Course: English as Foreign Language/Beginners 1

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Course title English as Foreign Language/Beginners 1
Course code KSK/KEL01
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Sládečková Barbora, Mgr.
  • Voráčová Jaroslava
Course content
Topics: 1. Grammar: Verb BE (positive, negative, interrogative), Numbers, Countries, Nationalities Topic: Introduction 2. Grammar: The alphabet, Spelling your name, Classroom language Topic: Meeting people 3. Grammar: Singular and plural nouns, Definite/indefinite articles Topic: Common objects 4. Grammar: Possessive adjectives, Possessive 's Topic: People and family 5. Grammar: Adjectives Topic: Colours 6. Grammar: Introducing people, Phone numbers Topic: Personal information 7. Grammar: Present simple (positive), 3rd person s Topic: Food and drink 8. Grammar: Present simple (negative, interrogative), Auxiliary verbs Topic: Jobs, places of work 9. Grammar: Telling the time, days of the week Topic: Everyday situations 10. Grammar: Adverbs of frequency, Present simple Topic: A typical day 11. Grammar: Word order in questions, Question words Topic: Common verbs

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
  • Homework for Teaching - 17 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 20 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
This course was prepared and is implemented within the following project: Internationalization of the Faculty of Physical Culture, Palacký University, Olomouc CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0028 (INTEFTEK). The aim of the course is to develop all four language competences in English: reading, writing, speaking and listening from the very basics. The course gradually develops the students' abilities to use English as a means of communication in simple situations and provides a basis for the application of acquired language skills and their further development in a follow-up course KSK/EFL02.
By completing the course the student has met the requirement for enrolment in the course English: Beginners 2 (KSK/EFL02). The student has mastered the basics of English at a level to continue the development of his/her language competences in the course KSK/EFL02. Upon completion of KSK/EFL02 the level of the student's language competences will be A1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, see http://www.inteftek.upol.cz/images/download/SERR_sebehodnoceni.pdf.
Prerequisites
It is recommended to study from New English File: Beginner (Student's Book + Work Book).

Assessment methods and criteria
Analysis of linguistic, Didactic Test

Recommended literature
  • Oxenden, C., & Latham-Koenig Ch. (2009). New English File Beginner. Oxford: Oxford University Press.


Study plans that include the course
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