Year 3
2015/2016
ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE Ethnolinguistics/Linguistics Course supervisor:
dr Magdalena Kębłowska
Tutor:
dr Aleksandra Hans
[email protected] room 112B duty hours: Thursday 10:00 – 11:30
Course: − the coursebook for this academic year is: Roderick, M. – C. Nuttall with Nick Kenny. 2013. Proficiency Expert. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited (this is the latest edition) − units to be covered with me during the whole year: 2, 5, 7, 9 Requirements: − attendance: •
you are entitled to 3 absences per term (either excused or unexcused)
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if you happen to be absent for the fourth time, you will not get any credit for the classes (otherwise 10%)
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fifth absence means that you cannot take the exam in June and your grade is "unsatisfactory" (ndst)
− tests: •
there will be two different types of tests during the course: vocabulary quizzes and major tests
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vocabulary quizzes will be relatively short (5 mins. at most) and always administered at the beginning of your classes; you will be asked to take them every second/third class (but sometimes it may happen that you will have two vocabulary tests in a row); you cannot retake vocabulary quizzes, instead you collect points and you need an arithmetic mean of 60% to complete the course successfully; if you are absent on a day of the quiz, you get 0%
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you will be given a major test after each unit; as the name suggests they will be longer and more comprehensive than vocabulary quizzes and they will last approx. 35-40 mins.; you are entitled to one retake test which must be taken till the end of March (for tests 1 and 2) or at the end of the second term (for tests 3 and 4)
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tests and vocabulary quizzes will be graded as follows 100% - 92%
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91%
- 85%
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84%
- 77%
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76%
- 69%
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68%
- 61%
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− speeches: •
you will be asked to give one speech in front of your group; the speech will be marked; the topic of your speech will be always related to the problem/issue discussed during the previous classes
− writing tasks: •
there will be three different forms practised during the year, i.e. an assessment report (dr Magdalena Kębłowska), a discursive essay (dr Aleksandra Hans) and an article (mgr Jolanta Wysocka); you will be asked to write 3 reports/essays/articles during the whole course
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Year 3
2015/2016
− final grade: •
your final grade will be calculated as follows: an arithmetic mean from the vocabulary quizzes + your major test grades + your speech grade + your writing grades
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in order to complete the course you also need to submit the home assignments administered during the whole course
Final examination: − two parts: written and oral − date: 21.06.2014 the written part and 22-23.06.2014 the oral part − further details will be emailed to you by the course supervisor at the end of the first term References: Foley, M. – D. Hall. 2003. Longman Advanced Learner's Grammar. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited. Gethin, H. 1992. Grammar in Context. Proficiency Level English. Nelson ELT. Hewings, M. 1999. Advanced Grammar in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Scott-Barrett, F. 2002. Longman Exam Skills. Proficiency. Use of English. Harlow Pearson Education Limited. Side, R. – G. Wellman. 2002. Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited. Vince, M. 2009 [3rd edition]. Advanced Language Practice. Oxford: Macmillan Education.
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