CAE Prep Course 1

Display Schedule

Code	Completion	Credits	Range	Language Instruction	Semester
702SCAE1	exam	2	2 seminar hours (45 min) of instruction per week, 32 to 42 hours of self-study	English	winter

Subject guarantor

Klára BICANOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s)

Denise Wynone DAINE

Department

Předmět zajišťuje Language Centre

CAE Exam Preparation is a course focused on developing the language skills necessary to pass the Certificate in Advanced English (Cambridge ESOL exam, at level C1 of the CEFR). It focuses on grammar, vocabulary, writing techniques, vocabulary development, and speaking skills.

Course schedule:

Unit One: People Like Us

Unit Two: More Than Words

Unit Three: Mind, Body & Soul

Learning outcomes

This course aims to give students the necessary grounding to pass the CAE exam by improving their writing, reading, listening, and speaking skills and exam strategies for the four exam sections: Reading and Use of English, Listening, Writing, and Speaking.

Prerequisites and other requirements

The course is not intended for students whose mother tongue/official language is English.

Literature

Brook-Hart, Guy. Complete Advanced 3edition, Student's Book with Answers, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP, 2023. ISBN: 9781009162319

Evaluation methods and criteria

attendance min. 7x per semester
class participation 10%
written assignment 20%
final exam 70%

Course grading scale:

•A (100-89%) excellent performance exceeding the relevant criteria

•B (88-80%) above-average performance with a minimum of errors

•C (79-73%) average performance with an acceptable number of errors

•D (72-66%) acceptable performance with a greater number of errors

•E (65-60%) performance representing minimum fulfillment of the criteria

•F (less than 59%) unacceptable performance

Note

Attendance is a prerequisite for sitting the final exam.

There is no class on 30 Ocotober - there will be a makeup class in January - TBD

The course is not intended for students whose mother tongue/official language is English.

Further information

This course is an elective for all AMU students

	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	room 0219 Room 219 (Tržiště 20, Praha 1 (vchod z Rektorátu AMU, Malostranské nám. 12)) DAINE D. 10:45–12:15 (parallel1)
Thu
Fri

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Wed	10:45–12:15	Denise Wynone DAINE	Room 219 Tržiště 20, Praha 1 (vchod z Rektorátu AMU, Malostranské nám. 12)		parallel1

Schedule for summer semester 2024/2025:

The schedule has not yet been prepared