Course Description and Requirements

Course Description

The course has three main goals:

1. To study the basic theoretical materials on English and Slovak phraseology;

2. To extend the command of English traditional as well as recent colloquial phraseology;

3. To acquire better skills in understanding, theoretically and textually interpreting English phraseology and adequately translating it into Slovak.

Course Requirements and Evaluation

Attendance at the seminars, including arriving on time, is required and indispensable for successful completion of the course. Any absence may disqualify a student, unless it is caused by a legitimate reason duly announced to the lecturer, if possible in advance, and compensated for by additional work arranged with the lecturer.

Preparation for each seminar and active participation in it is essential. Non-compliance with this may count as absence or result in a lower grade.

Any other policies, i.e. academic honesty, the need for mutual communication if the student has any problems concerning course work, preparation of assignments, etc., will be specified at the first seminar.

For each seminar the students are required to do all the assignments, i.e. study the assigned theoretical materials, as well as study and prepare the lexicological tasks.

Students are also asked to prepare five assigned individual projects each, based on their own research of phraseology and its analysis, make their oral presentation at the seminar and submit them in writing. The course is concluded with a written test related to the contents and requirements of the course.

There will be a final written test related to the contents and requirements of the course. The students are required to take it at the time scheduled.

The evaluation will be based on:

• Continuous work in the seminars 40 %
• Final test 60 %

Taking into account active attendance and the final test results, the overall grading will be as follows: