Course detail

English B1-2

FSI-0A6 Acad. year: 2021/2022 Summer semester

The 0A6 course 0A6 is a follow-up to 0A5 in the winter semester and targets students before they take the compulsory B1 exam (GEN3 or 7AZ) who need to develop their general English at the B1+ level of CEFR and extend it with academic language. It can also be selected by students who finished courses A5, A6 and need the general language course to fix their knowledge.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

3

Learning outcomes of the course unit

After passing this course (and the follow-up course 0A6) students should be able to communicate in English independently at B1+ level.

Prerequisites

The minimum entry requirement is the knowledge of A2+ grammar and vocabulary.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

This is a general English course to extend basic professional curriculum.
The goal of the course is to develop communicative skills that allow an individual to communicate in the English language. Primarily listening and speaking are practiced.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Final evaluation covers the student’s work in the exercises and the knowledge tested by a credit test and examination. The examination oral and the B1 level of CEFR.

Aims

The aim of the course it to enhance individual abilities of students to express themselves in English at the B1+ level in general and academic contexts. The previously gained knowledge of grammar and vocabulary will be revised and systematically expanded with academic vocabulary.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Attendance is compulsory and is checked on a regular basis. Students are allowed to miss two seminars. In well-founded cases, extra absences can be made up for after consulting the situation with the teacher.

The study programmes with the given course

Programme N-OBN-P: Common Offer, Master's, elective

Programme B-OBN-P: Common Offer, Bachelor's, elective

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

Week 1: Unit 5 Behavioral Science – Listening 1 (A Lifetime of Risks), evaluating evidence
Week 2: Unit 5 Behavioral Science – Listening 2 (Science on the Edge), listening for numbers
Week 3: Unit 5 Behavioral Science – Video (The Voyage of Magellan), word families, past perfect, short presentation
Week 4: Unit 6 Neurology – Listening 1 (What Kind of “Smart” is AI?), inferring speaker’s attitude
Week 5: Unit 6 Neurology – Listening 2 (Asking the Right Questions about AI), justifying claims
Week 6: Unit 6 Neurology – Video (Alan Turing), gerunds and infinitives, group discussion
Week 7: Unit 7 Economics – Listening 1 (Sudden Wealth), signposting
Week 8: Unit 7 Economics – Listening 2 (Happiness Breeds Success … and Money!), choosing between opinions
Week 9: Unit 7 Economics – Video (Two Brothers), agreeing and disagreeing, group discussion
Week 10: Unit 8 Behavioral Science – Listening 1 (Learning from Failure), examples
Week 11: Unit 8 Behavioral Science – Listening 2 (An Interview with Mohannad Abu-dayyah), paraphrasing
Week 12: Unit 8 Behavioral Science – Video (Hurricane Katrina), prefixes, simple past and present perfect, clarifying, pair discussion
Week 13: Review