Course detail

New Headway Intermediate 2

FIT-BAN4Acad. year: 2015/2016

The course of English for intermediate students is orientated on both general and technical English. An integrated approach is applied during teaching this course. After a grammar section with many tasks highlighting the new grammar, there is at least one activity for speaking, listening, reading and writing in every unit. There is a strong lexical component in the course. Technical texts are subject specific but the teacher's objective is teaching language, not subject knowledge.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Pavel Sedláček

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

To be able to speak about topics contained in the textbook accurately and fluently (with a certain error tolerance). To be able to use basic reading techniques (scanning, skimming, selecting what is relevant). To be able to follow English lessons, to follow instructions, desciptions and explanations, to take notes when listening. To be able to write a formal and informal letter, to send a fax, to fill in a form, to describe a person and a place. To be able to understand a complicated sentence construction and relations between sentences from a language point of view; to acquire new semi-technical vocabulary.

Prerequisites

To pass the BAN3 course or to acquire "41 points in minimum" in the entrance test (instruction is in Czech only).

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods include compulsory language seminars and homework. Students have to actively participate in classes. Compulsory seminar are held every week and students are obliged to fulfill achievements as part of their homestudy.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

A written test.

Course curriculum

  • Modal verbs. Differences between British and American English.
  • Giving presentations. Reading: International Outsourcing.
  • Future arrangements and intentions. Collocations.
  • Present Continuous and 'going to'. Business communication.
  • Temporal clauses. Writing e-mails.
  • 1st and 2nd Conditionals. Phrasal verbs.
  • Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous. Job descriptions.
  • Describing a process. Interviewing techniques.
  • 3rd Conditional. Confusing words.
  • Business correspondence. 'Should' + perfect infinitive.
  • Reported speech. Collocations.
  • Technical text. Social responses.
  • Semester test.

    • Work placements

    Not applicable.

    Aims

    Acquisition of new vocabulary. Developing grammar knowledge. Developing the language skills: reading, speaking, listening and writing. Introducing and revising common phrases of spoken English. Work with semi-technical texts.

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

    Compulsory language seminars are the key method of instruction in this course.

    Recommended optional programme components

    Not applicable.

    Prerequisites and corequisites

    Basic literature

    Taylor, L.: International Express Intermediate. New edition. Student's Book. OUP 2005. Johnson, D.: General Engineering. English for Academic Purposes Series. Cassell Publishers Ltd, London, 1991. Soars, L., Soars, J.: New Headway Intermediate (Student's Book, Teacher's Book, Workbook). Oxford University Press, 1996.

    Recommended reading

    K. Harding and A. Lane - International Express Intermediate, 3rd Edition, Student´s Book OUP

    Classification of course in study plans

    • Programme IT-BC-3 Bachelor's

      branch BIT , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

    Type of course unit

     

    Fundamentals seminar

    26 hod., optionally

    Teacher / Lecturer

    Mgr. Lehte Fischmeisterová
    Mgr. Marie Žouželková Bartošová
    Mgr. Jaromír Haupt, Ph.D.
    Mgr. Ing. Eva Ellederová, Ph.D.
    Mgr. Pavel Reich, Ph.D.

    Syllabus

    1. Modal verbs. Differences between British and American English.
    2. Giving presentations. Reading: International Outsourcing.
    3. Future arrangements and intentions. Collocations.
    4. Present Continuous and 'going to'. Business communication.
    5. Temporal clauses. Writing e-mails.
    6. 1st and 2nd Conditionals. Phrasal verbs.
    7. Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous. Job descriptions.
    8. Describing a process. Interviewing techniques.
    9. 3rd Conditional. Confusing words.
    10. Business correspondence. 'Should' + perfect infinitive.
    11. Reported speech. Collocations.
    12. Technical text. Social responses.
    13. Semester test.