Course detail

English Language B2 - 1

FP-AJ1BAcad. year: 2023/2024

The course focuses on the development of all language competencies at B2 SERR level. It is based on materials and requirements of international examination FCE (First Certificate in English). The subject it taught by means of practical language exercises with emphasis on practicing communication skills and developing knowledge of grammar and vocabulary.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Jana Jašková, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Entry knowledge

Knowledge of English for General Purposes at level B2 CEFR is required.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Course completion:
Credit requirements: 75% active participation in lessons, e-learning activities, final test
Exam requirements: listening comprehension, reading comprehension

Completion of the course for students with individual study:
Credit requirements: e-learning activities, final test
Exam requirements: listening comprehension, reading comprehension

Completion of the course in distance form (applies only when objective external circumstances do not allow the implementation of the study program in accordance with the granted accreditation):
Credit requirements (via Moodle): e-learning activities, final test, 75% active participation in online lessons (via MS Teams)
Exam requirements (via Moodle): listening comprehension, reading comprehension

Course completion based on an international certificate:

Instead of the subject English language B2, exams First Certificate in English (FCE), Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) and Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) can be recognized up to five years after they were passed. Other exams cannot be recognized.

Course completion based on an exam passed at a foreign university:

If a student completes within Erasmus programme at a foreign university a subject that corresponds to the content and level of English language B2 and passes an exam in it, this subject can be recognized as equivalent to the subject English language B2.


Students’ attendance in the course is systematically monitored.

Aims

The course is focused on the development of all language competencies needed for fluent and independent use of English for General Purposes at B2 SERR level.
The student uses English language as an independent user at B2 CEFR level.
He/she knows and uses language means for the description of people.
He/she discusses the roles of individuals in the society.
He/she communicates in situations connected with travelling and culture.
He/she knows and uses language means for the description of personal qualities and mental processes.
He/she uses grammatical structures according to the requirements of the given level and course syllabus.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

HAINES, Simon, Barbara STEWART a Anna COWPER. Cambridge English first masterclass: student’s book. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0-19-450283-2. (EN)

Recommended reading

HAINES, Simon, Barbara STEWART a Anna COWPER. Cambridge English first masterclass: workbook pack with key. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0-19-451284-8. (EN)
MANN, Malcolm a Steve TAYLORE-KNOWLES. Destination B2: grammar and vocabulary: with answer key. Oxford: Macmillan, 2006. ISBN 978-0-230-03538-6. (EN)
VINCE, Michael. Language practice for First: English grammar and vocabulary: with key. Fifth edition. London: Macmillan, 2014. ISBN 978-0-230-46375-2. (EN)

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MGR Master's

    branch MGR-ŘEP , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

  • Programme MGR-IM Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme MGR-MEO Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme MGR-UFRP Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Jana Jašková, Ph.D.
PhDr. Bc. Dagmar Šťastná

Syllabus

Modal verbs of obligation

Present tenses, adverbs

Parts of the body, seeing verbs, word building

Future tenses, bound to and likely to

Phrasal verbs with bring, words with several meanings

Collocations with have and take

Past tenses

Travel phrasal verbs

Words often confused, extreme adjectives

Gerunds and infinitives

Collocations

Personal qualities

 

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course