Course detail

English for bachelors- pre-intermediate 1

FEKT-CAN1Acad. year: 2012/2013

The English course for using English both accurately and fluently. Grammar and vocabulary are taught and explained thoroughly and all four language skills are developed systematically. It combines traditional methods of language teaching and more recent communicative approaches.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Šárka Rujbrová

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Widened grammar skills up to present perfect
Vocabulary syllabus including dictionary training
All four skills in context
Everyday Enlish usage

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

Examination.

Course curriculum

1.Unit 1:First meetings.Tenses,parts of speech,questions and social expressions.
2.Unit 2:The world of work.Present tenses-simple and continuous.Verb groups.Making contact.
3.Unit 2:Finishing-collocation,describing a company.
Unit 3:Challenges.Past tense-explanation and exercises.
4.Unit 3:Finishing-past simple and past continuous,nouns,verbs and adjectives,making negatives,making connections.Sports and leisure file.
5.Unit 4:Plans and arrangements.Expressing future - exercises.Hotel file.
6.Unit 4:Finishing-words and symbols.Emails faxes and letters.Staying at a hotel.
Units 1-4 revision.
7.Review Unit A:Units 1-4 revision.Half-semester test.
8.Unit 5:How healthy is your lifestyle? Mass and count nouns,expressing quantity.Food file.
9.Unit 5:Word groups.Living in different environment-comparison of lifestyles.At a restaurant.
10.Unit 6:Flying gets cheaper.Comparative and superlative adjectives,synonyms and antonyms.Travelling.
11.Unit 6:Word groups,air travel file.Transformations.
12.Unit 6:Finishing-making arrangements.General revision.
13.Semester test.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Widening student's understanding of English and extending their abilities to use the language for communicative purposes.

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

Liz Taylor:International Express Pre-Intermediate. New edition. Student's Book. Units 1 - 6
Samostatná domácí příprava:www.feec.vutbr.cz/et
Soubor technických odborných textů

Recommended reading

Angličtina pro jazykové školy I Peprník,Zárubová,Nangonová.SPN Praha,1986.
Essential Grammar in Use.With answers.R.Murphy.Cambridge University Press,1990.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EECC Bc. Bachelor's

    branch BC-MET , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective general
    branch BC-MET , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective general
    branch BC-TLI , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective general
    branch BC-TLI , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective general
    branch BC-SEE , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective general
    branch BC-SEE , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective general
    branch BC-EST , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective general
    branch BC-EST , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective general
    branch BC-AMT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective general
    branch BC-AMT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective general

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Šárka Rujbrová

Syllabus

1.Unit 1:First meetings.Tenses,parts of speech,questions and social expressions.
2.Unit 2:The world of work.Present tenses-simple and continuous.Verb groups.Making contact.
3.Unit 2:Finishing-collocation,describing a company.
Unit 3:Challenges.Past tense-explanation and exercises.
4.Unit 3:Finishing-past simple and past continuous,nouns,verbs and adjectives,making negatives,making connections.Sports and leisure file.
5.Unit 4:Plans and arrangements.Expressing future - exercises.Hotel file.
6.Unit 4:Finishing-words and symbols.Emails faxes and letters.Staying at a hotel.
Units 1-4 revision.
7.Review Unit A:Units 1-4 revision.Half-semester test.
8.Unit 5:How healthy is your lifestyle? Mass and count nouns,expressing quantity.Food file.
9.Unit 5:Word groups.Living in different environment-comparison of lifestyles.At a restaurant.
10.Unit 6:Flying gets cheaper.Comparative and superlative adjectives,synonyms and antonyms.Travelling.
11.Unit 6:Word groups,air travel file.Transformations.
12.Unit 6:Finishing-making arrangements.General revision.
13.Semester test.