1. SylabUZ
2. Faculty of Humanities
3. winter term 2024/2025
4. WH - oferta ERASMUS / Filologia angielska - Second-cycle Erasmus programme
5. English language classes III

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English language classes III - course description

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

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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)