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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1. Course information. Supporting opinions. Auxiliary verbs. 2. Predicative adjectives. Present tenses review. Questions about families. 3. Future forms revision. Being optimistic. 4. Suffix -able. Future perfect and continuous. Personal goals. 5. Generalising and making exceptions. Questions review. Agreeing and disagreeing. 6. Prefix -mis. The definite article. 7. Narrative tenses. Metaphors: honesty and dishonesty. 8. Typical mistakes in English. 9. Collocations for the natural world. Vocabulary: land. 10. Amazing ocean facts. Present perfect tenses. Modals of speculation. 11. Magical places. Impersonal passive. Revision.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Collaborative instruction, Seminar classes, Individual study, Students' self-study, Textual studies
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 10 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15)
- 8 hours per semester
- Preparation for formative assessments (2-20)
- 10 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| distinguish between countable and uncountable nouns |
| distinguish between the second and third conditional |
| identify verbs connected to gerund and infinitive |
| differentiate modal verbs in present and past |
| identify relative clauses |
| differentiate past and past perfect tense |
| identify the articles |
| identify phrasal verbs |
| choose appropriate linguistic means for expressing one's own opinions and arguments |
| use correct pronunciation and intonation |
| Skills |
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| use the second and third conditional correctly |
| use past tenses correctly |
| express compliment, sympathy |
| react appropriately in different formal and informal situations |
| write an essay |
| use correct phrases in formal and informal telephone conversations |
| have a conversation about a favourite movie, book, theatre performance, exhibition |
| Competences |
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| N/A |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| differentiate auxiliary verbs for present, past and perfect tenses |
| identify verbs for expressing future |
| identify future perfect and continuous |
| name types of civilization diseases |
| express certainty and uncertainty |
| identify verbs with prefix "mis" |
| identify methapors |
| name modals for speculations |
| identify the definite article |
| Skills |
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| summarize information from a complex text |
| describe family relationships |
| express one´s opinion on civilization problems |
| narrate a complex story in the past |
| express agreement and disagreement |
| correct typical mistakes in English |
| look up information in a newspaper article |
| Competences |
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| N/A |
| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Seminar |
| Collaborative instruction |
| Individual study |
| Discussion |
| Cooperative instruction |
| Textual studies |
| Collaborative instruction |
| Individual study |
| Practicum |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Skills |
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| Practicum |
| Seminar |
| Skills demonstration |
| Discussion |
| Cooperative instruction |
| Individual study |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Competences |
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| Practicum |
| Seminar |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Skills demonstration |
| Cooperative instruction |
| Students' portfolio |
| Individual study |
| Discussion |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Continuous assessment |
| Seminar work |
| Test |
| Self-evaluation |
| Peer evaluation of students |
| Formative evaluation |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Skills |
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| Test |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Continuous assessment |
| Self-evaluation |
| Peer evaluation of students |
| Formative evaluation |
| Competences |
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| Test |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Continuous assessment |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Self-evaluation |
| Formative evaluation |
| Peer evaluation of students |
| Seminar work |
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Recommended literature
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Clanfield, L., Benne R.R. Global upper intermediate. London, 2011. ISBN 978-0-230-03318-4.
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