English As a Foreign Language

compulsory

Lithuanian

1st cycle

This is a general EFL course at an intermediate level. Its main objective is to develop students' practical skills such as speaking, reading, listening and writing as well as consolidate and expand their lexical and gramatical knowledge at the B2 level.

Year 1

B1 level.

After joining the group team at MS Teams, syudents wil have access to most course materials at MS Teams (except for the coursebook) at MS Teams/ Files

or MS Teams/ Tasks.

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English as a Foreign Language at an intermediate level. Considerable emphasis is put on the balanced development of all language skills.

Topics to discuss (depending on the coursebook selected in a given year)

Vocabulary and grammar at B1+/B2 level e.g.

- tenses

- verbs (aspects, patterns, forms, phrasal verbs)

- indirect questions

- the passive

- used to / would

- be / get used to

- uncountable nouns and pluralia tantum

- I wish / if only

- articles

- conditional sentences (type 1, 2)

- modal verbs (obligation, prohibition, permission, ability)

Writing:

- various typoes of paragraphs

Pronunciation:

- word stress

- compound stress

- vowels in unstressed syllables

- basic intonation patterns

Podstawowa (podręcznik kursowy - w zależności od cyklu kształcenia)

Dodatkowa:

‒ Vince, Michael. 2009. First Certificate Language Practice [4th edition]. Oxford: Macmillan.

‒ Mann, Malcolm and Steve Taylore-Knowles. 2008. Destination B2. Macmillan.

‒ Evans, Virginia. 1997. Successful Writing Intermediate/ Upper-Intermediate. Express Publishing.

‒ short authentic texts or podcasts/ videos related to everyday life in the country related to the language of a given specialization

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 relatively simple and coherent 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 short paragraph in which they express their views on topics that they are familiar with

Is able to pronounce English phonemes correctly and use correct word stress/intonation

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 speeches

- submit written assignments (paragraphs and letters)

- submit homework

The final grade for the course depends on the final examination result and the final class grade (for both semesters).

Students are allowed to have 2 unexcused absences per term