English - upper intermediate level, traditional language course [4024-ANGOB2]
Summer semester 2019/20
Foreign language classes,
group no.48
| Course: | English - upper intermediate level, traditional language course [4024-ANGOB2] |
| Class: |
Summer semester 2019/20 [2019L]
(past)
Foreign language classes [LEK], group no.48 [other groups] |
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Times and places:
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every Friday, 8:15 - 9:45
room 1130 (in Polish) Gmach Wydziału Geologii - Żwirki i Wigury 93 what is the address?
every Friday, 10:00 - 11:30
room 1130 (in Polish) Gmach Wydziału Geologii - Żwirki i Wigury 93 what is the address? |
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All classes for this group have already took place - show all dates. |
| Number of students: | 10 |
| Places available: | 20 |
| Examination: | Grading |
| Lecturer: | Waldemar Sikorski |
| Bibliography: |
MAIN TEXTBOOK: FRANCES EALES, STEVE OAKES: SPEAKOUT UPPER INTERMEDIATE FLEXI COURSE BOOK 2 DICTIONARIES: A.S.HORNBY: OXFORD ADVANCED LEARNER’S DICTIONARY OF CURRENT ENGLISH CAMBRIDGE LEARNER’S DICTIONARY SŁOWNIK ANGIELSKO-POLSKI Z INDEKSEM POLSKO-ANGIELSKIM OXFORD WORDPOWER SŁOWNIK ANGIELSKO-POLSKI Z INDEKSEM POLSKO-ANGIELSKIM JACEK FISIAK (I INNI): SŁOWNIK WSPÓŁCZESNY ANGIELSKO-POLSKI I POLSKO-ANGIELSKI (LONGMAN) WIELKI SŁOWNIK ANGIELSKO-POLSKI (PWN-OXFORD) WIELKI SŁOWNIK POLSKO-ANGIELSKI (PWN-OXFORD) OXFORD COLLOCATIONS DICTIONARY FOR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH |
| List of topics: |
TEXTS FROM THE TEXTBOOK AND ARTICLES/ BOTH WINTER AND SUMMER TERMS 1. ENGLISH (THE POWER OF ILLUSION) 2. CHRISTMAS 3. FIREARMS 4. DEPRESSION 5. EUTHANASIA 6. HAWKING (STEPHEN) 7. THE INTERNET (AND THE DAMAGE) 8. QUARRELS 9. PRIVATE TUITION 10. DOCTORS (THEIR CONSCIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS) 11. LOURDES 12. THE MEDIA: INFORMATION AND DISINFORMATION 13. THE HOAX (THE ANATOMY OF THE HOAX) 14. TAXES AND TAX DODGERS 15. OLD AGE, YOUTH, AND THE GENERATION GAP 16. THE SURREAL 17. HAPPINESS 18. HOME-SCHOOLING 19. EASTER 20. LIFE, DEATH, AND CONSCIENCE |
| Teaching methods: |
TASK-ORIENTED APPROACH PAIRWORK ROLE PLAYING WORKING WITH WORDS: STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO USE RELIABLE DICTIONARIES. DISCUSSIONS IN PAIRS |
| Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
1) CONTINUOUS ASSESSSMENT 2) CLASS ATTENDANCE 3) STUDENT CLASSROOM PARTICIPATION 4) ORAL AND WRITTEN TESTS 5) HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS 6) FINAL WRITTEN EXAMINATION 7) END-OF-COURSE ORAL EXAMINATION CONTINUOUS ASSESSSMENT /STUDENT CLASSROOM PARTICIPATION/CLASS ATTENDANCE: 25% ORAL AND WRITTEN TESTS/HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS: 25% FINAL WRITTEN EXAMINATION/END-OF-COURSE ORAL EXAMINATION: 50% GRADING SCALE 99 – 100% A* (A-star)(EXCELLENT) 93 – 98% A (VERY GOOD) 87 – 92% B+ (GOOD PLUS) 77 – 86% B (GOOD) 71 – 76% C+ (PASS MARK PLUS) 60 – 70% C (PASS MARK |
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UPPER-INTERMEDIATE (B2-LEVEL) COURSE FOR GEOLOGY STUDENTS THE COURSE, B2-LEVEL ORIENTED, IS AIMED AT SYSTEMATIZING STUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH. DURING THE COURSE WE ARE GOING TO STUDY THE MAIN GRAMMATICAL, LEXICAL, AND PHONETIC PROBLEMS. THE COURSE IS AIMED AT MAKING STUDENTS DEVELOP SKILLS IN STUDYING ENGLISH INDEPENDENTLY. ALL THE FOUR BASIC LANGUAGE SKILLS WILL BE PRACTISED: SPEAKING (DISCUSSIONS), WRITING (DISCURSIVE ESSAYS: OPINION ESSAYS AND FOR-AND-AGAINST ESSAYS), READING (ARTICLES), LISTENING. MAIN TEXTBOOK: FRANCES EALES, STEVE OAKES: SPEAKOUT UPPER INTERMEDIATE FLEXI COURSE BOOK 2 |
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