Course: English for social services 2

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Course title English for social services 2
Course code UJP/APP2
Organizational form of instruction Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Páterková Romana, Mgr. Bc.
Course content
1. Course Information, Communication with the Public - Presentations Theory, Helping Professions 2. Services for Single Parents, Domestic Violence 3. Youth Drop in Centres. Easy Access Clubs 4. Aftercare Services 5. Outreach Work 6. Intervention 7. People with a Disability 8. Communication with People with a Disability 9. Final revision. 10. Portfolio Consultation 11. Presentations 12. Oral examination

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 52 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
- identify different parts of speech
- distinguish present, past and future simple and continuous
- identify active and passive sentences
- distinguish basic prepositions
- identify different meanings and forms of modal verbs
Skills
- search for important information in authentic texts on general topics
- adequately use basic grammar structures
- summarize the main points of conversations on everyday topics
- have A2 language competence according to CEFR
- analyze and summarize simple statements within everyday communication
- use present, past and future simple and continuous forms correctly and adequately
- use present perfect tense correctly and adequately
- choose modal verbs for different meanings appropriately
- structure a simple text on everyday topic
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
- distinguish the services for single mothers and types of domestic violence
- name the types of aftercare services
- distinguish the principles of interpreting services services and the principles of communication with people with an impairment
- distinguish the concept of outreach work
- define the concept of occupational therapy
- define the concept of standards of social services
- define the concept of youth drop in centres
Skills
- describe aftercare services and outreach work
- explain the principles of interpreting services and communication with people with an impairment
- use appropriate questions and react to them in professionally-oriented situations: occupational therapy, rehabilitation of people with disabilities, services for single mothers, domestic violence, youth drop in centres and easy access clubs and standards of social services
- prepare a presentation within the professional focus
- structure a simple professionally-oriented text
- search for important information in authentic texts within the professional focus
- analyze and summarize important information in authentic texts within the professional focus
- give opinion, agree and disagree in an appropriate way in communication with clients within professionally-oriented situations
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Practicum
Cooperative instruction
Self-study of literature
Individual study
Textual studies
Skills
Practicum
Cooperative instruction
Skills demonstration
Discussion
Students' portfolio
Competences
Practicum
Skills demonstration
Discussion
Cooperative instruction
Self-study of literature
Textual studies
Students' portfolio
Individual study
assessment methods
Knowledge
Self-evaluation
Continuous assessment
Combined exam
Skills
Self-evaluation
Continuous assessment
Skills demonstration during practicum
Combined exam
Competences
Self-evaluation
Continuous assessment
Skills demonstration during practicum
Combined exam
Recommended literature
  • English for Social Services.
  • Harris, John; White, Vicky. A Dictionary of Social Work and Social Care. Oxford University Press, 2018.


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