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: 11.03.2024 - 13.05.2024
Mondays, 13.15-14.45
Venue: Collegium Heliodori Święcicki, room 230
Class 1: Monday, 11.03.2024, 13.15-14.45 (90 minutes)
Class 2: Monday, 18.03.2024, 13.15-14.45 (90 minutes)
Class 3: Monday, 25.03.2024, 13.15-14.45 (90 minutes)
Class 4: Monday, 08.04.2024, 13.15-14.45 (90 minutes)
Class 5: Monday, 15.04.2024, 13.15-14.45 (90 minutes)
Class 6: Monday, 22.04.2024, 13.15-14.45 (90 minutes)
Class 7: Monday, 29.04.2024, 13.15-14.45 (90 minutes)
Class 8: Monday, 13.05.2024, 13.15-14.00 (45 minutes)
Collegium Heliodori Święcicki, Room 230, Monday, 13:15-14:45
https://planer.wa.amu.edu.pl/pl/panel/home/group/114
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)
Note: This course requires a significant amount of students' individual work outside class.
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