English 6- Alternative Theatre

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Synopsis:

The course is designed for intermediate students

Prerequisites:

702SA5 Course or adequate knowledge acquired outside AMU

Study Objectives:

To improve grammar, speaking and writing skills, increase confidence in a variety of social situations, to understand professional and literary texts, build up professional vocabulary

The objective of the course is developing conversational skills, understanding literary and professional texts, acquiring professional vocabulary, improving grammar skills.

Vocabulary, reading, listening, conversation. Professional texts concerning the fields of theatre, music and fine arts, discussing the topics of theatre as well as everyday problems and situations.

Grammar: Revision of tenses, Present Perfect Progressive, modal verbs in Past tense, past conditional, reported speech, sequence of tenses, phrasal verbs.

Outline and Syllabus:

Topics: The job interview, Invitations, Apology, Making

suggestions, Weather, Hobbies, Work

Grammar: Review of tenses, Modal verbs, Phrasal verbs, Past perfect, Question tags, 1-st and

2-nd conditional sentences, Verb patterns

Writing skills: Formal, informal letters

Study materials:

John and Liz Soars: New Headway English Course, Intermediate, OUP

Chris Redstone, Gillie Cunningham: face2face,

Intermediate, CUP

R. Murphy: English Grammar in Use, CUP

L.Kolmannová: Angličtina pro samouky

Magazine and newspaper articles

AMU website

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Further information:

No schedule has been prepared for this course

The subject is a part of the following study plans: