JESUIT UNIVERSITY IGNATIANUM IN KRAKOW
LEARNING MODULE SYLLABUS
1. Field of studies and unit conducting module
Academic year:
Field of study:
Major / Specializations
Educational profile:
2014/2015
Psychology
-- general academic studies
 practical studies
 full-time
 extramural
 first-cycle studies
 second-cycle studies
 long-cycle
Form of study:
Study level:
Faculty:
Institute:
Philosophy
Department of Foreign Languages
2. Learning module
Module title:
Language of instruction:
Module title in English:
Module university code:
Module category:
(check as appropriate)
English
English
English




obligatory
optional
basic sciences
other sciences







Number of ECTS credits
allocated:
Code in ECTS system:
Year of study:
Semester:
Mode of delivery:
(check as appropriate)
general modules
dissertation module
core modules
major and specialization
modules
free-choice modules
vocational practice module
supplementary modules
11
090 (foreign languages and philologies)
091 (modern European languages)
I, II, III
1-6
 traditional method (e.g. auditory, up-the-board classes, discussion
classes)
 online learning (blended learning, e-learning, m-learning)
 field practice
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3. Module coordinator and course teachers
mgr Joanna Zubel
joannazubel@gmail.com
Module coordinator
(responsible for the module
specification sheet)
Lecture:
Module teachers:
Classes:
Kłyś Barbara, mgr b.klys@poczta.onet.pl
Koper, Elżbieta, mgr carmina321@yahoo.pl
Ozga Krzysztof, dr kozga@poczta.fm
Pałka Ewa, mgr ewapalka@vp.pl
Pelczar Izabela, mgr izapelczar1@o2.pl
Płaneta Magdalena, mgr mplaneta@v-lo.krakow.pl
Rene Iweta, mgr iweta_rene@yahoo.com
Traciewicz Bożena, mgr botracie@wp.pl
Troszczyński Łukasz, mgr lukas.martin74@gmail.com
Zagórny Grażyna, mgr gzagorny@poczta.fm
Zubel Joanna, mgr joannazubel@gmail.com
4. Calculation of credits in terms of workload
Type of
classes:
Lecture
(L)
Classes,
foreign
language
classes
(C)
Proseminar
(PS)
Seminar
(S)
Practical classes
(workshops,
training,
computer
laboratory,
practice)
(P)
Total:
Number of
contact hours
180
(a)
Number of consulting hours (b):
Total number of contact hours (c = a + b):
Number of hours of independent learning (d):
Total number of hours (e = c + d):
Contact hours / total number of hours percentage ratio (f = c/e * 100 [%]):
Total number of ECTS credits for the module:
(Note: 1 ECTS can be allocated for 25h hours of work of a typical student)
180
1
181
94
275
66%
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5. Detailed description of ECTS credits allocation (distribution of
ECTS credits)
Form of activity
Contact hours with academic teacher, including:
-lecture attendance
-classes, tutorials, seminars, laboratories attendance
-consulting hours (of ‘typical’ student with teacher)
Student independent work (hours without direct teacher’s guidance),
including:
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Typical number of
hours for the activity
181
180
1
94
-preparation before classes (including reading set literature)
-studying for control tests
-studying for the written/oral exam
-preparation of report
-preparation of presentation
-preparation of discussion
-preparation of essay
-preparation of written or oral project (other than mentioned above)
-other than mentioned above (please specify) ……………………………………………….
Total number of contact hours and hours of student independent work:
16
16
24
10
10
18
94
6. Learning module / academic course description
Brief module / course
description:
The aim of the course is to:
1. Prepare students to pass the final exam at B2+ level.
2. Provide students with the academic skills language needed for
university study.
3. Familiarise students with the target language terminology within the
scope of psychology.
Course summary:
The course consists of three modules: general English, academic English and
professional English. During the course students develop language skills
(listening, reading, writing, and speaking in English) at B2+ level (the Vantage
level according to the Common European Framework) for professional,
academic and social purposes.
7. Prerequisites
Introductory modules:
Other requirements:
Not required
Knowledge of English at B1+ level proved by a certificate, the extended
matura exam or the result of a placement test.
8. Learning outcomes
Knowledge:
LO1: Knows vocabulary related to the following areas: illnesses and injuries,
clothes and fashion, air travel, the environment, the weather, feelings,
music, sleep, the body, crime and punishment, the media, advertising,
business, science; compound adjectives, modifiers, adverbs and adverbial
phrases, expressions with take, -ed/-ing adjectives, verbs often confused;
word building: prefixes and suffixes; collocation: word pairs.
LO2: Knows the following grammatical structures: question formation,
auxiliary verbs; the...the… + comparatives; present and past tenses, future
perfect and continuous; adverbs and adverbial phrases; gerunds and
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infinitives; conditionals and future time clauses; used to, be / get used to;
past modals; would rather; wish; verbs of senses; passive voice; have sth
done; reported speech; articles; quantifiers; uncountable and plural nouns;
clauses of contrast and purpose.
LO3: Can characterize the rules of organisation and composition of the
following written texts: informal email, short story, for and against essay,
article, description of a photo, opinion essay, report.
Skills:
LO4: Knows English terminology related to psychology, with a focus on the
areas listed in Teaching contents (T61-T74).
LO5: Can understand standard speech spoken at a normal rate and follow
even complex lines of argument provided the topic is reasonably familiar.
Can understand the educational programmes within the area of his/her
study.
LO6: Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and
abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of
specialisation.
LO7: Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes
regular interaction with native speakers quite possible. Is able to take an
active part in discussion in familiar contexts and can account for and sustain
views clearly by providing relevant explanations and arguments.
LO8: Can give clear‚ detailed descriptions and presentations on complex
subjects‚ integrating sub-themes‚ developing particular points and rounding
off with an appropriate conclusion.
LO9: Can present clear, detailed descriptions on a wide range of subjects
related to their field of interest, expanding and supporting ideas with
subsidiary points and relevant examples. They can explain a viewpoint on a
topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.
LO10: Possesses writing skills essential for typical English composition works,
characteristic for the faculty studied, concerning detailed issues, using basic
theoretical approaches as well as variety of sources.
LO11: Possesses the ability to prepare public speeches in English in the fields
of study characteristic for the faculty studied, concerning detailed issues,
using basic theoretical approaches as well as variety of sources.
Social competences
(attitudes):
LO12: Understands the need of lifelong learning.
LO13: Is willing to cooperate and work in a team by assuming different roles.
LO14: Is ready to develop and enhance his/her knowledge.
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9. Teaching contents (curriculum)
No.
Course contents and corresponding type of classes
Detailed description of subject areas
(L)
Number of hours
(C) (P (S) (L) (P)
S)
3
T01
General topic: Questions and answers
Grammar: question formation
Lexis: working out meaning from context
Pronunciation: friendly intonation, showing interest
T02
General topic: Do you believe it?
Grammar: auxiliary verbs; the…the + comparatives
Lexis: compound adjectives, modifiers
Pronunciation: intonation and sentence rhytm
3
T03
Colloquial English: Talking about… interviews, In the street
3
T04
Writing: An informal email
3
T05
Control test
1
T06
General topic: Call the doctor?
Grammar: present perfect simple and continuous
Lexis: illnesses and injuries
Pronunciation: /s/, /dʒ/, /tʒ/, and /k/; word stress
3
T07
General topic: Older and wiser?
Grammar: using adjectives as nouns, adjective order
Lexis: clothes and fashion
Pronunciation: vowel sounds
3
T08
Revise and check 1&2: Short film The history of surgery
3
T09
Control test
1
T10
General topic: The truth about air travel
Grammar: narrative tenses, past perfect continuous; so /
such…that
Lexis: air travel
Pronunciation: regular and irregular past forms, sentence
rhytm
3
T11
General topic: Incredibly short stories
Grammar: the position of adverbs and adverbial phrases
Lexis: adverbs and adverbial phrases
Pronunciation: word stress and intontation
3
T12
Colloquial English 2&3: Talking about…children’s books, In
the street
3
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T13
Writing: A short story
3
T14
Control test
1
T15
General topic: Eco-guilt
Grammar: future perfect and future continuous
Lexis: the environment, the weather
Pronunciation: vowel sounds
3
T16
General topic: Are you a risk taker?
Grammar: modals of obligation: zero and first conditionals,
future time clauses
Lexis: expressions with take
Pronunciation: sentence stress and rythm
3
T17
Revise & Check 3&4: Short film The British and the weather
3
T18
Control test
1
T19
General topic: The survivors’s club
Grammar: unreal conditionals
Lexis: feelings
Pronunciation: word stress
3
T20
General topic: It drives me mad!
Grammar: structures after wish
Lexis: expressing feelings with verbs or -ed / -ing adjectives
Pronunciation: sentence rhytm and intonation
3
T21
Colloquial English 4&5: Talking about…waste, In the street
3
T22
Writing: A for and against essay
3
T23
Control test
1
T24
Academic reading (journal articles related to the field of
study)
1
T25
General topic: Music and emotion
Grammar: gerunds and infinitives
Lexis: music
Pronunciation: words that come from other languages
3
T28
General topic: Sleeping Beauty
Grammar: used to, be used to, get used to
Lexis: sleep
Pronunciation: sentence stress and linking
3
T29
Revise & Check 5&6: Short film The sleep unit
3
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T30
Writing: An article
2
T31
Control test
1
T32
General topic: Don’t’ argue
Grammar: past modals: must, might/may, should, can’t
couldn’t + have, etc.; would rather
Lexis: verbs often confused
Pronunciation: weak form of have
3
T33
General topic: Actors acting
Grammar: verbs of the senses
Lexis: the body
Pronunciation: silent letters
3
T34
Colloquial English 6&7: Talking about…acting, In the street
3
T35
Writing: Describing a photo
2
T36
Control test
1
T37
General topic: Beat the robbers... and the burglars
Grammar: the passive (all forms); it is said that…, he is
thought to…, etc.; have something done
Lexis: crime and punishment
Pronunciation: the letter u
3
T38
General topic: Breaking news
Grammar: reporting verbs
Lexis: the media
Pronunciation: word stress
3
T39
Revise & Check 7&8 Short film The speed of news
3
T40
Control test
1
T41
General topic: Truth and lies
Grammar: clauses of contrast and purpose, whatever,
whenever, etc.
Lexis: advertising, business
Pronunciation: changing stress on nouns and verbs
3
T42
General topic: Megacities
Grammar: uncountable and plural nouns
Lexis: word building: prefixes and suffixes
Pronunciation: word stress with prefixes and suffixes
3
T43
Colloquial English 8&9: Talking about… advertising, In the
street
3
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T44
Writing: Expressing your opinion
2
T45
Control test
1
T46
General topic: The dark side of the moon
Grammar: quantifiers: all, every, both, etc.
Lexis: science
Pronunciation: stress in word families
3
T47
General topic: The power of words
Grammar: articles
Lexis: collocation: word pairs
Pronunciation: pausing and sentence stress
3
T48
Revise & Check 9&10: Short film The Museum of the History
Science
3
T49
Writing: A report
3
T50
Control test
1
T51
Academic reading (journal articles related to the field of
study)
1
T52
General topic: Academic orientation
(assessing your academic skills; thinking about academic
culture, thinking critically, avoiding plagiarism; recognizing
variation across academic subjects, focusing on academic
vocabulary)
2
T53
General topic: Choices and implications
Reading: researching texts for essays; skimming and
scanning; identifying the sequence of ideas; understanding
implicit meanings; inferring the meaning of words
Listening and speaking: introducing your presentation;
clarifying key terms
Writing: understanding how essay types are organized;
drafting the introduction to an essay;
Grammar and lexis: avoiding repetition; word families; verbnoun collocations
4
T54
General topic: Risks and hazards
Reading: selecting and prioritizing what you read; thinking
about what you already know; inferring the meaning of
words; retelling what you have already read
Listening and speaking: preparing slides for presentations;
choosing the right type of chart for a slide; presenting
charts; pronunciation: numbers and inserts
Writing: using claims to plan essays; supporting claims with
evidence
4
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Grammar and lexis: complex noun phrases; countable and
uncountable nouns; adjectives meaning large and
important; prefixes
T55
General topic: Language and communication
Reading: predicting the content of a text; reading for detail;
scanning for information; understanding implicit meanings
Listening and speaking: making suggestions in group work;
pronunciation: stress in adjectives ending in –ic and ical
Writing: referring to other people’s work; using in-text
references
Grammar and lexis: impersonal it-clauses; word families;
nouns with related adjectives; reporting verbs
4
T56
General topic: Difference and diversity
Difference and diversity
Reading: Thinking about what you already know; reading in
detail; taking notes; collecting information for an essay;
taking notes for essay writing
Listening and speaking: working with colleagues: generating
ideas and reporting; pronunciation: dividing speech into
units
Writing: reporting what you read
Grammar and lexis: linking parts of a text; single-word verbs
and multi-word verbs; word families
4
T57
4
T58
General topic: The world we live in
Reading: recognizing plagiarism; getting started; identifying
the main ideas in a text; summarizing what you have read
Listening and speaking: reaching a consensus in group work;
pronunciation: contrasts
Writing: using paraphrases; including quotations in your
writing
Grammar and lexis: articles; complex prepositions; person,
people, peoples
General topic: Behaving the way we do
Reading: organizing information for an essay; skimming and
scanning texts, taking notes and explaining what you have
read
Listening and speaking: referring backwards and forwards in
presentations
Writing: writing conclusions in essays;
Grammar and lexis: avoiding repetition; Wh-noun clauses;
using viewpoint adverb to restrict what is said;
verb/adjective + preposition combinations
T59
General topic: Reports and statistics
2
T60
Revision and a test
2
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4
T61
The evolution of modern psychology (psychology’s historical
foundations, current psychological perspectives)
2
T62
The biological basis of behavior (heredity and behavior)
2
T63
Mind, consciousness, and alternate states (the contents of
consciousness, the functions of consciousness, everyday
changes in consciousness)
2
T64
Mind, consciousness, and alternate states (sleep and
dreams, altered stated of consciousness, mind altering
drugs)
Cognitive processes (studying cognition, language use, visual
cognition)
2
Cognitive processes (problem solving and reasoning, judging
and deciding)
Intelligence and intelligence assessment (theories of
intelligence, intelligence assessment, creativity)
2
T68
Human development across the life span (studying and
explaining development, physical development across the
life span, cognitive development across the life span)
2
T69
Human development across the life span (acquiring
language, social development, moral development across
the life span)
2
T70
2
T71
Motivation (understanding motivation, eating, motivation
for personal achievement)
Emotions, stress and health (emotions, stress of living)
T72
Emotions, stress and health ( health psychology)
2
T73
Social psychology (constructing social reality, the power of
the situation)
2
T74
Social psychology (attitudes, prejudice, social relationships)
2
T75
Revision and a test
2
T65
T66
T67
10. Teaching methods and aids
Teaching methods:
MN01: lecture
MN02: short chat
MN03: use of story
MN04: description
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2
2
2
MN05: talk
MN06: use of anecdote
MN07: reading
MN08: explanation
MN09: role-playing
MN10: lecture-related discussion
MN11: brainstorming
MN12: illustrated talk
MN13: educational film
MN14: theatre play
MN15: demonstration and explanation
MN16: demonstration and instruction
MN17: individual or group projects
MN18: text analysis followed by discussion
Teaching aids:
TA01: coursebooks
TA02: printed texts (magazines, press)
TA03: electronic texts (portals, vertical portals, blogs)
TA04: images
TA05: charts
TA06: maps
TA07: screen
TA08: overhead projector
TA09: CD-player
TA10: laptop
TA11: sound recording
TA12: film
TA13: multimedia presentation
11. Assessment methods and criteria for the completion of the
module
Award of credit:
(check as appropriate)
 final grade
 signature without grade
Partial grades
(constituent grades):
Control tests after each unit, written assignments, active participation in
classes, presentation.
Calculation of final grade
on the basis of partial
grades
(final grade):
In each semester: a weighted average of partial grades.
After four semesters: a written and oral exam covering the material from
four semesters.
After the fifth semester: a written exam covering the material from this
semester (academic English).
The sixths semester: a weighted average of grades obtained from
presentations, a written assignment, and active participation in classes
(specialistic language – English for psychologists).
Students are obliged to attend classes. Two absences each semester are
allowed. If a student misses more than 50% of classes in a given
semester, they fail the semester.
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Final grade criteria
Lack of basic skills listed in the learning outcomes, or missing more than 50%
For 2.0
classes in a given semester.
For 3.0
The student has scored at least 60% of all possible points for all graded tasks.
The student has scored at least 68% of all possible points for all graded tasks.
For 3.5
The student has scored at least 75% of all possible points for all graded tasks.
For 4.0
The student has scored at least 83% of all possible points for all graded tasks.
For 4.5
The student has scored at least 90% of all possible points for all graded tasks.
For 5.0
12. Matrix of module and programme learning outcomes
Reference of module
learning outcomes to
detailed learning outcomes
defined for the field of
study (programme learning
outcomes)
The extent to which
module learning outcome
participates in the
programme learning
outcomes defined for the
field of study.
LO1
K U22
+++
LO2
K U22
+++
LO3
K U22
+++
KU11
+++
LO4
K U22
+++
LO5
K U22
+++
LO6
K U22
+++
K U01
+++
Module
learning
outcome
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Learning assessment
method (to be completed
on the basis of paragraph
11: “Assessment methods
and criteria for the
completion of the
module”).
control tests
written assignments
active participation
presentation
final exam
control tests
written assignments
active participation
presentation
final exam
written assignments
final exam
written assignments
final exam
control tests
active participation
presentation
control tests
active participation
final exam
control tests
active participation
final exam
control tests
written assignments
active participation
presentation
final exam
LO7
K U22
++
active participation
presentation
final exam
KU11
++
K U22
+++
active participation
presentation
final exam
control tests
written assignments
presentation
final exam
K U11
+++
LO9
K U22
+++
LO10
KU11
KU22
++
+++
presentation
control tests
written assignments
final exam
KU11
+++
LO11
KU11
+++
LO12
KU22
+++
written assignments
final exam
active participation
presentation
active participation
KK02
active participation
active participation
LO8
presentation
final exam
written assignments
active participation
presentation
final exam
LO13
KU22
+++
+++
LO14
KK14
KU22
+++
+++
active participation
control tests
written assignments
active participation
presentation
final exam
KK02
+++
active participation
13. Reference books
Required reading:
Student's coursebooks:
Latham-Koenig Christina, Oxenden Clive, English File. Third Edition. Upper
Intermediate Student’s Book, Oxford University Press, 2014.
Hewings Martin, Cambridge Academic English. An integrated skills course for
EAP. Upper -intermediate, Cambridge Univeristy Press, 2012.
Zimbardo Philip, Gerrig Richard, Psychology and Life, Longman, 2009.
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Recommended
reading:
Student workbook:
Latham-Koenig Christina, Oxenden Clive, English File. Third Edition. Upper
Intermediate Workbook, Oxford University Press, 2014.
Grammar book:
Murphy, Raymond, English Grammar In Use, Cambridge University Press,
2007.
Powell Mark, Dynamic Presentations, Cambridge University Press, 2011.
The approval of the module specification sheet
Krakow,
(place, date)
(module coordinator signature)
(dean’s signature)
Approved for execution
Date and signatures of all teachers responsible for the module in academic year
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