Practical English 2

The aim of the course is to improve the students’

language integrated skills (reading, speaking, listening).

KNOWLEDGE – A STUDENT KNOWS AND UNDERSTANDS

the practical application of vocabulary and grammatical structures at B2 level,

SKILLS – A STUDENT IS ABLE TO

- express him/herself linguistically and factually correctly at B2 level presenting, discussing and defending his/her opinions,

- understand the content of audio recordings at level B2 and extract specific information

- understand the content of written texts at level B2, and can find specific information in them,

SOCIAL SKILLS – A STUDENT IS READY TO

solve practical problems based on knowledge and critical analysis of received information

Basic ads:

1. J.BELL, R.GOWER: First Certificate Expert, Pearson Longman, Harlow 2014.

2. I.LEBEAU, G.REES: Language Leader Intermediate, Pearson Longman, Harlow 2008.

3. M.VINCE: First Certificate Language Practice, Macmillan Heinemann, Oxford 2009

Additional aids:

1. P. DAVIES : FCE Result, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2011.

2. V.EVANS: Upstream Intermediate, Express Publishing, Newbury 2014.

3. V.EVANS : FCE for Schools Practice Tests, Express Publishing, Newbury 2014.

4. Online dictionaries:

www.dictionary.cambridge.org

www.macmillandictionary.com

www.oed.com

After passing the subject, a student:

1. knows vocabulary, lexical and grammatical structures at the advanced level (B1 +).

2. is able to speak properly in terms of linguistic and substantive correctness at the B1+ level when presenting, discussing, defending her/his opinion.

3. can understand audio recordings at the B1+ level and can extract specific information from recordings.

4. can understand texts at the B1+ level and can find detailed information in texts.

5. is able to work on projects and tasks both on her/his own and in a group.