Syllabus
With respect to the measures imposed, the instruction in the course will proceed in individual seminar groups as follows:
• Teachers can be reached by email. Students will be contacted via their email as it is shown in SIS.• Teachers upload their material above the scope of obligatory textbook into Moodle. Please use Law School Moodle.
Seminars 1-3
Topics: Global Problems and Opportunities / The FutureLISTENINGListening for the information. Identifying various sources of information - emails, numbers, addresses, salaries, flt #, processes, maps, classifications, identification, etc. Predidictions, looking for the key words. Distractors, qualifiers, etc.
Seminars 4-6
Topics: Work and Training / (Geography)READINGHeading for paragprahs, getting the opinions, aggregating the information, topics, survey, quick review; scaninnng and skimming (Test timing), detailing/inferring, etc.Seminars 7-9
Topics: What is Beauty? / Is It Art?WRITINGProper usage of linkers - process and sequencing; structuring an essay - topic sentence, paragraphing, conclusions. Cohesives, Adjuncts. Themes commonly include education, health, crime, social issues, environment, globalization, etc.Seminars 10-11
Topics: Psychology and Sociology / Family / Travelling around the World (as appropriate)SPEAKINGBeing confident to a social chit-chat communication; providing an extended talk about hobbies, leisure, family, etc.; participating in a discussion concerning abstratc issues, e.g. Space, Literature, Advertising, Music, People, Business, Movies, Health, Work, Education, Food, Sport, Technology, etc.
Moodle accessible on Law School web page.• If there is no other option but online seminars, they will be held at times when the contact classes were scheduled. The teachers will inform students on online classes and the platform to be used.
If it is necessary to use distance assessment of the course, it will be available to all students registered in the course and it will take the form of continuous assessment consisting of the following assignments:• Completion of exercises assigned in due time. These will be based on individual units of the textbook. • Completion of 2 writing tasks in due time.
The assignments will be graded “excellent”, “very good”, “satisfactory”, or “fail”. The marks will then be averaged to give the final mark for students’ reference and, most importantly, to let students know if they passed (“splněno”) or failed (“nesplněno”) the course.
Annotation
IELTS, the International English Language Testing System, is designed to assess the language ability of people who want to study or work where English is the language of communication. IELTS is recognized and accepted by over 11,000 organisations worldwide, including universities, employers, professional bodies, immigration authorities and other government agencies. Over 6 million IELTS tests were taken in 2021. There are two IELTS formats: academic and general. Our seminar will focus on IELTS ACADEMIC, shaped out for students applying for higher education or professional registration in an English speaking environment. It reflects the features of academic language and assesses whether you are ready to begin studying or any other kind of academic training.
IELTS is designed to assess English language skills across a wide range of levels. There is no such thing as a pass or fall in IELTS. Results are reported as the so-called band scores on a scale from 1 (the lowest-non user) to 9 (the highest-expert user). The goal of IELTS seminar is to provide students with the appropriate language skills to be confident enough to pass the IELTS at the level they actually are - full year course nonetheless aims to prepare students to reach IELTS bands above 6.5. IELTS Seminar is offered not just for the Law School students but for any Charles University student enrolled on a full-time basis. IELTS I should be followed in the spring term with IELTS ACADEMIC II - TEST SEMINAR. Seminars will be led by PhDr. Martin Stary, and Charles Bird, LL.M.
Course requirement for IELTS Academic I is at least B1(CEFR)/Intermediate-PET(Merit-Distinction)/FCE Cambridge level of English. Working language of the course will range from B2/Upper-intermediate-FCE to C1/Advanced-CAE. Applicants are suppossed to specify their English language level in their registration.