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 AMU Professor
Faculty Faculty of English
Semester 2026/2027 (winter)
Duration 15
ECTS 2
USOS code 15-EFL-SP-AMU-PIE-11

Timetable

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

GROUP 1
Collegium Heliodori Święcicki, room 212 
Tuesday, 11.30-13.00 
Dates:
13.10.2026 (90-minute class)
20.10.2026 (90-minute class)
27.10.2026 (90-minute class)
03.11.2026 (90-minute class)
10.11.2026 (90-minute class)
17.11.2026 (90-minute class)
24.11.2026 (90-minute class)
01.12.2026 (45-minute class)

GROUP 2
Collegium Heliodori Święcicki, room 212 
Tuesday, 13.15-14.45
Dates:  
13.10.2026 (90-minute class)
20.10.2026 (90-minute class)
27.10.2026 (90-minute class)
03.11.2026 (90-minute class)
10.11.2026 (90-minute class)
17.11.2026 (90-minute class)
24.11.2026 (90-minute class)
01.12.2026 (45-minute class)

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