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English for Advanced Students Examination

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04XAPZK ZK 4 Czech
Relations:
The course 04XAPZK can be graded only after the course 04XAP3 has been successfully completed.
Course guarantor:
Darren Copeland
Lecturer:
Tutor:
Supervisor:
Department of Humanities and Languages
Synopsis:

The course content is the examination as given by the study plan.

The student is supposed to demonstrate mastering the 04XAP3 syllabus and the ability to apply their knowledge obtained in the three 04XAP courses. In addition to passing courses 04XAP1, 04XAP2, and 04XAP3, a prerequisite for taking the exam is a presentation on a specialized topic in the student's field. The examination consists of 2 parts - written and oral.

Requirements:

The end of course exam also comprises two distinct parts and is also equally weighted (50% each). The first is a written task with a choice of three questions where students are expected to write either a report (like in AP1), an essay based on interpreting a graph (like in AP2) or a Letter of Application (covered in AP3). This will be conducted in the final week of the semester and delivered with the written zápočet test (similar to written tasks in AP1 and AP2 zápočet).

The second exam task is the collaborative oral exam where students work in pairs (total duration 30 minutes). Pairs of students are given a previously unseen text on a specific topic. They have 15 minutes to read it and prepare with their partner to talk about it and about the talking points it raises. During the following 15-minute spoken part, they are asked individually by the examiner to find and explain examples of one Language Topic in the text. The Language Topics (one per student) are based on the topics studied in AP1, AP2 and AP3. They are asked by the examiner to talk about its effect on the text, using the examples from the text. This should take about five minutes in total. Finally, for the remaining ten minutes, in pairs, students begin a discussion based on the main topic(s) of the text. This will require them to collaborate by listening to each other carefully and developing on each others ideas. In the fifteen minutes of reading time, they should have planned and sketched out their ideas for the discussion. The spoken task should be conducted in formal English and reflect an approach and use of English which helps to foster discussion, enabling differences in opinion and respectfully developing on each others ideas. In other words, it should be a good example of academic discourse.

As it is the end of the AP English course, the exam is graded using the following grade thresholds:

50-59% E

60-69% D

70-79% C

80-89% B

90-99% A

Syllabus of lectures:

The examination covers 3 semesters of the AP course.

Syllabus of tutorials:
Study Objective:

To test the knowledge and skills given by the syllabus.

To reach the CEFR B2+/C1 level extended to ESP.

Study materials:

Materials and teaching aids are given by the course plan.

Key references:

[1] Martin Hewings, Cambridge Academic English, Cambridge.

[2] teaching materials prepared by the Department of Languages, see web pages of the teacher - http://people.fjfi.cvut.cz/clarkdun

http://people.fjfi.cvut.cz/capovhan

Recommended references:

[3] M.Hewings - Advanced English Grammar, Cambridge University Press 2010

[4] monolingual dictionaries

Teaching aids:

language classroom, audiovisuals, PC lab

Note:
Time-table for winter semester 2025/2026:
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Time-table for summer semester 2025/2026:
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The course is a part of the following study plans:
Data valid to 2025-10-19
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