Course detail

English Language B2 - 2

FP-AJ2BAcad. 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 is 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. The student has successfully passed the course English language B2 - 1.

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 lists and describes a number of free time activities.
He/she expresses his/her opinions on the media and their roles in the society.
He/she specifies various environmental problems and explains them in different contexts.
He/she is able to discuss different methods and means of interpersonal communication.
He/she uses grammatical structures according to the requirements of the given level and course syllabus.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

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)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MGR Master's

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

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

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Jana Jašková, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Passive verbs, have / get something done

Sports vocabulary

Reporting statements and questions, time and other references, reporting functions

Compound nouns

So and such

Relative clauses

Dependent prepositions

Travel collocations, word building

Conditionals, unless / as long as / provided that

Collocations with say / tell / speak / talk

Confusing verbs: hope / wait / expect / look forward to

Positive and negative words