Course title and code: BBNAN10600 Language Practice 2
Credits: 6
Type of course: seminar; hours per week/semester: 4/60
Method of assessment (exam/practical grade): practical grade
Suggested semester: spring
Prerequisites (if any): Language practice 1
Course description:
This course follows through and intensifies the work described under Language Practice 1. It aims
at preparing students for the oral and composition part of the end-term complex language exam. It
intends to develop the students’ oral and written skills to gradually approach the C1 level.
The course focuses on:
 vocabulary building
 listening comprehension
 speaking skills
 reading comprehension
 composition (informal and formal letter writing, narratives, reviews)
During the term the following topics are dealt with: (1) Social problems, (2) Entertainment, (3)
Health and the body, (4) Education, (5) Government and society, (6) World issues, (7) Thinking
and feeling, (8) Technology, (9) Quality and quantity.
Required and recommended reading:
Required reading:
VINCE, Michael, “Vocabulary, words & phrases”, In: Uő, Advanced language practice, London,
Macmillan, 2009, 188-295, ISBN 978-0-2307-2703-8
JONES, Leo, New Cambridge advanced English, Cambridge, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2005, ISBN
978-0-521-62939-3
Recommended reading:
MCCARTHY, Michael, O’DELL, Felicity, English vocabulary in use : upper-intermediate,
Cambridge, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-521-67743-1
STEPHENS, Mary, New proficiency writing, Harlow, Longman, 2002, 26-32, 120-132, ISBN 0-58252997-2
FRENCH, Amanda, CAE testbuilder, Oxford, Macmillan, 2003, ISBN 978-1-405-01400-7
O’CONNELL, Sue, Focus on advanced English, Harlow, Longman, 2003, ISBN 0-582-32569-2
SKIPPER, Mark, Advanced grammar and vocabulary, Newburry, Express Publishing, 2002, ISBN
978-1-8432-5509-3
Lecturer responsible for course: Ágnes Rónay, senior lecturer, PhD
Lecturers participating in teaching: Zsuzsanna Tóth, senior lecturer, PhD; Erika Cutland-Molnár,
senior lecturer; Andrea Reményi, associate professor, PhD; Mariann Éder, senior lecturer; Tünde
Ocskóné Dókus, associate professor, PhD; Philip Barker, lector; Zsuzsanna Udvarhelyi, part-time
lecturer; Katalin Czottner, part-time lecturer