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English VI D

Data is displayed for the academic year: 2025./2026.

Course Description

Further development of basic language skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking), acquisition and development of both general and specific vocabulary, as well as the development of intercultural competence with the aim of preparing students for successful fulfilment of professional duties in international surroundings.

Study Programmes

undergraduate
Military Leadership and Management - study
(6. semester)

Learning Outcomes

  1. understand a spoken text even if it is not in standard English
  2. understand extended texts on complex topics in various styles
  3. analyse a text (identify the point of reference, the purpose of the text, distinguishing the main ideas and implicit meanings)
  4. perceive stylistic characteristics of various types of texts
  5. infer logical arguments from a text and apply them to support one’s opinion
  6. synthesise information received from various sources
  7. be familiar with literature citation norms in English academic texts
  8. accurately and fluently speak, using common collocations and idiomatic expressions
  9. clearly and articulately present one’s own and other people’s opinions and ideas in discussions and negotiations

Forms of Teaching

Lectures

Seminars and workshops

Exercises

Independent assignments

Week by Week Schedule

  1. Lectures: Introductory session Exercises: Introductory class
  2. Lectures: MEDIA HANDLING (1),to infinitive vs. gerund, that clauses Exercises: MEDIA HANDLING (1), to infinitive and gerund (practice), media interview, listening practice
  3. Lectures: ORGANIZIRANJE MEĐUNARODNOG SASTANKA/KONFERENCIJE, pisana korespondencija, pisma i email poruke Exercises: ORGANISING AN INTERNATIONAL MEETING/CONFERENCE, written correspondence: mail vs. letter
  4. Lectures: MILITARY MEETING, structure of a meeting Exercises: MILITARY MEETING, participation in meetings, presenting an argument
  5. Lectures: NATO (1) Introduction to NATO, NATO history and enlargement; Exercises: NATO (1), text analysis, writing a summary
  6. Lectures: NATO (2), word formation revision (compound nouns) Exercises: NATO (2), group discussion
  7. Lectures: CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT Exercises: CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT EXAM
  8. Lectures: FEEDBACK ON CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT EXAM AND DISCUSSION Exercises: FEEDBACK ON CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT EXAM AND DISCUSSION
  9. Lectures: NATO LANGUAGE POLICY / INTRODUCTION TO STANAG EXAM Exercises: NATO LANGUAGE POLICY / INTRODUCTION TO STANAG EXAM
  10. Lectures: EU (INTRODUCTION AND INSTITUTIONS), collocations, prepositions Exercises: EU (INTRODUCTION AND INSTITUTIONS), vocabulary reinforcement
  11. Lectures: EU DEFENSE POLICY, argumentation, disagreeing, quoting Exercises: EU DEFENSE POLICY, exchanging information through a discussion
  12. Lectures: FOURTH GENERATION WARFARE AND TERRORISM, conjunctions, compound prepositions Exercises: FOURTH GENERATION WARFARE AND TERRORISM, expressing cause and effect
  13. Lectures: INSURGENCY BACKGROUND, referencing conventions Exercises: INSURGENCY BACKGROUND, writing an essay
  14. Lectures: CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT EXAM Exercises: SECOND CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT
  15. Lectures: FEEDBACK ON CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT EXAM AND DISCUSSION Exercises: FEEDBACK ON CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT EXAM AND DISCUSSION

Literature

(.), 1. Advanced Military Modules (2006), MORH, Zagreb. ,
(.), 2. Defense Language Institute (2008): Topics in Counterinsurgency, Texas: DLIELC.,
(.), 3. Hewings M. (2011): Cambridge Academic English B2 Upper Intermediate Class Audio CD: An Integrated Skills Course for EAP (CD-Audio),
(.), 4. Swann, M. (2007): Practical English Usage, Third Edition, Oxford University Press,
(.), 5. Reader with exercises (u pripremi),

For students

General

ID 282181
  Summer semester
2.0 ECTS
L1 e-Learning
15 Lectures
15 Seminar