Course detail

Practical English 1

FEKT-HPA1Acad. year: 2012/2013

A standard course in general English at Upper-Intermediate level.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Development of all language skills, consolidation and extending of knowledge of grammatical structures and vocabulary with special emphasis on language needed at work.

Prerequisites

Students are required to have knowledge corresponding to secondary school study and an intermediate level of English.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in Article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The assessment consists of a written test and final exam. 75% attendance and active participation in classes is required.

Course curriculum

Tense review. Prefixes. Levels of formality. Discussing suggestions on the phone. Past tenses and the Present Perfect. Job and motivation vocabulary. Sentence stress, emphasis. Communication at work. Articles, Present Simple and Continuous. Verbs of communication. Linking. Turn-giving and turn-taking. Future. Predictions. Auxiliaries. Word stress. Offering, accepting and declining. Revision. Narrative tenses. Idioms. Being concise. Chairing a meeting. Modals, deontic and epistemic modality. Word building. Discriminating sounds. Making arrangements. Conditional clauses. Phrasal verbs. Being less direct. Clarifying. Third conditional, modals with perfect infinitive. Compound adjectives. Listening practice: linking. Dealing with bad news. Relative clauses. Gerund and infinitive. Structuring. Expressing approval/disapproval. Passive voice. Confusing words. Taking notes.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Knowledge of English at CEF B2 level.

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

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EEEI-H Bachelor's

    branch H-AEI , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit