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

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Marian Nevrlý

Department

Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Students need to have passed the BY51 exam in order to be able to enrol for this course. In other words, they are already able to do the following well:
- 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

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

Weeks 1 – 3: Unit 1 – The sexes
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

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the BYA21 course is to increase upper-intermediate level students’ capabilities in English in all areas: grammar, vocabulary, speaking, listening, reading and writing, and this to the B2 level of the CEF (Common European Framework) established by the Council of Europe.

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

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

Oxenden, C. - Latham-Koenig, C.: New English File Advanced. Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-19-459458-5. (EN)

Type of course unit

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Marian Nevrlý

VUT

Faculties

University Institutes

Parts

First Certificate Level English II

Type of course unit