Course detail
English Upper Intermediate Higher 3 - BA - Winter
FaVU-1UPPV-ZAcad. year: 2018/2019
The course is a follow-up (not obligatory) of Angličtina B1 Higher. Life Upper-Intermediate (4-8) represents the core material worked with in the classese, however, nearly every second class, students will reflect the reading assigment (chapters, segment) both in a written and an oral form (group discussions).
Supervisor
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Students will be improving their writing skills (essays, project proposals, reviews, artists statement, press release, etc) and their reading skills (both fiction and non-fiction). They will be improving their analytical thinking and the skills to reflect their thoughts both in spoken and written form.
Prerequisites
Prior B1 or placement test.
Co-requisites
Not applicable.
Recommended optional programme components
Not applicable.
Recommended or required reading
Life Upper-Intermediate, Stephenson Helen et Life Upper-Intermediate, Stephenson Helen et Life Upper Intermediate. Stephenson Helen et al. (EN)
Le Guin, Ursula. The Left Hand of Darkness. (EN)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Seminar form; emphasis is laid on a balanced structure of the class - each class should consist of speaking, listening, reading, sometimes writing. Students are encouraged to have an equal opportunities to speak, hence discissions are led in small groups/pairs.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Assessment consists of a non-letter grade and a letter grade. In order to obtain the non-letter grade, students have to submit all assignments and pass the tests writtent during the semester at an average of 70 or more%. For the final, letter grade, students have to pass the final, general test at a score of 60% and more.
Students will write 1 - 3 short assignments during the semester, including the potential rewrites recommened by the course teacher - these will not be classified.
Final test mapping the knowledge of grammar and vocabulary from the units we have covered during the semester plus the assigned reading.
Students who will not have handed in the written assignments (even though they passed the final test) will not be classified.
Students are entitled for one regular and two resit exam dates.
Language of instruction
English
Work placements
Not applicable.
Course curriculum
Life Upper-Intermediate units 1-3 and various texts taken from art magazines and academic books on art theory or history.
Aims
Continuous vocabulary building, improving of writing, speaking, listening, and reading skills, improving the academic reading skills, preparation for the final general test on the B2 level at the end of the semester.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Two absences per semester are allowed.
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme Bachelor's
branch AGD2 , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
branch APD , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
branch AGD1 , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
branch AS2 , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
branch AM3 , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
branch AS1 , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
branch AM2 , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
branch AM1 , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
branch AKG , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
branch ATD , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
branch AMU , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
branch AVI , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
branch APE , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
branch AEN , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
branch AIN , 3. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
branch AGD2 , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
branch AGD1 , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
branch APD , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
branch AS1 , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
branch AM2 , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
branch AM3 , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
branch AS2 , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
branch AKG , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
branch AM1 , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
branch AVI , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
branch ATD , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
branch AMU , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
branch AEN , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
branch AIN , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
branch APE , 4. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, optional
Type of course unit
eLearning
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