Sylabus
ENGLISH FOR IMS II – SUMMER SEMESTER – SYLLABUS
Please submit all your assignments via Moodle 1 (English for IMS II) – sign up with passwords available in SIS syllabus for a correct parallel class held either on Monday or Thursday
Also remember to regularly send filled-out Vocabulary sheets via Moodle 1
Poster Presentation sign-up – deadline February 25 – through the link available in our SIS syllabus
My Own Glossary – deadline March 26 – A CONTINUOUS INDEPENDENT WORK
Glossary of Declaration of Independence – deadline May 7
News Overview – deadline May 10 - A CONTINUOUS INDEPENDENT WORK
Check other deadlines in the syllabus below
!!! Students can miss the deadline for any assignment no more than 3 times. Students failing the deadline more than 3 times may not proceed to the final test.
TOPIC no.
TOPIC
DATES OF THE CLASSES
ACADEMIC GRAMMAR
WRITING ASSIGNMENT
(more info in corresponding worksheets) 1
Dictatorship and undemocratic regimes
February 19 and 22
Paraphrasing
Paraphrasing (deadline – March 1) 2
Gender in politics
February 26 and 29
Referencing 3
Diplomacy and foreign policy
March 4 and 7
Commonly confused words/academic style – formal vs. informal language 4
Representation, election and voting
March 11 and 14
Connectors/ -ic and –ical adjectives 5
War stories
March 18 and 21
Complex prepositions/Using quotations
Use of quotations (deadline - April 1) 6
Corruption and controversies/Crime and punishment
March 25 and April 4
Academic prefixes
MID-TERMS
NOTE: no regular classes are held
April 8 and 11 (students’ last names A-K)
April 15 and 18 (students’ last names L-Z) 7
Political ideologies/Populism/Nationalism
April 22 and 25
Referring to figures and tables/Referring backwards and forwards 8
Free speech and human rights
April 29 and May 2
Nominalization II 9 + 10
Constitution
Global Challenges
May 6 and 9
Restrictive /defining) and Non-restrictive (non-defining) relative clauses
PRE-TERMS
NOTE: no regular classes are held
May 13 and 16
Anotace
Kurz je určen pro posluchače studia mezinárodních vztahů, kteří dosáhli vyšší střední úrovně (B2). V kurzu se studenti obeznámí se slovní zásobou používanou v oblasti mezinárodních vztahů.Kurz v letním semestru je zakončen zkouškou. Klasifikace proběhne formou klasifikační stupnice A-F - viz požadavky ke zkoušce.
Prerekvizitou pro tento kurz je úspěšné absolvování kurzu English for International Studies JLB007.
Návod na prvotní přihlášení do MOODLE v ČJ a AJ: https://dl.cuni.cz/wp-content/uploads/studenti-prihlaseni-navod-cj.pdf https://dl.cuni.cz/wp-content/uploads/studenti-prihlaseni-navod-aj.pdf
Přihlaste se do kolonky s názvem „Zápis do skupin“ a vyplňte jedno z hesel pro skupiny:
Password for Monday groups: monday1 (the group of 8-9.20), monday2 (the group of 9.30-10.50), monday3 (the group of 11-12.20)
Password for Thursday groups: thursday1 (the group of 2-3.20), thursday2 (the group of 3.30-4.50), thursday3 (the group of 5-6.20)