Title: | English: Conversation |
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Code: | JA3 |
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Ac.Year: | 2010/2011 |
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Term: | Winter |
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Curriculums: | |
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Language of Instruction: | Czech |
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Credits: | 3 |
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Completion: | credit+exam (written&verbal) |
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Type of instruction: | Hour/sem | Lectures | Sem. Exercises | Lab. exercises | Comp. exercises | Other |
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Hours: | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Examination | Tests | Exercises | Laboratories | Other |
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Points: | 60 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Guarantor: | Walek Agata, Mgr., DFL |
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Instructor: | Walek Agata, Mgr., DFL |
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Faculty: | Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication BUT |
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Department: | Department of Foreign Languages FEEC BUT |
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Prerequisites: | |
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| Learning objectives: |
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| | A variety of themes which are connected with the habits and customs of everyday life. | Description: |
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| | Characteristics of native-speaker conversation, idioms of the spoken language, the differences between the Czech and English languages and presentations are done here. This course is a specialized one. | Knowledge and skills required for the course: |
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| | The prerequisite for this course is a higher knowledge at the BAN4 level. | Syllabus of numerical exercises: |
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- Students learn about the aims of the course.
- Describing and giving reasons for one's aims in life. Finding solutions to a problem.
- Agreeing on a shared holiday. Ranking places for a sightseeing tour.
- Choosing someone for a job.
- Ranking objects.
- Memory, insight into the process of communication. Recognizing the functions of gestures in English.
- Ways of being polite in social encounters. Social behaviour in the target language.
- Problems people encounter when living in a new country. Assessing the progress of students in the course. A cross-cultural discussion about gifts and giving.
- To get students to share opinions. Sharing opinions on family. Telling each other about emotions.
- Promoting discussion about inventions. Showing empathy. Things students value in their daily lives. Discussing priorities for the future.
- Deciding on individual responsibility for a tragedy. A conflict situation in having to decide what to do.
- Discussing the role of secretaries at work. Planning a short holiday.
- To be announced.
| Study literature: |
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| - Klippel, F.: Keep Talking. Cambridge University Press, 1984.
- Nolasco, R.: Conversation. Oxford University Press, 1987.
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| Course description in the BUT database Apollo. | Controlled instruction: |
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| | 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. | Progress assessment: |
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| | Semester tests ... 40 points. Final exam ... 60 points. To pass this course one needs a minimum of 50 % in all activities. | Exam prerequisites: |
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| | Active participation in seminars, semester tests with the pass mimimum of 50 % (= 20 points). | |
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