English oral skills for EFL teachers

Timetable

Duration of the course: October - December 2026
Venue: Collegium Heliodori Święcicki

GROUP 1
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GROUP 2
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Module aim (aims)

This course is aimed at boosting students’ / prospective teachers' oral skills in English (level C1). 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: vocabulary quizzes and / or an oral assignment (recording)

Reading list

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 & self-prepared materials