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Lecturer(s)
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Vinšová Marie, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. information about the course, needs analysis of doctoral students 2. overview of verb tenses, their use active and passive voice in academic English university studies,vocabulary and phrases 3. verb formation with prefixes and suffixes verbs do, make, take, say, tell, speak, talk, give presenting the University of West Bohemia 4. count and uncount nouns, noun formation, noun patterns in academic English listening to a lecture 5. adjectives formed with prefixes and suffixes, adjective patterns, position of adjectives, slides, graphs, tables, diagrams, vocabulary 6. agreement, rules, exceptions to the rules types of graphic representation and useful phrases as part of academic writing 7. clauses of contrast, concession and comparison čtení a reprodukce odborného textu 8. clauses of purpose, cause and effect vague language 9. conditional and time clauses paraphrasing summarizing a short text 10. relative clauses summarizing a short text 11.prepositions and prepositional phrases hedging in academic English, communication strategies 12. credit test 13. final assessment, credit
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 30 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| -recognize situations for the use of present simple and present contunuous |
| -recognize situations for the use of past simple and past continuous |
| -identify forms of present perfect simple and continuous |
| -identify situations for the use of past simple as opposed to present perfect |
| -identify forms of past perfect simple and continuous |
| -name various wasy of expressing the future |
| -recognize modal verbs for the present, the past and the future |
| -recognize forms of the 1st., 2nd and 3rd type of conditional clauses |
| -identify forms of relative pronouns and clauses |
| -recognize verbs using an -ing form and verbs using an infinitive form |
| -identify phrasal verbs used at B2 level of CEFR |
| -recognize forms of passive voice of all verb tenses |
| -name verbs used in indirect speech |
| -recognize direct and indirect questions |
| -make use of the language skills used at B2 level of CEFR |
| Skills |
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| -make use of the language skills used at B2 level of CEFR |
| -make fluent conversations about everyday topis with native speakers |
| -defend one's own opinion and present arguments for or against a given problem |
| -comprehend the meaning of a complex text dealing with both specific and abstract topics of the student's field of study |
| -write a comprihensive detailed text dealing with a wide variety of topics of a student's interest |
| -write an article or a report and convey information |
| -understand prolonged pieces of speech and lectures |
| -follow and understand an exchange of opinions and join in the discussion on general topics |
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| Knowledge |
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| -identify verb tenses and situations when to use them in academic English |
| -characterize the role of the passive voice in academic English |
| -identify vocabulary and appropriate phrases to talk about dpctoral study at university |
| -recognize prefixes and suffixes and their meanings in academic English |
| -recognize the meaning of verbs do, make, say, tell, speak, talk, give and their collocations |
| -characterize the role of noun and adjective phrases in professional texts |
| -name types of graphic illustration and phrases useful in academic writing |
| -characterize subject/verb agreement including multiple sentence constituents |
| -identify clauses of contrast, concession and comparison |
| -identify clauses of purpose, cause and effect |
| -identify conditional and time clauses |
| -recognize the role of paraphrasing in professional texts |
| -identify relative clauses |
| -characterize ways how to summarize shorter texts |
| -recognize hedging in academic English, communication strategies |
| Skills |
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| -use vocabulary and sappropriate phrases o talk about doctoral study at university |
| -use correctly verb tenses and passive voice in academic English |
| -use vocabulary and appropriate phrases to talk about doctoral study at university |
| -explain the meaning of sufixes and prefixes in a profesional text |
| -use correctly verbs do, make, take, say, tell, speak, talk give, including collocations |
| -analyze noun and adjective phrases in academic English |
| -describe different types of graphic illustration and use phrases for trends and changes |
| -apply the knowledge about subject/verb agreement including multiple sentence constituents |
| -use clauses of contrast, cocession and comparison |
| -use clauses of purpose, cause and effect |
| -use conditional and time clauses |
| -summarize and paraphrase a short professional text |
| -use relative clauses |
| -use the communication strategy of hedging |
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| Collaborative instruction |
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Recommended literature
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www.en.fel.zcu.cz. .
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Edward De Chazal and Sam Mc Carter. Oxford EAP: Upper-intermediate-B2 Students Book and CD-Rom Pack. oxford, 2013. ISBN 9780194001786.
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Hewings, Martin. Advanced grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English : with answers. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-521-61403-1.
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Sinclair, John. Collins Cobuild English dictionary for advanced learners. 3rd ed. [London] : [HarperCollins], 2000. ISBN 0-00-710201-1.
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