Course detail

English for bachelors- intermediate 1

FEKT-KAN3Acad. year: 2011/2012

A standard course of English for intermediate students orientated on both general and technical English. An integrated approach is applied during teaching this course. After a grammar section with many tasks highlighting the new grammar, there is at least one activity for speaking, listening, reading and writing in every unit. There is a strong lexical component in the course. Technical texts are subject specific but the teacher's objective is teaching language, not subject knowledge

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Pavel Sedláček

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

To be able to speak about topics contained in the textbook accurately and fluently (with a certain error tolerance).

Prerequisites

The subject knowledge on the secondary school level is requested.

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

Final written exam.

Course curriculum

1.Tense review: Pres. Simple and Continuous, action and state verbs. Vocab: personal information, learning vocabulary.
2.Reading: National branding. Functions: introductions adn greetings, welcoming a visitor.
3.Past Simple and Pres. Perfect Simple review, used to + infinitive, subject and object questions. Vocab: work file, dictionary skills.
4.Reading: company and job profile. Functions: answering the phone, making and changing appointments. Pronunciation: /s/, /z/. Saying dates.
5.Comparative and superlative adjectives, relative clauses. Vocab: adjectives, personal attitudes and qualities. Techn. text: From dumb pipes to smart sensors
6.Reading: Past, present and future languages. Functions: giving opinions, agreeing and disagreeing, participating in a meeting or discussion. Pronunciation: sounding polite
7.Present and past trends: Pres. Continuous and Past Simple, adjectives and adverbs. Vocab: food file, word groups.
8.Reading: ethical consumerism. Functions: advice and suggestions. Pronunciation: /š/, /č/ Techn. text: Data with a human touch
9.Passives: Pres. Simple, Pres. Continuous, Past Simple, Pres. Perfect Simple, Will future. Vocab: leisure and fitness activities, word combinations
10.Reading: Fit to work. Functions: leaving recorded messages, using mobile phones. Pronunciation: stressing important information
11.Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect. Vocab: gerunds file, personal management
12.Reading: Gap year for adults. Functions: requests and offers, exchanging information. Pronunciation: contrastive stress. Techn. text: Electronic paper (mock exam)

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Acquisition of new vocabulary.
Developing grammar knowledge.
Developing the language skills (reading, speaking, listening and writing)
Introducing and revising common phrases of spoken English.
Work with semi-technical texts.

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

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Sada technických textů
Samostatná domácí příprava:www.feec.vutbr.cz/et
Taylor, Liz: International Express Intermediate.New edition. Student's Book. OUP 2002

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EECC Bc. Bachelor's

    branch BK-EST , 2 year of study, summer semester, elective general
    branch BK-EST , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective general
    branch BK-MET , 2 year of study, summer semester, elective general
    branch BK-MET , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective general
    branch BK-TLI , 2 year of study, summer semester, elective general
    branch BK-TLI , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective general
    branch BK-SEE , 2 year of study, summer semester, elective general
    branch BK-SEE , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective general
    branch BK-AMT , 2 year of study, summer semester, elective general
    branch BK-AMT , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective general

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Pavel Sedláček

Syllabus

1.Auxiliary verbs "do, be, have", naming the tenses, questions and negatives, short answers. Social expressions.
2.Wonders of the modern world in reading, speaking and listening. Writing: correcting mistakes.
3.Present Simple and Continuous, action and state verbs, present passive. Vocabulary: sports. Numbers: money, fractions, decimals, phone numbers, dates. "Computers for the Disabled": work with the text.
4.Favourite sports and leisure activities in speaking and listening. Writing: describing a person. "Computers for the Disabled": tasks.
5.Past Simple, Continuous and Past Pefect; past passive. Vocabulary: art, music and literature. Giving opinions. "Waste Recycling": work with the text.
6.Art, music and litearure in reading and speaking. "Waste Recycling": tasks.
7.Modal verbs: obligation and permission. Vocabulary: adjectives that describe people; word formation. Requests and offers. "Databases": work with the text.
8.How to behave properly in different parts of the world in reading, listening and speaking. Writing: filling in a form. "Databases": tasks.
9.Future forms: "going to", "will", Present Continuous. Vocabulary: the weather, using public transport, requests in a hotel.
10.Holidays and tourism in reading, listening and speaking. Writing: sending a fax.
11.Questions with "like"; verb patterns. Vocabulary: words that go together.
12.Food, cooking and restaurants in reading and speaking. Writing: describing a room (relative pronouns).
13.Semester test