Course detail

Practical English 1

FP-Ipa1_1PAcad. year: 2017/2018

An English course at upper-intermediate level focused on developing practical language skills, but also professional terminology in the area of management and information technology.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Development of all language skills, consolidation and deepening of knowledge of grammatical structures, and increase in vocabulary with special emphasis on language needed at work.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of English at CEF B1 level.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods


Exercises promote the practical mastery of the subject presented in lectures or assigned for individual study with the active participation of students.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Credit: active participation in lessons
credit test
Exam: listening
business vocabulary

Course curriculum

1) Unit 1 – Tense review. Prefixes.
2) Unit 1 – Conversational strategies. Making a good impression. Technical text.
3) Unit 2 – Perfect tenses. Rules and limits. Technical text.
4) Unit 2 – Report writing. Checking and clarifying.
5) Unit 3 – Relative clauses. Suffixes and collocations. Technical text.
6) Unit 3 – Dynamic presentations. Hedging, contrasting and generalizing.
7) Revision. Technical text.
8) Unit 4 – Narrative tenses. Gerunds and infinitives.
9) Unit 4 – Being assertive. Handling complaints. Technical text.
10) Unit 5 – Future tenses and future expressions.
11) Unit 5 – Describing graphs. Problems and solutions. Technical text.
12) Revision. Technical text.
13) Credit test.


Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to deepen the practical language skills that are essential for everyday communication and communicate more technical nature in the field of Management and IT. Preparing for the Practical English 2nd

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

APPLEBY, R. and WATKINS, F. International Express Upper-Intermediate Student's Book Third Edition. OUP 2014. ISBN 978-0-19-459761-6. (EN)
MASCULL, B.: Business Vocabulary in Use Advanced, CUP 2004 (EN)
MASCULL, B.: Business Vocabulary in Use Intermediate, CUP 2002 (EN)

Recommended reading

ESTERAS, S. R. and FABRE, E. M.: Professional English in Use ICT, CUP 2007. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MGR-SI Master's

    branch MGR-IM , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer