STATE HIGHER VOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN NOWY SACZ
Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa w Nowym Sączu
INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
ENGLISH PHILOLOGY
No
Course
Code
Language
of
intrucction
English
1
Practical English –
discussion
IJO 022 AIS
A1 15/16
2
Practical English –
listening
IJO 022 AIS
A2 15/16
English
3
Practical English –
reading
IJO 022 AIS
A3 15/16
English
4
Practical English –
writing
IJO 022 AIS
A4 15/16
English
ECTS
term I - 1 point,
term II - 1 point,
term III -2 points,
term IV- 2 points,
term V - 2 points,
term VI - 2 points
term I - 2 points,
term II - 2 points,
term III -1 point,
term IV -1 point,
term V - 1 point,
term VI - 1 point
term I -1 point,
term II - 1 point,
term III -1 point,
term IV -1 point,
term V - 1 point,
term VI - 1 point
term I - 2 points,
term II - 2 points,
term III - 2 points,
term V - 2 points,
term VI - 2 points
Term
I – VI
I – VI
I – VI
I – III
V – VI
5
Practical English –
phonetics
IJO 022 AIS
A5 15/16
English
term I - 2 points,
term II - 1 point,
term III - 2 points,
term IV -2 points,
I – IV
6
Practical English –
grammar
IJO 022 AIS
A6 15/16
English
V – VI
7
Practical English –
integrated skills
IJO 022 AIS
A7 15/16
English
8
Remedial course
English
9
term III - 2 points,
term IV - 2 points
term I - 4 points
III – IV
11
Introduction to literary
studies
History of British
Literature
History of Great Britain
12
British culture
History of US literature
14
History of US literature
term I - 4 points,
term II - 3 points
term V - 2 points,
term VI - 2 points
term II- 3 points
I – II
13
15
US culture
Introduction to linguistics
term III - 3 points,
term IV - 3 points
term II - 2 points
III – IV
16
17
Descriptive grammar
History and varieties of
the English language
Theory of Learning and
Teaching
Methodology of
Teaching English as a
Foreign Language
Methods of Teaching
Young Learners
Elective course (specifics
to be provided)
Analysis of
business/economic texts
Communication in
business
Economic geography
term III - 8 points,
term IV - 3 points
term V- 2 points
III – IV
18
IJO 022 AIS
E1 15/16
IJO 022 AIS
B1 15/16
IJO 022 AIS
B2 15/16
IJO 022 AIS
B3 15/16
IJO 022 AIS
B4 15/16
IJO 022 AIS
B5 15/16
IJO 022 AIS
B6 15/16
IJO 022 AIS
B7 15/16
IJO 022 AIS
B8 15/16
IJO 022 AIS
B9 15/16
IJO 022 AIS
B11 15/16
IJO 022 AIS
B12 15/16
IJO 022 AIS
D3 15/16
term I - 2 points,
term II- 2 points,
term III -2 points,
term IV-2 points,
term V- 2 points,
term VI- 2 points
term II - 3 points,
term III - 2 points,
term IV -2 points,
term V- 2 points,
term VI - 2 points
term I - 2 points,
term II- 2 points
term II - 1 point
term V - 1 point,
term VI - 1 point
term V- 2 points
V – VI
IJO 022 AIS
D4 15/16
IJO 022 AIS
E10 15/16
IJO 022 AIS
D2 15/16
IJO 022 AIS
D3 15/16
IJO 022 AIS
D4 15/16
English
term V - 2 points,
term VI - 1 point
term III – 3 points
V – VI
term III - 1 point,
term IV -1 point,
term III - 2 points,
term IV -1 point,
term IV -1 point,
III-IV
10
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
English
English
English
English
English
English
English
English
English
English
English
English
English
English
English
English
II – VI
I – II
II
I
V – VI
II
II
V
V
III
III-IV
IV
STATE HIGHER VOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN NOWY SACZ
Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa w Nowym Sączu
ECTS course catalogue
for the academic year 2015/2016
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INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
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ENGLISH PHILOLOGY
Course title: Practical English – discussion
Course code: IJO 022 A1S A1 15/16
Language of instruction: English
Form of teaching: exercises
Form of assessment: oral testing
Level of study: Bachelor
Semester I-VI: winter, summer
ECTS total: 1 (I semester), 1 (II semester), 2 (III semester), 2 (IV semester), 2 (V semester), 2 (VI
semester)
Course description:
Having successfully completed the course, the student is able to:
- interpret and analyse facts;
- present their personal opinions making use of sensible arguments, as well as refer competently to
the interlocutor’s standpoint;
- use advanced vocabulary in various thematic areas;
- individually prepare and conduct an oral presentation on a given topic.
Course title: Practical English – listening
Course code: IJO 022 A1S A2 15/16
Language of instruction: English
Form of teaching: exercises
Form of assessment: listening and vocabulary tests
Level of study: Bachelor
Semester I-VI: winter, summer
ECTS total: 2 (I semester), 2 (II semester), 1 (III semester), 1 (IV semester), 1 (V semester), 1 (VI
semester)
Course description:
The course aims at developing listening skills and techniques.
The course focuses on listening skills that are necessary to function both in an academic environment
and real life situations. During the classes students cover a variety of topics and materials. At the end
of the course students are able to understand and comment on the main idea and the details of
authentic recordings and academic lectures. They are ready to take notes and initiate question upon
the passage as well as identify the speaker’s attitude and tone. Students are prepared to pass the
final practical examination.
Course title: Practical English - reading
Course code: IJO 022 AIS A3 15/16
Language of instruction: English
Form of teaching: practical classes
Form of assessment: tests, continuous evaluation
Level of study: Bachelor
Semester I-VI: winter, summer
ECTS total: 1 (I semester), 1 (II semester), 1 (III semester), 1 (IV semester), 1 (V semester), 1 (VI
semester)
Course description:
Reading authentic English texts, including literary and technical ones; with the use of a variety
reading and interpretation techniques. Development of vocabulary on advanced level.
Course title: Practical English – writing
Course code: IJO 022 AIS A4 15/16
Language of instruction: English
Form of teaching: practical classes
Form of assessment: tests, continuous evaluation
Level of study: Bachelor
Semester I, II, III, V,VI: winter, summer
ECTS total: 2 (I semester), 2 (II semester), 2 (III semester), 2 (V semester), 2 (VI semester)
Course description:
The main purpose of this course is to equip students to operate as University-level writers. Focus will
be on developing original academic arguments, using appropriate textual evidence to support these
arguments, the ability to use counter-arguments to temper and strengthen ideas, and developing a
sophisticated and elegant prose style.
Course title: Practical English – phonetics
Course code: IJO 022 AIS A5 15/16
Language of instruction: English
Form of teaching: practical classes
Form of assessment: oral tests, continuous evaluation
Level of study: Bachelor
Semester I-IV: winter, summer
ECTS total: 2 (I semester), 1 (II semester), 2 (III semester), 2(IV semester)
Course description:
This course is designed to build the students’ English pronunciation skills in order to prepare them for
academic work in English. It includes practice in discrimination and production of the English vowels
and consonants. It provides the student with basic tools to transcribe and describe the sounds of the
English Language: the information about the articulatory system (speech organs) and the
International Phonetic Alphabet. The course also focuses on the improvement of areas such as word
and sentence stress, weak forms, intonation, rhythm and connected speech processes (elision,
assimilation, linking). One of the aims of the course is to eliminate common errors resulting from the
discrepancies between spelling and pronunciation in English. Strategies for pronunciation practice
outside the class will also be introduced. Pronunciation practice will include individual, large group
and small group work during class, practice in the language laboratory and at home using the
recordings accompanying the textbook and homework assignments.
The course makes use of various types of authentic and culturally significant materials such as
proverbs, sayings, tongue twisters and poems.
Course title: Practical English - grammar
Course code: IJO 022 AIS A6 15/16
Language of instruction: English
Form of teaching: practical classes
Form of assessment: tests, continuous evaluation
Level of study: Bachelor
Semester I-VI: winter, summer
ECTS total: 2 (I semester), 2 (II semester), 2 (III semester), 2 (IV semester), 2 (V semester), 2 (VI
semester)
Course description:
The course describes the most important elements of the English grammar. It gives a lot of practice
and helps to achieve the C1 level of language proficiency. Students are able to construct correct
utterances, as well as to justify their choice of a given structure in a given context. They can use
grammatically correct sentences, both in speech and in writing.
Course title: Practical English – integrated skills
Course code: IJO 022 AIS A7 15/16
Language of instruction: English
Form of teaching: practical classes
Form of assessment: tests, exam
Level of study: Bachelor
Semester II-VI: summer, winter
ECTS total: 3 (II semester), 2 (III semester), 2 (IV semester), 2 (V semester), 2 (VI semester)
Course description:
The course integrates all the language skills the student is mastering during other practical English
courses. The aim oft he course ist o prepare students to the practical English exam in the summer
exam session.
Course title: Remedial course
Course code: IJO 022 AIS E1 15/16
Language of instruction: English
Form of teaching: practical classes
Form of assessment: continuous assessment, written and oral tests
Level of study: Bachelor
Semester I-II: winter, summer
ECTS total: 2 (I semester), 2 (II semester)
Course description:
The course aims to familiarize students with vocabulary and grammar structures at upper
intermediate and advanced level of general English. It also helps students to practice various reading
and listening techniques as well as speaking.
Course title: Introduction to literary studies
Course code: IJO 022 AIS B1 15/16
Language of instruction: English
Form of teaching: lectures and practical classes
Form of assessment: tests and class participation
Level of study: Bachelor
Semester II: summer
ECTS total: 1
Course description:
The course serves as a broad introduction to the study of literature more generally. It has been
designed to familiarize students with the various tools that scholars have devised in order to
facilitate the study of literary expression in English, from critical frameworks to close reading
techniques.
Course title: History of British Literature
Course code: IJO 022 AIS B2 15/16
Language of instruction: English
Form of teaching: lectures and practical classes
Form of assessment: tests and class participation
Level of study: Bachelor
Semester III-IV: winter, summer
ECTS total: 2 (III semester), 2 (IV semester)
Course description:
In this class, students read works from the Middle Ages up to modern times. Various aspects of
historical periods will be discussed; focus will be given to understanding how the assigned works
reflect changing social, political, and religious thoughts of each period. The aim of the course ist o
teach students to appreciate literature as a cultural expression that influences the society.
Course title: History of Great Britain
Course code: IJO 022 AIS B3 15/16
Language of instruction: English
Form of teaching: lectures and practical classes
Form of assessment: exam, tests, class work
Level of study: Bachelor
Semester I: winter
ECTS total: 4
Course description:
This course offers an overview of the political, social and cultural history of Great Britain between
Roman Britain and the twentieth century. It explores major historical issues (e.g. the making of
Britain, the medieval state-church conflict, the Hundred Years’ War, the War of the Roses, the
Glorious Revolution, the welfare state, the Commonwealth, etc.), periods (e.g. Anglo-Saxon England,
medieval England, the English Renaissance, Republican and Restoration Britain, the eighteenth
century, the Victorian Age, WW I and WW II, etc.) and figures (e.g. Alfred the Great, Henry II, Thomas
Becket, Tudor and Stuart monarchs, Queen Victoria, etc.).
The course aims to equip the student with basic knowledge concerning the history of Great Britain,
to present primary literature and to expand vocabulary connected with the content of the course.
That all will also enable the student to study related courses such as British literature and British
culture.
Course title: British culture
Course code: IJO 022 AIS B4 15/16
Language of instruction: English
Form of teaching: lectures and exercises
Form of assessment: formative: regular written tests; summative: written examination
Level of study: Bachelor
Semester: I winter, II summer
ECTS total: 4 (I semester), 3 (II semester)
Course description:
The course aims at making students understand political, social and cultural situation in the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Students acquire knowledge about geographical
regions of the country, industry, places worth visiting. They learn about the political structure of the
country and important institutions. Topics of lectures and classes cover the areas: parliament,
government, political parties, legal system, religion, education, membership in NATO,
Commonwealth and European Union, media and arts.
Course title: History of the United States of America Literature
Course code: IJO 022 AIS B5 15/16
Language of instruction: English
Form of teaching: lectures and practical classes
Form of assessment: tests, written assignments, individual and group projects (literary
performances), written exam
Level of study: Bachelor
Semester V-VI: winter and summer
ECTS total: 2 (V semester), 2 (VI semester)
Course description:
The course familiarizes students with the basic facts of the history of American literature and
indicates its most interesting phenomena (writers, movements, trends). The students will develop
and explore strategies for the analysis and interpretation of the texts of American writers. They will
share their insights (also in the form of performance) and write more clearly and critically in response
to literature.
Course title: History of the United States of America
Course code: IJO 022 AIS B6 15/16
Language of instruction: English
Form of teaching: lectures and classes
Form of assessment: test
Level of study: Bachelor
Semester II: summer
ECTS total: 3
Course description:
The course aims at passing the knowledge and the vocabulary typical for the historical events and
processes in the United States of America. It encompasses the period from pre-colonial times to the
end of Cold War, and it deals with selected social and historical phenomena. The students develop
the ability to perceive connections, similarities and differences between social and political
phenomena, and to estimate their impact in the light of the contemporary events.
The students deal with historically-profiled texts, maps, thematic dictionaries, and other soures. They
develop their skill of critical analysis and interpretation of the historical events and phenomena. As a
result, they are able to assess the place of the USA and its history in the broader, European and world
context.
Course title: Culture of the United States of America
Course code: IJO 022 A1S B7 15/16
Language of instruction: English
Form of teaching: lectures and classes
Form of assessment: test
Level of study: Bachelor
Semester III-IV: winter and summer
ECTS total: 3 (III semester), 3 (IV semester)
Course description:
The course aims at passing the knowledge about the chosen aspects of American culture: geography,
sociology, history, politics, religion, education, law and judiciary system, customs and traditions, as
present in the United States of America. It presents the connections, differences and similarities in
the social, political and economic environment of the USA. The students develop the skill to work
with the texts and other sources concerning different aspects of culture. They are able to analyse
them critically and are prepared to formulate their own opinions on the basis of the interpretation of
the cultural environment. They perceive the place of the culture of the USA within the framework of
the world culture, and see its interrelation with the European culture.
Course title: Introduction to linguistics
Course code: IJO 022 AIS B8 15/16
Language of instruction: English
Form of teaching: lectures and practical classes
Form of assessment: tests and class participation
Level of study: Bachelor
Semester II: summer
ECTS total: 2
Course description:
The course is designed to introduce topics and elements within the field of linguistics as a further
insight to the English language and to familiarise students with linguistic notions and terminology.
The course focuses primarily on some of the major subfields of linguistics: phonetics, phonology,
morphology, semantics, pragmatics and sociolinguistics. Students will also explore other
developments in language study, such as the history of writing, word-formation processes, discourse
analysis, first and second language acquisition, language varieties.
The course objectives include examination and interpretation of linguistic data with a view to
drawing conclusions pertaining to the functioning of the major subsystems of language.
Course title: Descriptive Grammar
Course code: IJO 022 AIS B9 15/16
Language of instruction: English
Form of teaching: lectures and workshops
Form of assessment: tests, final exam
Level of study: Bachelor
Semester III-IV: winter and summer
ECTS total: 8 (III semester), 3 (IV semester)
Course description:
The course describes the grammar of the English language and introduces professional terminology
to describe and study grammar. It explains the difference between descriptive and prescriptive
approaches to language description. It deals with syntactic parts of sentences, their functions and
semantics. It teaches sentence analysis and shows how to assign functions and meanings to various
constituents.
Course title: History and varieties of the English language
Course code: IJO 022 AIS B11 15/16
Language of instruction: English
Form of teaching: lectures and exercises
Form of assessment: written test, written examination
Level of study: Bachelor
Semester V: winter
ECTS total: 2
Course description:
The course is designed to introduce topics within the area of historical linguistics with emphasis on
the origin and history of the English language, from Old English to Modern English.
The aim of the course is also to familiarise students with several of the varieties of English in the
modern world, including some of the varieties spoken in Britain and America as well as elements of
those referred to as overseas or extraterritorial.
Course title: Theory of Learning and Teaching
Course code: IJO 022 AIS B12 15/16
Language of instruction: English
Form of teaching: classes
Form of assessment: formative: regular written tests
Level of study: Bachelor
Semester V-VI: winter and summer
ECTS total: 1 (V semester), 1 (VI semester)
Course description:
The course aims at introducing students to major theoretical assumptions related to the learning and
teaching process. Students understand the correlation between theory and practice in a foreign
language classroom. Awareness of individual learner differences for example different learning styles
or personality traits, understanding the processes of remembering and forgetting will help students
understand different approaches to foreign language teaching in their historical perspective.
Participants learn basic theoretical principles of teaching different aspects of a foreign language,
understand the difference between competence and performance and related concepts of error and
mistake.
Course title: Methodology of Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Course code: IJO 022 AIS D3 15/16
Language of instruction: English
Form of teaching: classes
Form of assessment: formative: regular written tests
Level of study: Bachelor
Semester V-VI: winter and summer
ECTS total: 1 (V semester), 1 (VI semester)
Course description:
The course is devoted to the review of methods and techniques used in teaching English as a
foreign language. It is additionally aimed at acquainting students with basic procedures used
in foreign language lessons within the suggested topics. Students are requested to prepare and
conduct mini-teaching projects, evaluate materials and teaching techniques as well as prepare
own activities which can be used in English lessons and applied to foreign language teaching.
Course title: Methods of Teaching of Young Learnes
Course code: IJO 022 AIS D4 15/16
Language of instruction: English
Form of teaching: classes
Form of assessment: formative: regular written tests
Level of study: Bachelor
Semester V-VI: winter and summer
ECTS total: 2 (V semester), 1 (VI semester)
Course description:
The course develops sudents‘ awareness of the principles of teaching English to young learners.
Apart from introducing theories of cogntive development and first language learning in young
learners, a range of approaches to teaching children are discussed. It teaches how to evaluate course
materials, design and create teacher-made ones and how to assess young learners.
Course title: Elective courses
Course code: IJO 022 AIS E10 15/16
Language of instruction: English
Form of teaching: classes
Form of assessment: formative: regular written tests
Level of study: Bachelor
Semester III, IV: winter, summer
ECTS total: 3 (III semester), 2 (IV semester)
Course description: The scope of the courses are announced at the end of the II semester. In
2015/2016 students will choose one of the following courses:
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history and geography of Ireland,
-
history of the Commonwealth,
developing successful learning techniques,
developing creative thinking,
Second Language Acquisition.
Course title: Analysis of business/economic text
Course code: IJO 022 AIS D2 15/16
Language of instruction: English
Form of teaching: classes
Form of assessment: formative: regular written tests
Level of study: Bachelor
Semester III-IV: winter, summer
ECTS total: 1 (III semester), 1 (IV semester)
Course description:
The course aims at developing students‘ ability to understand the meaning and language of a
business passage. It focuses on understanding what the writer has said, analysis of how the writer
has put this meaning across and evaluation of how well the writer has conveyed this meaning.
Course title: Communication in business
Course code: IJO 022 AIS D3 15/16
Language of instruction: English
Form of teaching: classes
Form of assessment: formative: regular written and oral tests
Level of study: Bachelor
Semester III-IV: winter, summer
ECTS total: 2 (III semester), 1 (IV semester)
Course description:
This course is designed to help students build upon their fundamental English language
communication skills by using professional and formal business tool oral presentations, telephone
conversations or negotiations in structured business environments.
Course title: Economic geography
Course code: IJO 022 AIS D4 15/16
Language of instruction: English
Form of teaching: classes
Form of assessment: formative: regular written tests
Level of study: Bachelor
Semester III: winter
ECTS total: 2
Course description:
The aims of the course are to emphasize the importance of economic geography in analysing
contemporary societies and economies, provide a thorough introduction to basic concepts, to
present key theoretical approaches in economic geography and to enable the student to apply this
knowledge to key social and economic issues in the context of economic globalisation.