Course detail

English for bachelors- pre-intermediate 1

FEKT-KAN1Acad. 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

Czech

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 traning
All four skills in context
Everyday English usage

Prerequisites

The subject knowledge on the secondary school level is required.

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: Present Simple. Frequency adverbs.
2. Unit 1: Organizing vocabulary - topic groups, verb groups etc. Introductions and greetings.
3. Unit 2: Present Continuous versus Present Simple. Work - verb groups.
4. Unit 2: Describing a company. Making contact.
5. Unit 3: Past Simple. Sports and leisure - verb groups.
6. Unit 3: Past Simple - finishing. Conversation topics.
7. Unit 4: Futures: going to+infinitive, Present Continuous. At a hotel.
8. Unit 4: Writing letters, emails, faxes. Staying at a hotel.
9. Unit 5: Mass and count nouns. Expressing quantity.
10. Unit 5: Food. At a restaurant.
11. Unit 6: Comparative and superlative adjectives. Air travel.
12. Unit 6: Making arrangements. Technical text. Revision.
13. Semester test.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Widening student's understanding of English and extending the ability 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:www.feec.vutbr.cz/et

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

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Šárka Rujbrová

Syllabus

1.Unit 1:Tenses,parts of speech,questions and social expressions.
2.Unit 2:Present tenses-simple and continuous,have/have got,describing countries.
3.Unit 2:Finishing-collocation,making conversation.
Unit 3:Past tense-explanation and exercises.
4.Unit 3:Finishing-past simple and past continuous,nouns,verbs and adjectives,making negatives,making connections.Telling stories.
5.Unit 4:Expressing quantity,buying things-prices,survey results.
6.Unit 4:Finishing-indefinite and definite article,the living in town and country.
Units 1-4 revision.
7.Unit 5:Verb patterns-expressing plans and ambitions,discussion-being a teenager.
8.Unit 5:Finishing-expressing future:going to and will,feelings,discussion-plans for the future.
9.Unit 6:What´s it like?,living in another country-comparison of lifestyles:listening.
10.Unit 6:Comparative and superlative adjectives,synonyms and antonyms,giving directions.
Unit 7:Introduction to present perfect tense.
11.Unit 7:Present perfect tense-exercises,present perfect and past simple,interests and hobbies.
12.Unit 7:Finishing-making questions and short answers in various tenses,adverbs and word pairs,tense revision.
13.General revision.