Tobulink anglų kalbą A2-B1

Dalyko anotacija lietuvių kalba

Skirta studentams, norintiems pasirengti akademinėms studijoms anglų kalba. Besimokantieji plėtoja anglų kalbos žodyną, vartojamą vadovėliuose, paskaitose ar seminaruose, klausymą, konspektavimą, kritinį mąstymą, įvairių tekstų skaitymą, gebėjimą efektyviai ir pasitikinčiai komunikuoti akademinėje aplinkoje ir pristatyti pranešimus. Studentams taip pat glaustai pristatoma Lietuvos kultūra ir šiuolaikinio gyvenimo būdo ypatumai bei plėtojami tarpkultūrinės komunikacijos gebėjimai. Dalykas grindžiamas daugiakalbe prieiga, taikomi įvairūs aktyvaus mokymosi metodai (darbas grupėse ir porose, diskusijos, tekstų analizė, garso įrašų klausymas, vaidmenų žaidimai ir t.t.). Taikoma mišri studijų forma (paskaitos, darbas Moodle virtualioje aplinkoje, savarankiškas darbas).

Dalyko anotacija užsienio kalba

The course is designed to help students adapt to the challenge of academic study in English. It covers main vocabulary likely to be encountered in textbooks, lectures and seminars as well as skills such as listening, note-taking, critical thinking, effective and confident communication in academic environment, dealing with different texts and making presentations. Students are also shortly introduced to Lithuanian culture and contemporary lifestyle along with developing intercultural communication skills. The course is based on the plurilingual approach. A blended learning format is applied (lectures, work in the Moodle virtual environment, independent work) along with various active study methods (group and pair work, discussions, text analysis, listening to audio recordings, role-plays etc.).

Būtinas pasirengimas dalyko studijoms

A1 level of English

Dalyko studijų rezultatai

1. Demonstrate control of grammatical accuracy, linguistic forms and lexical structures at B1 level;

2. Participate in general nad academic discussions on the given topics, justify and defend their opinion, politely express criticism, give comments, ask questions, answer and respond appropriately;

3. Employ argumentation and critical thinking in preparing and delivering a short presentation;

4. Read, analyse and critically evaluate texts using different reading techniques;

5. Understand people speaking English in different general contexts;

6. Plan and write a coherent essay, reason and use appropriate connecting words and phrases, compare the effects,  make conclusions;

7. Deal with major inter-cultural situations.

 

Dalyko turinys

Lexical and grammatical topics:

1. Describing people: appearance and personality. Clothes. Numbers. Prepositions of place. Word order in questions. Present simple and continuous tenses.

2. Speaking about holidays. Prepositions of time and place. Past simple and continuous.

3. Airports and travelling. Verbs with prepositions. Expressions for paraphrasing. Future aspects: be going to and present continuous. Defining relative clauses.

4. Shopping. Housework: make or do. Adjectives ending -ed and -ing. Present perfect versus past simple.

5. Describing a town or city. Health and the body. Time expressions. Comparatives and superlatives. Quantifiers.

6. Opposite verbs. Adjectives + prepositions. Future will. Review of verb forms: present, past and future.

7. Verbs with gerund or infinitive.

8. Confusing verbs. Adverbs of manner. Modifiers. First conditional. Possessive pronouns.

9. Animals. Phobias and words related to fear. Biographies.  Second conditional. Present perfect or past simple.

10. School subjects. Word building: noun formation. Passive.

11.Sports. Expressing movement. Phrasal verbs. Similarities. Word order of phrasal verbs.

12. Say or tell? Verb phrases. Past perfect. Reported speech. Questions without auxiliaries.

 

Dalyko studijos valandomis

	This course can be delivered in one of these forms:
Study forms:	Hours in face-to-face studies	Hours in online studies	Hours in blended studies
Lectures	120 hours.	120 hours	Face-to-face: 60 hours	Online: 60 hours
Practical assignments (in Moodle)	15 hours	15 hours	15 hours
Contact work in total.	135 hours	135 hours	135 hours
Individual student work	185 hours	185 hours	185 hours
Total:	320 hours	320 hours	320 hours

Studijų rezultatų vertinimas

Midterm exam – 20%, final exam – 30%, written tests and other assignments during the semester – 50%.

Literatūra

1. 2012 Latham-Koenig, Ch., Oxenden, C. et al. New English File. Pre-intermediate (A2-B1). Student’s book. Oxford University Press
2. 2012 Latham-Koenig, Ch., Oxenden, C. et al. New English File. Pre-intermediate (A2-B1). Workbook. Oxford University Press
Supplementary materials
1. 2016 Dummett, P. et al. Keynote. Pre-Intermediate (A2-B1). Student’s Book. CENGAGE Learning Custom Publishing
2. 2016 Lansford, L. Keynote. Pre-Intermediate. Workbook. CENGAGE Learning Custom Publishing
3. 2012 Fitzgerald, D. and Harraway, R. New English File Culture Link. Oxford University Press
4. 2012 Foley, M. and Hall, D. My Grammar Lab Pre-Intermediate. Pearson Education