English (Erasmus 2 ? lang. preparation)
Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language |
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104XAE2 | Z | 0 | 2C | Czech |
- Course guarantor:
- Sandra Giormani
- Lecturer:
- Sandra Giormani
- Tutor:
- Sandra Giormani, Petra Martincová
- Supervisor:
- Department of Languages
- Synopsis:
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The course is aimed at consolidating language competences that enable the students to study in an English speaking environment. The use of grammatically correct language as well as fluent oral and written production is accented. The aim of the course is to help the students to successfully pass in all of the entrance procedures within the ERASMUS+programme.
- Requirements:
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no prerequizits
- Syllabus of lectures:
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This course is not a lecture but practical session:
Course code: 104XAE2
Duration: 2 hours / 1 semester
For more information see Outline and Syllabus of Exercises
- Syllabus of tutorials:
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The Erasmus written examination for Faculty of Civil Engineering students
Test Format and Timing
The written test has four parts:
Listening (Time: approx.15 minutes)
Reading Comprehension (Time: 20 minutes)
Use of English (Time: 25 minutes)
Writing (Time: 30 minutes)
The overall duration of the written test is 90 minutes.
An additional Oral examination is administered in cases of borderline achievement and in order to confirm lower-end and top-end level results (i.e., borderline B1/B2 or C1+ levels). In such cases the students will be informed by the examiners and a committee will assess their communicative competence.
Task Types and Marking
Listening (general civil engineering topics; educational and training situations as well as everyday/social situations)
Marking: 1 point per question
Always includes:
Note/form/table/flow chart/summary completion
or
Plan/map/diagram labelling
and one of the following task types:
Multiple choice
Matching
Sentence completion
Short-answer questions
Reading Comprehension (topics of general interest to students at undergraduate or postgraduate level)
Marking: 1 point per question
Always includes:
Summary/note/table/flow chart completion
or
Diagram label completion
and one of the following task types:
Multiple choice
Matching information
Matching headings
Matching features
Identifying information
Sentence completion
Short-answer questions
Use of English (assesses key grammar competences)
Marking: 1 point per question; Key Word Transformation – 2 points per question
Always includes:
Open Cloze
Key Word Transformation
Word Formation
Writing (evaluates written performance on the basis of four assessment criteria – Task achievement/response; Coherence and cohesion; Lexical resource; Grammatical range and accuracy)
Marking: 20 points in total; evaluated on the basis of the above-mentioned criteria
Always includes two Writing tasks:
A description of visual information in your own words (a graph, table, chart or diagram) using between 150 – 170 words
and
A formal letter/report/review/proposal using between 150 – 170 words
The student CHOOSES ONE of the writing tasks
- Study Objective:
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Preparation for Erasmus test:
General Information
The test accents those areas of language competence that are crucial in order to be able to study abroad in English. Therefore, the reading comprehension and writing sections focus on texts within the scope of general academia. Likewise, the task types emphasize skills that the students are likely to need during their studies at university abroad.
The pass rate is 50% (i.e., 10 points in the written test) which corresponds to borderline CEFR level B1/B2.
- Study materials:
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Various IELTS English language testing papers; specific resources
- Note:
- Further information:
- http://departments.fsv.cvut.cz/k104/index.php/2022/12/22/vzorovy-test-erasmus/
- Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:
- Time-table is not available yet
- Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:
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06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri - The course is a part of the following study plans: