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2. Wydział Humanistyczny
3. semestr zimowy 2023/2024
4. WH - oferta ERASMUS / Filologia angielska - Program Erasmus pierwszego stopnia
5. English language classes II

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English language classes II - opis przedmiotu

Cel przedmiotu

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.

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Zakres tematyczny

GRAMMAR

Grammatical terminology in English, revising and extending the knowledge of: passive voice, conditional sentences, relative clauses, countable and uncountable nouns, prepositions, pronouns, modal verbs; the rules of construction of selected grammatical forms and structures; the usage of selected grammatical structures in controlled, written language exercises and tasks.

INTEGRATED SKILLS

Expanding knowledge (lexical, grammatical and cultural resources) and developing reading, writing and speaking skills mainly based on the selected textbook, general topics (Units 6-10): business, success and failure, work, food, feelings, habits, learning.

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 and expanding students’ vocabulary through word formation and collocation exercises.
• Continued practice in text evaluation: identifying  the main idea and supporting ideas, distinguishing between fact and opinion, literal and metaphorical sense; ironic tone.
• Developing paragraph writing skills: (description and process analysis).
• Summary writing skills: summary completing tasks (topic sentence, cohesion devices), paraphrasing tasks, writing summaries of texts read in class.

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

Practicing general comprehension skills (global listening), and listening for detailed information (selective/selective listening). Pronunciation improvement (weak forms, stress, sentence intonation). Productive skills are developed: reading visual/textual material (infographics), creating a concise presentation. Oral interaction between two persons is practised (asking questions, sustaining a conversation), which directly translates into preparation for the oral examination.

Metody kształcenia

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.

Efekty uczenia się i metody weryfikacji osiągania efektów uczenia się

Opis efektu	Symbole efektów	Metody weryfikacji	Forma zajęć

Warunki zaliczenia

Credit without grade. Exam (grade).

To complete English Language Classes (ELC) you need to receive credit (without grade) for each component course (zaliczenie, zal.). Lack of credit for any component course (niezaliczenie, niezal.) will result in failing the entire ELC block and lack of permission to take the ELC exam.

The final grade for ELC block is the ELC exam grade.

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.

Exam 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

 

Literatura podstawowa

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 4. 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.

Literatura uzupełniająca

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.

Uwagi

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