. Unit 7 - Innovative approaches. The real value of digital tools. Online operations. 3. Unit 8 - TED Talk - Work-life balance. Presentation skills - Pace and emphasis. Verb patterns with -ing and infinitive. 4. Unit 8 - Leisure time around the world. Taking a break. 5. Unit 9 - TED talk - Doodlers, unite! Presentation skills - Supporting key points with slides. Relative clauses. Looking for inspiration. 6. Unit 9 - Agreeing to differ. Launching a new project. 7. Unit 10 - Ted talk - 5 ways to listen better. Presentation skills - Body movement and gesture. Reported speech. How can I help? 8. Unit 10 - Cross-cultural awareness. Helplines. 9. Unit 11 - TED talk - Cloudy with a chance of joy. Presentation skills - Being enthusiastic. Articles. Resources. 10. Unit 11 - International movements. Making enquiries. 11. Unit 12 - TED talk - Dare to disagree. Presentation skills - Using pauses. Third conditional. Moments of change. 12. Unit 12 - A letter to my younger self. Managing change.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Collaborative instruction, Multimedia supported teaching, Skills demonstration, Seminar classes, Individual study, Students' self-study
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 40 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 40 hours per semester
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prerequisite |
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Knowledge |
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identify individual verb tenses to express equivalents of the Czech present, past and future |
distinguish modal verbs for expressing deduction |
identify the impersonal passive |
name the vocabulary from the area of science and research |
name the vocabulary from the field of environmental protection |
name the vocabulary from the area of description of graphs and diagrams |
Skills |
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describe and narrate using a range of Czech present, past and future time equivalents |
express an opinion and doubt |
interpret metaphors and quotes |
generalize |
present an argument |
interpret graphically presented data |
structure an essay |
write an article (reflection) for a magazine or website |
Competences |
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learning outcomes |
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Knowledge |
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justify the use of individual verb tenses to express the equivalents of the Czech present, past and future |
distinguish between different types of subordinate clauses and conjunctions that introduce them |
distinguish between different grammatical and lexical means to express desire and regret |
identify the present participle |
identify the causative phrase have/get st. done |
identify words derived from the word stem |
distinguish homophones |
name expressions from the areas of finance, advertising, urban architecture, history, life experience, etc. |
identify collocations, idioms and metaphors that relate to the thematic area mentioned above |
identify the attitudes of speakers in a continuous spoken popular science text |
Skills |
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describe and narrate using a range of Czech present, past and furure time equivalents |
describe and narrate using a range of subordinate clauses to express a condition, relationship, wish, regret, cause and effect, etc., and their corresponding conjunctions |
to choose appropriately synonymous expressions, idioms and metaphors from the thematic areas of finance, advertising, urban architecture, history, life experience, etc. |
use a range of means to express language functions such as interrupting a speaker, requesting a favour, expressing cause and effect, referencing, solving a problem, etc. |
write a proposal |
write a formal letter of complaint |
report in writing on a publication related to the student's field of study |
analyze information obtained by listening to a text on a popular science topic |
Competences |
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teaching methods |
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Knowledge |
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Multimedia supported teaching |
Practicum |
Textual studies |
Skills |
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Practicum |
Individual study |
Discussion |
Collaborative instruction |
Competences |
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Lecture |
assessment methods |
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Knowledge |
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Test |
Seminar work |
Skills |
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Skills demonstration during practicum |
Oral exam |
Competences |
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Oral exam |
Recommended literature
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