ENGLISH LANGUAGE, LEVEL 5 (C1): GRAMMAR FOR

COMMUNICATION
Short course annotation
It is a course for students who particularly need to improve their English grammar and to perfect
writing skills. It includes a review of the main grammatical points of the English language: tenses,
passive forms, punctuation, relative clauses, articles, modals, conditionals, gerunds/infinitives, participles,
prepositions. The course also includes the major theoretical points of essay writing and their practical use.
Students have collaborative and individual listening, speaking, reading and writing practice on different
topics: personal qualities, relationships, the environment, emotions, etc. The form of studies includes
lectures, seminars, self-study tasks and work in SANAKO lab and in virtual MOODLE environment (online work, synchronous and asynchronous conversations and discussion forums, interactive tests and
exercises).
Distribution of workload for students (contact and independent work in hours)
Lectures and seminars 90 academic hours (60 contact hours and 30 hours in the virtual teaching
environment). Independent work 70 academic hours. In total 160 academic hours.
Structure of cumulative score and value of its constituent parts
Midterm exam - 20 %, final exam - 30%, other oral and written work during the semester - 50 % of the
final mark.
Recommended reference materials

1. Cotton, D., Flavey, D., Kont, S., Lebeau, I., Rees, G.

Language Leader Advanced. Coursebook and CD-ROM.
2010.
2. Cotton, D., Flavey, D., Kont, S., Lebeau, I., Rees, G.
Language Leader Advanced. Workbook and AUDIO
CD. 2010.
3. Krimelien, D., Bartnikait. Study English in Context.
Part I. Grammar ad Vocabulary Activization Book for
Level 5A. 2006.
4. Foley, M., Wall, D. Advanced Learners Grammar. 2005.