Winter Semester 2010/11
Winter Semester 2011/12
Foreign language (English) - Level C1 I11019
Course content:
1. Universities, types of degrees, life on a campus etc.
2. Ways of speaking, people’s relationships etc.
3. Colloquial language, omitting parts of sentences in everyday speech.
4. Sayings and proverbs.
5. Human mind and its capabilities, creativity, etc.
6. A description of a place, tourist board websites etc.
7. Specialist content and vocabulary, depending on the type of course.
Writing:
1. Accurate writing – spelling: homophones and apostrophes.
2. Accurate writing – connecting words.
3. Short task – a description of a place for a website.
Grammar:
1. Past and present tenses – the use of Simple Past and Present Perfect in specific situations.
2. Cleft sentences with “what” and “it.”
3. Relative clauses with prepositions.
4. Common adverbial phrases.
5. Participle clauses.
6. Adjective word order.
Learning outcomes:Further work on language skills, working towards C1 level.
(in Polish) Rodzaj przedmiotu
Course coordinators
Assessment criteria
Grading system:
Satisfactory (grade 3.0):
The student's overall score for the semester is in the range of 51 - 69 points.
Satisfactory (grade 3.5):
The student's overall score for the semester is in the range of 70 - 76 points.
Good (grade 4.0):
The student's overall score for the semester is in the range of 77 - 83 points.
Good (grade 4.5):
The student's overall score for the semester is in the range of 84 - 89 points.
Excellent (grade 5.0)
The student's overall score for the semester is in the range of 90 - 100 points.
Bibliography
a) basic references:
Gillie Cunningham, Jan Bell: Face2Face Advanced
Michael McCarthy, Felicity O’Dell: Academic Vocabulary in Use
b) supplementary references:
specialist materials developed by the teacher