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English language classes I - course description

General information
Course name English language classes I
Course ID 09.1--FAP-ELC1-S23
Faculty Faculty of Humanities
Field of study WH - oferta ERASMUS / Filologia angielska
Education profile -
Level of studies First-cycle Erasmus programme
Beginning semester winter term 2023/2024
Course information
Semester 1
ECTS credits to win 8
Course type obligatory
Teaching language english
Author of syllabus
  • dr Iwona Filipczak
  • dr Małgorzata Karczewska
  • dr Mirosława Kubasiewicz
  • dr Urszula Gołębiowska
  • dr Marek Kuczyński
  • dr Irmina Kotlarska
  • dr Paulina Korzeniewska
  • dr Urszula Majdańska-Wachowicz
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
ELC -Grammar - Tutorial 30 2 - - Credit with grade
ELC -Integrated skills - Tutorial 30 2 - - Credit with grade
ELC -Writing and reading - Tutorial 30 2 - - Credit with grade
ELC -Listening and speaking - Tutorial 30 2 - - Credit with grade

Aim of the course

The aim of English Language Classes (ELC), comprising 4 courses: Grammar, Integrated Skills, Reading and Writing, Listening and Speaking, is to improve the student's language skills mainly in receptive and productive language competences, i.e. reading, writing, listening and speaking to reach a language level of at least B2. The students master effective learning strategies, successively improve their linguistic competence, systematically broaden their cultural awareness of the English-speaking area, and develop their social competences through various models of cooperation in class.

Prerequisites

English level B1+

Scope

GRAMMAR

  • Grammatical terminology in English, revising and extending the knowledge of: Present Simple vs. Present Continuous, Present Perfect & Present Perfect Continuous, Present Perfect vs. Past Simple, Past Simple vs. Past Continuous, Past Perfect & Past Perfect Continuous, Past Perfect vs. Past Simple, Future time + the use of other tenses with future reference, expletive pronoun IT/existential pronoun THERE

INTEGRATED SKILLS

  • Expanding knowledge (lexical, grammatical and cultural resources) and developing reading, writing and speaking skills based mainly on the selected textbook. Topics covered: leisure, helping, work; health and regeneration; law, sports, stereotypes; fashion, trends, identity; home and hospitality (Roadmap B2+, Units 1-5).

READING AND WRITING

  • Further development of effective reading strategies, e.g. selecting appropriate techniques of reading (scanning, skimming, intensive reading, extensive reading) depending on the nature of the text and the purpose for reading.
  • Introduction to text evaluation: identifying  the main idea and supporting ideas in a text.
  • Expanding students’ vocabulary through word formation and collocation exercises
  • Introduction to paragraph structure; evaluating paragraphs according to categories: effective vs. ineffective topic sentences, relevant vs. irrelevant  supporting sentences, recognizing logical organization and common cohesion devices.
  • Paragraph writing: topic sentence, supporting sentences, patterns of organization (listing/ exemplification, comparison and contrast, classification, cause and effect)

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

  • Developing the ability to understand the general sense of a text (global listening), to understand specific information (selective/selective listening).
  • Improving pronunciation (production of individual sounds, weak forms, accent, sentence intonation).
  • Productive skills are developed in terms of, among other things, describing, expressing opinions, suggestions, preferences, creating a concise presentation.
  • Content based on the textbook selected for the Integrated Skills subject (partially used Listening component) and extended with additional content selected by the lecturer as inspiration for oral expression, e.g. places (descriptions of buildings, places, memories, landscapes) - revision and expansion of vocabulary related to the description of a picture, illustration; Emotional intelligence - expression of emotions: sympathy, empathy. Creating narratives, telling anecdotes, expressing feelings, willingness to help, emotionality of expression. Identity, experience, external influences, self-presentation.

Teaching methods

Individual, pair and group work. Text study, brainstorming, mind map, creating presentations, demonstration and observation (student presentations), audio and video demonstrations, discussion of the topics presented in the text,  written answer, oral answer.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description Outcome symbols Methods of verification The class form

Assignment conditions

Credit with grade.

To pass English Language Classes (ELC) you need to receive a positive grade for each component course. Obtaining a negative grade from any component course will result in a negative grade for the entire ELC block. The final grade for ELC block is the average of the component course grades.

Conditions for individual component courses credits:

Achieving threshold levels for planned oral and written assignments (60%); regular attendance and active participation in classes for each component course.

Grading scale

Local grade

Percentage

Definition

5,0 (bardzo dobry)

93-100%

excellent

4,5 (4+ dobry plus)

85-92%

very good

4,0 (dobry)

77-84%

good

3,5 (3+ dostateczny plus)

69-76%

satisfactory

3,0 (dostateczny)

60-68%

sufficient

2,0 (niedostateczny)

0-59%

(unsatisfactory) fail

Recommended reading

GRAMMAR

  1. Thomson, A.V. Martinet. A Practical English Grammar. Vol. 1&2. Exercises 1&2, Oxford University Press, 2006.
  2. Vince, Michael. First  Certificate Language Practice with Key.  Macmillan, 2003
  3. Vince, M., Advanced Language Practice, Macmillan, UK 2000.

INTEGRATED SKILLS

  1. Bygrave, Jonathan, Hugh Dellar, Andrew Walkley. Roadmap B2+. Student’s book. 2020.
  2. Roadmap B2+. Workbook.
  3. McCarthy, Michael, O’Dell, Felicity. English Vocabulary in Use. Upper-Intermediate. Cambridge University Press. 2017.

READING AND WRITING

  1. Richmond, Kent. Inside Reading. The Academic Word List in Context. Oxford University Press, 2009 (selected units) – PDF supplied by the teacher;
  2. Bailey, Stephen. Academic Writing. A Handbook for International Students. Routledge, 2006.

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

  1. Jonathan Bygrave, Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley. Roadmap B2+, Pearson, 2020.
  2. Grussendorf, Marion. English for Presentations. Oxford UP, 2007.
  3. Wilczyński Leszek, Speaking practice for first year students, Oficyna Wydawnicza UZ, 2021.
  4. online materials:  BBC 6 minute English, etc.

Further reading

GRAMMAR

  1. Murphy, R. English grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate students of English : with answers, Cambridge University Press, 2004. 
  2. Swan. M. Practical English usage,Oxford University Press, 2016.
  3. Collins, P. & C. Hollo. English Grammar: an Introduction, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

INTEGRATED SKILLS

  1. Gairns, Ruth, Redman, Stuart. Oxford word skills : intermediate vocabulary. 2020.
  2. Vince, Michael, Emmerson, Paul. Intermediate language practice: with key : English grammar and vocabulary. 2003.

Notes


Modified by dr Iwona Filipczak (last modification: 20-06-2023 22:12)