English As a Foreign Language

compulsory

Korean philology

1st cycle

This is a general EFL course at an upper-intermediate level. Its main objective is to further develop students' practical skills such as speaking, reading, listening and writing so that they reach the B2+/C1 level at the end of the course.

Year 1

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B2

Ms Teams, student's mail

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English as a Foreign Language at an upper-intermediate/advanced level. Considerable emphasis is put on the balanced development of all language skills and developing the ability to self-monitor and self-correct.

Topics to be discussed [subject to change, depending on the coursebook selected for a given year]

Vocabulary [subject to change, depending on the coursebook selected for a given year]: Collocations, fixed expressions and idioms; Phrasal verbs; Word formation

Grammar [subject to change, depending on the coursebook selected for a given year]

Writing:

-The structure of the paragraph: Building and developing topic sentences

-Constructing different types of essay (expository essay; persuasive/ opinion essay)

- The writing process (planning, drafting, redrafting, editing ypour own texts)

Pronunciation [subject to change, depending on the coursebook selected for a given year]: Word stress (shifting stress in word families, main and secondary stress in loner words); Weak forms (reduction of vowels in unstressed syllables); Vowels in stressed syllables; Avoiding devoicing of final consonants

; Basic intonation patterns, the rhythm of spoken English; Main processes in connected speech (linking in short phrases); Sound-spelling relationships, homophones; Understanding accents

The selected C1 level coursebook [details in the syllabus for a given academic year]

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS:

Vince, M. 2003. Advanced Language Practice. Macmillan.

Vince, M. 2008. Macmillan English Grammar In Context Advanced. Macmillan.

Evans, V. 1997. Successful Writing Upper-Intermediate. Express Publishing.

Evans, V. 1998. Successful Writing Advanced. Express Publishing.

Skipper, M. 2002. Advanced Grammar and Vocabulary. Express Publishing.

McCarthy, M. and F. O'Dell. 2005. English Collocations in Use. Cambridge University Press.

After the course the student:

Understands main ideas of standard written texts whose topics discuss those aspects of life that they are familiar with, e.g. school, work, free time

Understands short and longer spoken utterances which discuss the topics they are familiar with or interested in

Can express their opinions and justify them briefly

Can talk about various events and experiences

Can write a relatively short paragraph in which they express their views on topics that they are familiar with

Is able to speak with adequate intelligibility to enable communication with both native and non-native speakers of English

Moreover, students are familiar with the main cultural aspects of major English speaking countries

In order to get credit for the classes students have to:

- pass all the tests

- prepare and present a speech/short speeches

- submit written assignments on time

- submit homework tasks

The final grade for the course depends on the final examination result combined with the grade for class performance throughout the year.

Students are allowed to 4 unexcused absences per term