Course detail

Intermediate Level English (exam)

FAST-BYA002Acad. year: 2022/2023

The subjects English Intermediate 1 and English Intermediate 2 are offered to help students prepare for this exam. They cover material from pre-intermediate to intermediate level English and give students the required knowledge and exam practice needed to pass the exam.
The exam is divided into a written part (30 min) and an oral part (15-20 min).
The exam tests speaking skills such as interaction, pronunciation and the ability to construct connected sentences to give information or opinions on a certain topic.
It also tests listening and reading ability, as well as grammar and vocabulary.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Roger Turland, BA.

Department

Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The student who has passed the BY51 exam will have demonstrated an intermediate level of English language ability as described by the B1 level of the CEF (Common European Framework) established by the Council of Europe.

Prerequisites

Entry level B1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Students should be able to use the past and present tenses to talk about their lives, ask questions, give personal information, and understand clear English related to familiar subjects. They should have the ability to compare things using adjectives, use countable/uncountable nouns and some modal verbs, and manage simple functional transactions in shops, restaurants and while travelling. They should be capable of using the present perfect to express experience and describe long-lasting or temporary situations in their life; modals to express permission and obligation in connection with rules and behaviour; passives to describe processes, origins and materials; future forms to predict and plan actions in the future; and conditionals to express future situations and general theoretical possibilities.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

To help students with a lower level of English than B1 prepare for this exam the optional subjects English Intermediate 1 and English Intermediate 2 are offered by the Institute of Social Sciences.
Students can register online for the exam during the exam period.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of this exam is to assess if students have reached the B1 level of the CEF (Common European Framework) established by the Council of Europe. For a brief summary of what is involved in the B1 level of English see the Anotace.

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

LATHAM-KOENIG, Christina a Clive OXENDEN. English file: Intermediate. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0-19-451978-6. (CS)
LATHAM-KOENIG, Christina a Clive OXENDEN. English file: Intermediate. 4th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. ISBN 978-0-19-475935-9. (CS)

Recommended reading

IBBOTSON, Mark. Cambridge English for Engineering. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Cambridge professional English. ISBN 9780521715188. (CS)
MARKNER-JÄGER, Brigitte. Technical English - Civil Engineering and Construction. Haan: Europa Lehrmittel Verlag, 2013. ISBN‎ 978-3808541364. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-APS Bachelor's 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  • Programme NPC-MI Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory