Subject: Practical English 4 (CAJ4)
Aims of the subject: to improve
students' language skills speaking, listening, reading, vocabulary and grammar.
Prerequisites: Students
should be interested in English.
Acquired knowledge: Students
will improve all their skills and widen their vocabulary.
Attendance: Students cannot miss more than
two sessions. If they do, they are required to do some additional work, which
will be specified by the teacher.
Requirements: Students
actively participate at lessons and do homework.
Exam: a written test listening,
reading, grammar + vocabulary (100-90 points A; 89 70 B; 69-50 C) and
an oral exam on a travel book in English the student has read (Erasmus
students who did not attend the lessons have to read 2 travel books), bring an
essay on the book with 20 unknown words or phrases of the student's choice from
it
Final evaluation: Written test
makes the mark, which will be finalised after the oral exam.
Syllabus:
1.
Unit 9
I was
there... reading, pp 82-85; listening 85
Extracts from
holiday brochures + brochure language (copied)
Hw: Get materials from the Centre of
Services (every week there will be a text or some exercises to be copied and
done hw revision may also involve listening to a video recording with
questions and a follow-up discussion)
2.
Unit 9
hw revision
Nothing better
than my country (2-minute info of a country based on brochure language)
Vocabulary
development homonyms, homophones, homographs, p 86
Verb patterns
grammar, p 88-89
Hw: Read the text The Age of Sport; get materials from the
Centre of Services
3.
Unit 10
The Age of
Sport
Intensifying
adverbs, p 94
Human body, p
95
Hw: Get materials from the Centre of Services
4.
Unit 10
hw
revision
Describe the
places in the pictures
Hw: Get materials from the Centre of Services
5. Unit
11
hw revision
Three island stories,
p 100-103
Hw: Get materials from the Centre of Services
6. Unit
11
hw revision
Weather words, p
104
Adjective order, p
104
Hw: Get materials from the Centre of Services
7. Unit
11
hw revision
Relatives and participles. P 106-107
Hw: Get materials from the Centre of Services
8.
Unit 12
hw
revision
Starter:
Peter Bruegel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, p 109
Linking
devices, p 112-113
Hw: Read the text A Sideways Look at Time;
Get materials from the Centre of Services
9.
Unit 12
hw
revision
A Sideways
Look at Time, p 110-111
Synonyms,
antonyms, euphemisms, p 115-116
Hw: Get materials from the Centre of Services
10.
Revision
hw
revision
grammar
and vocabulary final revision
11.
Revision
Chosen
problems
12.
Test listening, reading, grammar,
vocabulary
13.
Credits
Compulsory reading:
Soars, Liz and John 2003. New Headway Advanced, OUP.
Students Book, Workbook
Further reading:
Travel books in English the
list on H:\UKAZKY\Kacetl\CAJ
National Geographic the
original English edition of the monthly magazine
TIME the weekly magazine