Course detail

English Elementary 2

FAST-BYA2Acad. year: 2014/2015

Grammar: past simple, numbers, articles, countable and uncountable nouns, comparative and superlative adjectives, present continuous, „going to“, the infinitive of purpose, adverbs, time expressions
Vocabulary: living, food and drink, going shopping, comparing things, describing people and feelings, future plans, life experience

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Dana Vévodová

Department

Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will command basic grammar rules: past simple tense, present continuous, "there is/are", "there was/were", comparative adjectives, "going to", expressing the quantity of countable and uncountable nouns.
They will command vocabulary at the elementary level.
The target level according to the CEFR is A1.

Prerequisites

Basic vocabulary from the first part of the textbook, verb forms of "to be", present simple, question and negative, adverbs of frequency, personal pronouns, possesive pronouns, possesive adjectives, object pronouns, the modal verb "can"

Co-requisites

none

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Grammar and vocabulary are practised in an interactive way, with emphasis on conversation. Communication and listening skills are developed using interactive audio-visual technologies.
LMS Moodle and Smartboard.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

To obtain the credits, students have to attend classes regularly (max. 3 absences/semester), do homework and participate in the lessons actively.

Course curriculum

1. 5B past simple (regular verbs); at the airport, past time expressions
2. 5C past simple (irregular vebs); go have get
3. 5D past simple (regular and irregular); list of irregular verbs
4. 6A there is/are; houses and furniture
5. 6B there was/were; prepositions of place
6. 6C present continuous; verb phrases
7. 6D present simple/continuous; town and city, giving directions
8. 7A some, any, how much/many; food, at restaurant
9. 7C be gping to (plans); holidays
10. 7D be going to (predictions); verb phrases
11. 8A comparative adjectives; personality adjectives
12. 8B superlative adjectives; weather
13. 8D adverbs; common adverbs

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Students will command basic grammar rules: past simple tense, present continuous, "there is/are", "there was/were",comparative adjectives,"going to", "many, much" with countable and uncountable nouns.
They will command the vocabulary at the elementary level.
The target level according to the CEFR is A1.

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

Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koenig: New English File Elementary. Oxford University Press, 2004.

Type of course unit

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Dana Vévodová

Syllabus

1. 5B past simple regular verbs / at the airport, past time expressions
2. 5C past simple irregular verbs / go, have, get
3. 5D past simple regular and irregular / list of irregular verbs
4. 6A there is/are /houses and furniture
5. 6B there was/were / prepositions of place
6. 6C present continuous / verb phrases
7. 6D/E present simple/continuous / town and city, directions
8. 7A some, any, how much, how many / food, at a restaurant
9. 7C be going to (plans) / holidays
10. 7D be going to (predictions) / verb phrases
11. 8A comparative adjectives / personality adjectives
12. 8B superlative adjectives / weather
13. 8D adverbs / common adverbs

VUT

Faculties

University Institutes

Parts

English Elementary 2

Type of course unit