Course detail

English Upper Intermediate Higher 4 - BA - Summer

FaVU-1UPPV-LAcad. year: 2023/2024

The course is a follow-up (not obligatory) of English B1 Higher. Life Upper-Intermediate (4-8) represents the core material worked with in the classes, however, nearly every second class, students will reflect the reading assigment (chapters, segment) both in a written and an oral form (group discussions).

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)

Entry knowledge

B2 winter (recommended only).

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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 (assessed only in the PASS/FAIL regime). 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 (B2).
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.
Two absences per semester are allowed.

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.
Students will have reached the b2 - c1 level. They will have read one or two works of contemporary fiction in English, several shorter texts focusing on issus in the philosophy or sociology of art. They will have been exposed to critical thinking about the presented issues and will be ready for attending courses in art theory held completely in English.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

e-flux, Modern Painters, Art in America, Flash Art, Mousse, and other art magazines (EN)
The Guardian (EN)
Octavia E. Butler. The Parable of a Sower. (EN)
Antennae. The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture. (EN)

Type of course unit

Seminar

52 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. et MgA. Barbora Lungová

Syllabus

Life Upper-Intermediate units 4 - 6 and various texts taken from art magazines and academic books on art theory or history.