Course detail

Elementary English 1

FP-AM1_3Acad. year: 2011/2012

The course is intended to teach English as the second foreign language at general level. It is focused on practical, everyday communication for the international workplace.

Language of instruction

English

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Dita Gálová, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Foreign Languages (ÚJ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will be made familiar with general vocabulary for the workplace and grammar as needed for everyday communication.

Prerequisites

Course is a follow-up to the course “English for Beginners II”.
Grammar: be, have, have got. Present Simple. There is, there are. Adverbs of frequency. Some, any. Prepositions. Past Simple. Regular and irregular verbs.
Vocabulary: Getting to know people. Numbers. Telephoning. Lifestyles. Job. Time expressions. Travel and holiday. Instructions.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended the seminars actively and worked out all assigned tasks for self-study. Students have to pass a credit test reaching 60% points as minimum.

Course curriculum

1. U5 The world´s largest industry. Mass and count nouns.
2. U5 Some, a lot, many, much. Food.
3. U5 Offers and requests. Eating and drinking.
4. U6 Global comparisons. Comparative and superlative adjectives.
5. U6 Telling the time, dates. Welcoming a visitor.
6. U7 Life in the fast lane. Present continuous. Work.
7. U7 Making and changing arrangements.
8. U8 Future world language? Future: will. Expressing probability.
9. U8 Communication. Writing emails and faxes.
10.Revision, credit test

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to equip students with knowledge and skills that are necessary for real-life tasks, such as eating and drinking in a restaurant, telling the time, writing e-mails, making and changing arrangements etc., that arise in a wide range of occupations.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Attendance at seminars is systematically checked by the teacher. Absence may be in justified cases compensated for by the agreement with the teacher.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

International Express Elementary. Student's Book. Interactive Edition + Pocket Book + MultiROM. ISBN: 9780194568005 (EN)

Recommended reading

McCARTHY, Michael, O´DELL, Felicity: English Vocabulary in Use.With answers. Elementary. Cambridge: CUP, 1999 (EN)
MURPHY, Raymond. Essential Grammar in Use. With Answers. A self-study reference and practice book for elementary students of English. 2nd ed. Cambridge: CUP, 2001. ISBN 0-521-55928-6 (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BAK Bachelor's

    branch BAK-DP , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme BAK-MIn Bachelor's

    branch BAK-MIn , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Ilona Pavlíková