Course detail

English Upper-Intermediate II

FAST-BYA8Acad. year: 2011/2012

Grammar: passive (all forms), future perfect and future continuous, conditionals and future time clauses, unreal conditionals, past modals, verbs of the senses.
Vocabulary: crime and punishment, weather, expressions with take, feelings, verbs often confused, the body.

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Veronika Rodriguezová

Department

Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will extend their language skills and vocabulary and grammar knowledge. The target level is B1+ according to CEFR.

Prerequisites

Intermediate knowledge of English / B1.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Course curriculum

1. File 3A Crime and punishment
2. File 3A
3. File 3B Weather
4. File 3B
5. File 3C Expressions with take
6. File 3C
7. File 4A Feelings
8. File 4A
9. File 4B Verbs often confused
10. File 4B
11. File 4C The body
12. File 4C + revision
13. Test

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Students will extend their language skills and vocabulary and grammar knowledge beyond the level of the Cambridge PET exam or B1 level of the CEFR (Common European Framework) established by the Council of Europe. This course follows the BYA7 course.

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

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koenig: New English File Upper-Intermediate. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch VS , 2 year of study, winter semester, recommended course

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Veronika Rodriguezová