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Foreign Language I - English - course description

General information
Course name Foreign Language I - English
Course ID 09.0-WP-SOC-JOBC/1
Faculty Faculty of Social Sciences
Field of study WNS - oferta ERASMUS / Sociology
Education profile -
Level of studies First-cycle Erasmus programme
Beginning semester winter term 2020/2021
Head faculty Faculty of Social Sciences
Course information
ECTS credits to win 4
Course type obligatory
Teaching language english
Author of syllabus
  • mgr Marzena Lachowicz
Classes forms
The class form Hours per semester (full-time) Hours per week (full-time) Hours per semester (part-time) Hours per week (part-time) Form of assignment
Class 30 2 - - Credit with grade

Aim of the course

The aim of the course is to master the language and communicative competence on the B2 level (CEFR) to the degree enabling:

-       the use of the foreign language for the purpose of studying, particularly for effective work with various foreign source materials, media, scientific and specialist literature,

-       studying abroad,

-       professional and scientific work with the use of foreign language.

Prerequisites

B1  level of  English

Scope

1.       Studies and studying: structure and functioning of universities in Poland and English speaking countries.

2.       Individuals and society: social problems, migration, human rights, crime, statistics.

3.        Work - employment and unemployment: job interview, working abroad, formal letters.

4.       Media, mass-culture, entertainment.

5.       Social behaviour, family life.

Teaching methods

Communicative method, class discussion, group discussion, reading and translating scientific texts, group work, presentations, textbook assignments

 

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description Outcome symbols Methods of verification The class form

Assignment conditions

Attending classes ( two absences per term at maximum), doing tasks, making projects and passing mid-term tests involving the four skills.

Final exams checking the level of students’ language competence within reading, writing, listening and speaking.

Scores:

Reading: 25 p.

Speaking: 25 p.

Listening: 25 p.

Writing: 25 p.

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Total: 100 p.

 

Assessment criteria:

51 – 60 p. – 3,0

61 – 70 p. – 3,5

71 – 80 p. -  4,0

81 – 90 p. -  4,5

91 – 100 p. – 5,0

Recommended reading

1.       Oxenden C., Latham-Koenig C., New English File Intermediate, Oxford University Press, 2009

2.       Oxenden C., Latham-Koenig C., New English File Upper intermediate, Oxford University Press, 2009

3.       Murphy R., English Grammar in Use, Cambridge University Press, 1997

4.       Matejko I., John-Jankowska B., A Selection of Sociological Problems in English, Tychy 2006

Further reading

1.       Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman, 2004

Notes

the subject can be run every semester, in case there is not enough persons to make a group there will be individual class run during instructor hours.


Modified by dr Jarosław Wagner (last modification: 08-07-2020 17:37)