Informace o státní všeobecné jazykové zkoušce anglický jazyk Příprava na státní zkoušku z anglického jazyka spočívá jednak v přípravě jazykové (ústní i písemné), jednak odborné (ústní). Požadavky jazykové: Písemná část Písemná zkouška se skládá ze 4 částí (Listening Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Grammar, Writing). Každá z těchto částí má svá specifika. Pro úspěšné zvládnutí této zkoušky zpravidla nepostačuje látka probraná na střední škole posílená pobytem v cizině, avšak bez speciální jazykové přípravy cílené na tento typ zkoušky. K úspěšnému zvládnutí této zkoušky může studenta dovést sada učebnic, jejichž autorem je např. Leo Jones (od New Progress to First Certificate přes English for Advanced Students až po Progress to Proficiency). Tyto učebnice procvičují též psaní esejí a listening comprehension. Ústní část Stupeň znalostí uchazeče dle Rady Evropy (Všeobecný referenční rámec pro jazyky) : C1 Jazyková příprava v kurzu a obsah všeobecné státní jazykové zkoušky jsou zaměřeny na otázky a problematiku každodenního života a na základní otázky politického, hospodářského a kulturního dění doma a v anglicky mluvících zemích.
TOPICS FOR THE ORAL STATE EXAMINATION Part 1 Topics for discussion (15 minutes): 1. Family / Course of Life 2. Home and furniture / Housing / House and Home 3. Towns, Traffic and public services / Life in a town / Village Life 4. Shopping and Services 5. Jobs and career / Professions and occupations / Trades and professions 6. Daily program / routine, Leisure time, activities and hobbies / Public and social activities / Socialising 7. Finance and communication 8. Sports and games 9. The human body / Health and sickness 10. Clothing / Dressing / fashion 11. Food / Meals 12. Culture and entertainment / The Arts 13. Education 14. Sightseeing / Showing visitors round / On holiday 15. Travel and transport 16. Climate and weather / farming / Gardening 17. Environment / Nature, animals and plants 18. The media 19. Holidays and festivals / Festivals and Celebrations 20. Problems in society / Science and technology Requirements: Knowledge of the English language and the required skills at the proficiency level (Degree: C1 of the Common European Framework for Languages): - rich vocabulary - ability to speak fluently and without mistakes about any topic that may appear; - ability to react when a question is raised; - to bring arguments, counterarguments; - to have a wide scope of cultural knowledge; Part 2
Talking about English speaking countries and their cultural background Topics for discussion (5 minutes): 1. A period in British history till 1500 2. A period in British history from 1500 to 1900 3. Britain in the 20th century 4. A period in American history till 1900 5. The USA in the 20th century 6. The system of government in the United Kingdom 7. The system of government in the USA 8. Geography and places of interest in the United Kingdom 9. Geography and places of interest in the USA 10. Education in the UK in comparison with education in the CR 11. Education in the USA in comparison with education in the CR 12. The media and the arts in the UK 13. The media and the arts in the USA 14. National economy, industry, agriculture, transport - the UK 15. National economy, industry, agriculture, transport - the USA 16. Outstanding British or American personalities (in history and/or at present) 17. Canada in the context of other English speaking countries 18. Australia and New Zealand in the context of other English speaking countries 19. Current political events in the UK or the USA and in the CR, mutual relationships 20. The Czech Republic Part 3 Talking about literature (5 minutes) Applicants will have to submit their reading lists (minimum number of pages 500; i.e. novels, selected stories, books of poetry, etc.). List of recommended writers: Ackroyd, Peter Ferlinghetti, Lawrence Lessing, Doris Salinger, J. D. Achebe, Chinua Fischer, Tibor Lewis, Sinclair Saroyan, William Amis, Kingsley Fitzgerald, F.S. Lively, Penelope Shaw, G.B. Amis, Martin Fowles, John Lodge, David Sillitoe, Alan Atwood, Margaret Frost, Robert Lowry, Malcolm Snow, Charles Percy
Bainbridge, Beryl Fulghum, Robert Mailer, Norman Spark, Muriel Baldwin, James Ginsberg, Allen Malamud, Bernard Steinbeck, John Barker, Pat Golding, William McCourt, Frank Storey, David Barnes, Julian Gordimer, Nadine McCullers, Carson Styron, William Beckett, Samuel Greene, Graham McEwan, Ian Swift, Graham Bellow, Saul Harrison, Tony Miller, Arthur Thurber, James Bowen, Elizabeth Heaney, Seamus Mo, Timothy Tolkien, J.R.R. Boyd, William Heller, Joseph Moore, Brian Townsend, Sue Bradbury, Malcolm Hemingway, Ernest Morrison, Toni Tremain, Rose Brookner, Anita Herriot, James Murdoch, Iris Trevor, William Buck, Pearl Hill, Susan Naipaul, V.S. Updike, John Byatt, A.S. Hornby, Nick O Connor, Flannery Vidal, Gore Caldwell, Erskine Hughes, Ted O Hara, John Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. Capote, Truman Huxley, Aldous Oates, Joyce Carol Wain, John Carter, Angela Chatwin, Bruce Okri, Ben Walker, Alice Coetzee, J.M. Cheever, John Ondaatje, Michael Waugh, Evelyn Dahl, Roald Ishiguro, Kazuo Orwell, George Weldon, Fay De Lillo, Don Johnson, B.S. Plath, Sylvia Welty, Eudora Desai, Anita Jones, James Porter, Katherine Ann White, Patrick Doctorow, E.L. Joyce, James Powell, Anthony Wilder, Thornton Doyle, Roddy Kelman, James Rendell, Ruth Williams, Tennessee Drabble, Margaret Keneally, Thomas Roberts, Michele Wilson, Angus Durrell, Lawrence Kerouac, Jack Roth, Philip Winterson, Jeanette Ellison, Ralph Kessey, Ken Rowling, J.K. Woolf, Virginia Farrell, James Gordon Kureishi, Hanif Roy, Arundhati Wright, Richard
Faulkner, William Rushdie, Salman Lawrence, D.H. RECOMMENDED LITERATURE: Coursebook: Jones, L.: New Progress to Proficiency, Self-study Student s Book. Cambridge University Press 2002 Additional Resources: May, P.: The Complete Proficiency Practice Tests. Self Study Edition with Key. Heinemann. Oxford 1992 Evans, V., Scott, S.: Listening and Speaking Skills for the Cambridge Proficiency Exam. Express Publishing, Swansea 1998 Harrison, M.: Proficiency Testbuilder. Heinemann. Oxford 1994 Grammar Practice: Hewings, M.: Advanced Grammar in Use. Cambridge University Press 1999 Vince, M.: First Certificate Language Practice. Macmillan 2009 Vince, M.: Advanced Language Practice. Oxford 1994 Writing: Arnold, J. and Harmer: Advanced Writing Skills. Longman. London 1980 Grellet, F.: Writing for Advanced Learners of English. Cambridge University Press 1994 The written examination is focused on the following level of the four skills: Advanced and Proficiency Level of Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension, Writing and Grammar Practice (Use of English)