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English language classes III - course description

General information
Course name English language classes III
Course ID 09.1--FAD-ELC3-S23
Faculty Faculty of Humanities
Field of study WH - oferta ERASMUS / Filologia angielska
Education profile -
Level of studies Second-cycle Erasmus programme
Beginning semester winter term 2024/2025
Course information
Semester 3
ECTS credits to win 7
Course type obligatory
Teaching language english
Author of syllabus
  • dr Iwona Filipczak
  • mgr Richard Sharp
  • dr Agnieszka Mobley
  • mgr Zbigniew Adaszyński
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 -Reading and writing - Tutorial 30 2 - - Credit
ELC -Integrated skills - Tutorial 30 2 - - Credit
ELC -Exam - Exam 0 0 - - Exam

Aim of the course

The aim of English Language Classes (ELC), comprising 2 courses:  Integrated Skills and Reading and Writing is to advance and consolidate the student's language skills to reach the C2 level of English. 

Prerequisites

English level C1/C2.

Scope

INTEGRATED SKILLS

Authentic texts of a high degree of difficulty relating to complex topics and problems - social, scientific, cultural and global issues. Expanding the range of vocabulary and grammatical structures. Analysing ideas and arguments in the text. Correcting linguistic and logical errors in texts prepared by the teacher.

READING AND WRITING

Expressing a personal response to creative texts (including literature); elements of creative writing

Teaching methods

Individual, pair and group work. Text study, error correction, 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, panel discussion,  debate.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description Outcome symbols Methods of verification The class form

Assignment conditions

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

 

Recommended reading

READING AND WRITING 

  • Axelrod, Steven Gould. Ed. et. al. The New Anthology of American Poetry: Postmodernisms 1950-Present. Rutgers University Press, 2012. – provided by the teacher
  • Black, Joseph. The Broadview Anthology of British Literature: One-Volume Compact Edition - The Medieval Period through the Twenty-First Century. Broadview Press, 2015. – provided by the teacher
  • Glenn, Cheryl and Loretta Gray. Harbrace Essentials. Cengage Learning, 2021. – provided by the teacher
  • Levine,‎ Robert S. et. al. Ed. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Norton & Company, 2016. – provided by the teacher

INTEGRATED SKILLS

Materials prepared by the teacher.

Selected articles from e.g., The Guardian, Newsweek, The Economist, Time, The Independent, The New York Times, New Yorker, Popular Science, Psychology Today; websites BBC, CNN, NPR

Further reading

  1. Kenny, N., P. Sunderland. CAE practice tests plus, Harlow, Longman 2001.
  2. Capel, A., W. Sharp. Objective proficiency, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 2002.
  3. Evans, V., S. Scott. Listening & speaking skills for the revised Cambridge Proficiency Exam, Newbury, Express Pub 2002.
  4. Evans, V. CPE use of English 1 for the revised Cambridge Proficiency Examination, Newbury, Express Publishing 2002.
  5. Evans, V., J. Dooley. Upstream: Proficiency,  Newbury, Berkshire, Express Publishing 2006.
  6. Harrison, M. Proficiency testbuilder. Oxford, England, Heinemann 1994.
  7. Jones, L. New progress to proficiency: self-study. Student's book, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 2002.

Notes


Modified by mgr Leszek Wilczyński (last modification: 01-07-2024 13:09)