YAKO1 English Conversation 1

Moravian Business College Olomouc
winter 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Siran Agadzhanyan (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jiří Mánek (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Siran Agadzhanyan
Moravian Business College Olomouc
Supplier department: Moravian Business College Olomouc
Timetable
Thu 15:00–16:30 B2.231
Prerequisites (in Czech)
TYP_STUDIA ( B )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives (in Czech)
Cílem předmětu English Conversation je obnovení a prohloubení základních znalostí a schopností studentů v používání anglického jazyka a současně též sjednocení znalostí a schopností studentů tak, aby byli připraveni na jejich rozšíření v prostředí obchodní angličtiny. Náplní předmětu English Conversation je zopakování a rozšíření slovní zásoby a znalostí v oblasti anglické gramatiky s důrazem na praktické uplatnění v běžných společenských konverzačních situacích, v nichž se studenti mohou ocitnout jak v osobním, tak zejména v pracovním životě.
Syllabus
  • 1. Food and restaurants (Present simple and continuous; Action and non-action verbs; Talking about eating habits).
    2. Sports (Past tenses: simple/continuous/perfect; When you hear the final whistle (paragraph gap - fill); Talking about sports).
    3. Family and personality (Future forms: going to/will/shall; We are family (predictions); Useful language for describing people).
    4. Money (Present perfect and past simple; My life without money (predictions, WH questions, phrasal verbs); Money questionnaire).
    5. Holidays (Strong adjectives; Present perfect continuous).
    6. Transport (Comparatives and superlatives; Race to the sun; A journey from London to France (numbering activities)).
    7. Modern manners - mobile phones (Must, have to, should (obligations); Culture shock).
    8. Judging by appearances - describing people (Must, may, might, can't (deduction); Describing people: look or look like?).
    9. Success and failure (Can, could, be able to (ability and possibility); Never give up (pair work, chart completion)).
    10. Back to school, education (1st conditional and future time clauses + when, until; Talking about education).

    Revision - vocabulary, grammar, social English, reading and comprehension check.
Literature
    required literature
  • OXENDEN, Clive, LATHAM-KOENIG, Christina. New English file - Intermediate - Student's Book. Oxford University Press, 2011. info
    recommended literature
  • MURPHY, Raymond. English Grammar in Use. Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 9780521189088. info
  • OXENDEN, Clive, LATHAN-KOENIG, Christina. New English file - Pre-intermediate - Student's Book. Oxford University Press, 2012. ISBN 9780194598811. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Písemná forma: závěrečný test.
Ústní forma: prokázání komunikačních dovedností studenta ve specifické odborné oblasti na základě pohovoru s vyučujícím.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
Written form: final test.
Oral form: proving communication skills in specific professional area, based on interview with teacher.
The course is also listed under the following terms winter 2020, summer 2021, Winter 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (winter 2021, recent)
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