Course detail
First Certificate Level English II
FAST-BYA21Acad. year: 2011/2012
The BYA21 course, is a LOWER ADVANCED (B2) LEVEL course which aims to improve students’ ability to:
- work with complex texts and generally understand the main points within,
- communicate fluently and spontaneously with native speakers, on a regular basis if necessary, in such a way that neither party has trouble making themselves clear or understanding the other,
- use the English language with a good degree of accuracy when dealing with familiar topics and using common grammatical forms
Language of instruction
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Prerequisites
- generally understand information about familiar topics and situations, such as those met at work, in school, in free time etc. providing they are expressed in a clear and straightforward manner,
- use English to communicate successfully in most situations encountered when travelling abroad,
- create a simple connected text with a simple context,
- describe experiences and events, ambitions, hopes and plans, and to briefly explain or justify their ideas and statements.
Students also are recommended to have taken the following optional courses: BYA7, BYA8, BYA20.
Co-requisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Course curriculum
Weeks 4 – 6: Unit 2 – Compulsion
Week 7 – 9: Unit 3 – Talents
Week 10 – 12: Unit 4 – Appearances
Week 13: Credit test, based on the materials covered in Units 1 – 4, and featuring exam – style exercises.
Work placements
Aims
For a brief summary of what is involved in the B2 level of English see the Anotace
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Recommended reading
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme B-P-C-APS Bachelor's
branch APS , 3 year of study, winter semester, recommended course
- Programme B-P-C-GK Bachelor's
branch G , 3 year of study, winter semester, recommended course
- Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's
branch E , 3 year of study, winter semester, recommended course
branch K , 3 year of study, winter semester, recommended course
branch M , 3 year of study, winter semester, recommended course
branch S , 3 year of study, winter semester, recommended course
branch V , 3 year of study, winter semester, recommended course - Programme B-P-C-ST Bachelor's
branch E , 3 year of study, winter semester, recommended course
branch K , 3 year of study, winter semester, recommended course
branch M , 3 year of study, winter semester, recommended course
branch S , 3 year of study, winter semester, recommended course
branch V , 3 year of study, winter semester, recommended course - Programme B-P-E-SI Bachelor's
branch E , 3 year of study, winter semester, recommended course
branch K , 3 year of study, winter semester, recommended course
branch M , 3 year of study, winter semester, recommended course
branch S , 3 year of study, winter semester, recommended course
branch V , 3 year of study, winter semester, recommended course