Course detail

Headway Pre-Intermediate 2

FIT-BAN2Acad. year: 2014/2015

The course is focused on the basic knowledge of grammar: tenses, time and conditional clauses, infinitive, reported statements, articles, etc. The students' ability to communicate in everyday situations is developed as well as writing of letters, CV and filling in forms. The students will work with technical texts to get acquainted with basic technical terminology.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

PaedDr. Alena Baumgartnerová

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The students' ability to communicate in everyday situations will be developed. They will master the basic grammatical structures and new vocabulary, both general and technical. - use a specific and general vocabulary (job/career, business, character traits, graph description, food, leisure time) - apply grammar rules to common situations (present tenses, past tenses, the present perfect tense, the future tense, making questions, making comparatives and superlatives) - communicate fluently and effectively in different contexts with certain error tolerance (job/career, travelling, business, sports, hobbies, social situations) and express his/her opinion, agreement, disagreement - read technical and general articles when using basic reading techniques (skimming, scanning, selection of relevant information, accurate comprehension) - understand English instructions and classes taught in English, and take notes; understand natural spoken English in a certain context - write a formal letter or an informal e-mail, fill in an application form, describe a person and a place

Prerequisites

To pass the BAN1 course or to acquire "21 - 30" points in minimum in the entrance test (instruction is in Czech only).

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Exercises promote the practical mastery of the subject presented in lectures or assigned for individual study with the active participation of students.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

A credit test - 40 points. Examination: listening - 30 points reading comprehension - 30 points

Course curriculum

    Syllabus of numerical exercises:
    1. Unit 7: Present Perfect Simple in contrast with Past Simple. Agreeing and disagreeing.
    2. Unit 7: Present Perfect Simple - practice. Description of graphs. Characteristics of companies.
    3. Unit 8: Modal verbs, explanation and basic practice. Word formation and work with a dictionary.
    4. Unit 8: Modal verbs, practice. Nationalities and different cultures. Reactions to invitations.
    5. Review: Units 5 - 8.
    6. Unit 9: Present Perfect Simple and Continuous. Word collocations. Offers and requests.
    7. Unit 10: Present Perfect and Continuous, practice. Future, revision. Asking for information.
    8. Unit 10: 1st Conditional. Prepositions of place. The age and population.
    9. Unit 11: 1st Conditional, practice. 2nd Conditional. Description of cities.
    10. Unit 11: 2nd Conditional, practice. Social responses.
    11. Unit 12: Passives: Present Simple, Past Simple, Present Perfect, Future. Word building.
    12. Unit 12: Passives, practice. Thanking for hospitality, saying goodbye. Review, summary.
    13. Semester test.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The course for lower intermediate students (BAN2) is aimed at learning basic vocabulary and grammar and at developing the four language skills, reading, writing, speaking and listening. The students will learn basic technical terminology.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

There is checked study.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Samostatná domácí příprava:materiály v IS
Liz Taylor:International Express Pre-Intermediate. New edition. Student's Book.Units 7-12.
Soubor technických odborných textů:materiály v IS

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme IT-BC-3 Bachelor's

    branch BIT , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch BIT , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Fundamentals seminar

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

PaedDr. Alena Baumgartnerová