General information

Course type AMUPIE
Module title English oral skills for EFL teachers
Language English
Module lecturer prof. UAM dr hab. Paulina Zydorowicz
Lecturer's email zpaula@amu.edu.pl
Lecturer position University Professor
Faculty Faculty of English
Semester 2023/2024 (summer)
Duration 15
ECTS 2
USOS code 15-EFL-SP-AMU-PIE-11

Timetable

Duration of the course: 13.03.2023 - 24.04.2023
Wednesdays, 15.00-16.30
Venue: Collegium Heliodori Święcicki

Class 1: Wednesday, 13.03.2024, 15.00-16.30 (90 minutes)
Class 2: Wednesday, 20.03.2024, 15.00-16.30 (90 minutes)
Class 3: Wednesday, 27.03.2024, 15.00-16.30 (90 minutes)
Class 4: Wednesday, 03.04.2024, 15.00-16.30 (90 minutes)
Class 5: Wednesday, 10.04.2024, 15.00-16.30 (90 minutes)
Class 6: Wednesday, 17.04.2024, 15.00-16.30 (90 minutes)
Class 7: Wednesday, 24.04.2024, 15.00-17.15 (135 minutes)

Note: the last class (24.03.2024) is going to last 135 minutes, i.e. from 15.00-17.15. 

Module aim (aims)

This course is aimed at boosting students’ / prospective teachers’ oral skills in English. Its objectives are going to be accomplished through a variety of speaking activities as well as vocabulary and reading assignments. The course is going to end in a pronunciation workshop whose aim is to familiarize students with the essentials of correct pronunciation.

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

Level of English: B2(+) (according to CEFR)

Syllabus

Class 1:            Learning languages      

Class 2:            Work & careers (1)       

Class 3:            Work & careers (2)

Class 4:            Giving presentations

Class 5:            Success and failure

Class 6:            Education

Class 7:            Polish your English pronunciation

Credit requirements: an oral assignment (recording), vocabulary quizzes

Reading list

Bygrave, Jonathan, Jeremy Day, Lindsay Warwick & Damian Williams. (2021). Roadmap. (C1-C2) Pearson.

Edwards, Lynda, Frances Eales & Steve Oakes. (2023). Speakout. (3rd edition, C1-C2) Pearson.

Latham-Koenig, Christina, Clive Oxenden & Jerry Lambert. (2015). English file. (upper-intermediate & advanced) Cambridge University Press.

McCarthy, Michael & Felicity O’Dell. (2017). English Vocabulary in Use. Advanced Book with Answers. Vocabulary Reference and Practice. Cambridge University Press.

Authentic and self-prepared materials