Course detail

English Upper Intermediate Higher 3 - BA - Winter

FaVU-1UPPV-ZAcad. year: 2017/2018

The course is a continuation of English Upper-Intermediate Lower 1, 2 based on the New English File Upper-Intermediate texbook. During the winter semester, we will go through units 4a, c, and the whole unit 5.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. et MgA. Barbora Lungová

Department

Department of Art History and Theory (KTDU)

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

In order to register to the course, students either have to have obtained at least one semester of English Upper-Intermediate Lower, passed the placement test at the score of 110 points and higher, or been shortly interviewed by the course teacher B. Lungová.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations..

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 50% 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.

Course curriculum

English Fille Upper-Intermediate units 4a, 4c, 5a - c and various texts taken from art magazines and academic books on art theory or history. Two novels written in English.
The BA course on this level covers a somewhat wider spectrum of grammar issues than the MA course which works with a greater number of authentic texts.

Work placements

Not applicable.

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.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

Seminar

52 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. et MgA. Barbora Lungová