Course: English for social services 2

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Course title English for social services 2
Course code UJP/APP2
Organizational form of instruction Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Shakirova Anna, Mgr. Bc.
Course content
1. Course Information, Communication with the Public - Presentations Theory, Helping Professions 2. Services for Single Parents, Domestic Violence 3. Youth Drop in Centres. Easy Access Clubs 4. Aftercare Services 5. Outreach Work 6. Intervention 7. People with Disability 8. Communication with People with Disability 9. Final revision. 10. Portfolio Consultation 11. Presentation 12. Oral exam (presentation)

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 52 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
- identify different parts of speech
- distinguish present, past and future simple and continuous
- identify active and passive sentences
- distinguish basic prepositions
- identify different meanings and forms of modal verbs
Skills
- search for important information in authentic texts on general topics
- adequately use basic grammar structures
- summarize the main points of conversations on everyday topics
- have A2 language competence according to CEFR
- analyze and summarize simple statements within everyday communication
- use present, past and future simple and continuous forms correctly and adequately
- use present perfect tense correctly and adequately
- choose modal verbs for different meanings appropriately
- structure a simple text on everyday topic
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
- distinguish the services for single mothers and types of domestic violence
- name the types of aftercare services
- distinguish the principles of interpreting services services and the principles of communication with people with an impairment
- distinguish the concept of outreach work
- define the concept of occupational therapy
- define the concept of standards of social services
- define the concept of youth drop in centres
Skills
- describe aftercare services and outreach work
- explain the principles of interpreting services and communication with people with an impairment
- use appropriate questions and react to them in professionally-oriented situations: occupational therapy, rehabilitation of people with disabilities, services for single mothers, domestic violence, youth drop in centres and easy access clubs and standards of social services
- prepare a presentation within the professional focus
- structure a simple professionally-oriented text
- search for important information in authentic texts within the professional focus
- analyze and summarize important information in authentic texts within the professional focus
- give opinion, agree and disagree in an appropriate way in communication with clients within professionally-oriented situations
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Practicum
Cooperative instruction
Self-study of literature
Individual study
Textual studies
Skills
Practicum
Cooperative instruction
Skills demonstration
Discussion
Students' portfolio
Competences
Practicum
Skills demonstration
Discussion
Cooperative instruction
Self-study of literature
Textual studies
Students' portfolio
Individual study
assessment methods
Knowledge
Self-evaluation
Continuous assessment
Combined exam
Skills
Self-evaluation
Continuous assessment
Skills demonstration during practicum
Combined exam
Competences
Self-evaluation
Continuous assessment
Skills demonstration during practicum
Combined exam
Recommended literature
  • English for Social Services.
  • Harris, John; White, Vicky. A Dictionary of Social Work and Social Care. Oxford University Press, 2018.


Study plans that include the course
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