Assessment of students’ participation in classes, tests on vocabulary and grammar structures and a final test.

• Cognitive aim: A student improves on all basic language skills, such as listening, reading, speaking and writing and can describe issues in the field of arts, art history and graphic art.

A student shows knowledge of art styles and their artistic traditions and knows connections and relations between theoretical and practical elements related to graphic art.

• Educational aim: A student develops the skill of practical usage of general English and specialized English in the field of arts and graphic art and can use it in work environment or in the further course of study.

A student is prepared for cooperating and working with other people in the framework of team work and has the ability of preparing typical pieces of writing and oral presentations on detailed issues in the field of arts and uses basic theoretical conceptualizations and other sources.

• Practical aim: A student can formulate opinions, create oral utterances and participate in discussions actively.

A student understands the need of lifelong learning and has the ability of self-assessment, constructive criticism towards actions of others, reflection on social, scientific and ethical aspects related to his/her own work.

Classes aim at preparation of students for taking an examination at B2+ level in general English/Spanish and specialized English/Spanish in the field of arts and graphic art. A student masters language correctness and can use learned skills in everyday communication situations in a foreign language and formulates sentences specialized in the field of arts in his/her work environment or in the further course of study.

Foreign language course – laboratory, conversation classes, discussions, text analysis, team work, individual work

Semester II – classes establishing skills acquired so far. Classes developing all language skills. Vocabulary related to work, arts and graphic art. Grammatical tenses, active and passive verb forms. Speaking in the framework of contrasting and giving opinions and talking about feelings. Oral utterances on materials presented by a teacher. Writing articles and dissertations. A semester ends with an examination.

Christina Latham-Koenig and Clive Oxenden: English File Advanced, Third Edition, Oxford University Press, 2015

Career Paths, Art & Design, Express Publishing

Not appplicable

English language command at B1/B2 level confirmed by entry test results assessing student’s knowledge

A student understands standard utterances on concrete and abstract subjects, can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity in majority of communication situations, including those related to his/her professional environment or the subject of study.