Course detail

English Upper Intermediate Higher 4 - BA - Summer

FaVU-1UPPV-LAcad. year: 2026/2027

The course is a follow-up (not obligatory) of English B1 Higher. The aim of the course is improving critical reading and interpretation skills (of journalistic and fiction texts), improve debating and argumentation skills, enhance presentation skills, and forster the ability to write a coherent written text (essay).

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

Assignment to study programme types

Bachelor's

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. et MgA. Barbora Lungová

Department

Department of Art History and Theory (KTDU)

Entry knowledge

B2 winter.

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 essay 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..
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 essay 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

Journalism, art magazines, fiction.

Prerequisites and corequisites

compulsory co-requisite
English Upper Intermediate Higher 3 - BA - Winter

Basic literature

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

Type of course unit

Seminar

26 hours, 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.