University of Bucharest, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures
MODERN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
Course Title: PRACTICAL COURSE
Year of study: 1ST YEAR– first and second
Core / Optional: Core
semesters
Member of staff responsible: BOBOCESCU ELENA CARMEN
Language of instruction: English
Admission requirements: Non-philology students that have applied for and passed the diagnostic
place test in English.
Total hours–Lecture:
Total hours–Seminar: 1st semester- 28hours ( 2
hrs/week x 14 weeks = 28 hrs) ; 2ndsemester-28
hours ( 2 hrs/week x 14 weeks = 28 hrs)
ECTS credits: 3
Summary of course content:
The practical course includes a number of modules, as follows:
- the grammar module which covers a range of practical grammar topics (the tenses of the verb, aspect,
the sequence of the tenses, modal verbs, the passive, the subjunctive, the categories of noun, article,
adjective and adverb)
-a module of translation
-a module of text analysis and interpretation
-a listening and speaking module
- a composition module.
The course will also cover various vocabulary areas that the students are expected to study and master.
Learning objectives:
-the students are expected to learn the values of the English tenses and how to use them correctly
- they are supposed to learn how the various aspectual classes recategorize when used in the
progressive
- the students shall learn the values of the modal verbs and their correct usage
- they shall learn the rules of the sequence of the tenses and their application in English
- the students shall study the two types of English subjunctives and their correct usage
-the students shall study the categories of noun, article, adjective, adverb and their correct usage
- they shall learn how to interpret and analyze a text, how to produce a correct text in English
- they shall study a wide range of specialised vocabulary areas
Methods of Assessment:
- Seminar activity, homework, translations, reports, etc 20%
- Final written or oral examination 80 %
Analytical Programme of Lecture Course
Themes covered:
Hours:
1. The Values of the tenses (the Simple Present Tense, the Simple Past tense, the Simple
Present Perfect, the Simple Past Perfect)
2 hrs
2. The Values of the Progressive tenses (Present Progressive, Past Progressive, Present
perfect Progressive, Future Progressive)
2 hrs
3. Means of Expressing Futurity
2hrs
4. The Article, The Noun
2hrs
5. The Adjective, the adverb and the degrees of comparison
6. The Rules of the Sequence of the Tenses
4 hrs
2 hrs
2 hrs
7. The Passive
8. The Values of the modal verbs
2hs
9. The Subjunctive
2 hrs
10. Infinitive and –ing forms
11. Vocabulary study
2 hrs
4 hrs
12. Text analysis and interpretation
8 hrs
14. Translation
4 hrs
13. Listening and listening comprehension
4 hrs
15. Speaking
8hrs
16. Writing
6 hrs